These figures are my take on Cacciatori, in this case the 5th Chasseur Battalion who squared up to Garibaldi in Sicily.
Two Neil Thomas skirmisher units set up for euro19th century rules.
You can see an illustration in the excellent Osprey 512 Armies of the Italian Unification 1848-1870
In Neil Thomas Euro 19th century rules the firing line remains static for line infantry – only columns can move on the table. But these two skirmisher units can fire and move in this format and also break into their standard two base arrangement.
The figures are unmodified World War 1 Belgians from Hat Miniatures.
It is interesting that uniforms were largely unchanged from the 1850’s until the first months of 1914 and the Great War. What did change were the weapons, belts and ammunition packs
The Wargaming Erratic 