These Civil War soldiers stand four and a half inches tall with a one inch square base.  Carved out of basswood using only a knife, these represent a carving style called “Whittle-Carving” to illustrate that one can sculpt with a knife.  The figures are colored using the “Painting Softly” process described under that same title under the section to the left called “Navigation.”

Civil War Soldiers are fun to carve in that there are so many different facial variations one can carve in the style of beards, mustaches, side burns and the tilt of the head.  Additional photos of Civil War Soldiers can be view in “Gallery 1” under “Navigation” at the left of this posting.