War of Rights(OOC)(OPEN)

[American Pere Housh]

I guess I will be taking Missouri while the Yanks are distracted in Virginia.

[Revlona]

After thinking about it bols, I don't mind the second brigade being 2 hours late as you suggested

[Revlona]

Name: Charles Shepard "Cold Heart" Graham/ "Cold Heart" Graham
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Faction: Confederate States of America
Rank: Lieutenant General
Describe your forces: Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Contains three dedicated Infantry Divisions equipped with the Pattern 1853 Enfield, an artillery support battery, and a light cavalry company.
Bio: Born in Pennsylvania as a Mennonite Quaker in Lancaster in 1816, Graham as a boy had been raised to be a committed pacifist and a firm believer in his faith. However this belief he once held so strongly was slowly but surely whittled away as Graham going into early adulthood felt he was constricted at his home and farmstead, having become disillusioned with his faith and his lifestyle, which ran into many conflicts with his family, resulting in naturally more than a couple punishments thrown his way, some that would be considered highly dissonant in contemporary times.

Having been warned that he would've banished from his community, Graham soon left his home behind him that following night on his own accord, never looking back, but still having some form of his faith in his heart and soul for God. Facing homelessness and living an oppressive life as a vagabond in downtown Philadelphia. He was eventually caught for theft and was offered the ultimatum to either enlistment into the US Army, or face imprisonment. Having been arrested for the first time in life up to that point, a scared and naive Graham chose enlistment in a panicked move, doing away with his pacifism forever with firing a musket ball that lodged itself into a Seminole Warrior a few short months later.

In the Second Seminole War, Graham had distinguished himself as a soldier despite his rather 'innocent' upbringing, it was in that sense that he realized in all his years that the soldier's life was one for him after years of struggling to find his true calling. After his time in Florida, he soon enlisted to be an officer, a 'career' soldier in his mind. Proving himself once again and graduating from West Point in 1846. Just in time for the Mexican-American War.

At Puebla, Graham had reached a moral horizon, having come face to face with an enemy in the Mexican city that hid amongst the populace as they picked off men from his Brigade one by one. Losing his temper from the constant attacks that he couldn't directly retaliate towards, the still fresh officer lashed out on the population, killing several civilians and torching several homes and businesses in the process in order to snuff out the resistance to the city's occupation. While his actions were reprimanded, nothing much came from them as an American victory had soon declared in the War.

For years afterwards, Graham would end up leading US Army units to fight against the American Indians on the frontier in skirmishes, safeguarding settlers and pioneers on their travels, and firmly holding the land as an American owned territory. However after spending years on the frontier, Graham's mind had gone rather... Native. Having since become jaded and disillusioned once again with the state of his existence out in the frontier as what he had considered as 'punishment' for Puebla, an ire of which had started to grow personally towards the Union and the bureaucrats in D.C. Growing increasingly fed up with the seemingly rapid state the country itself was heading towards too, Graham had eventually come to long for a more simplistic and honest life that he once had in Lancaster. A more Spartanist lifestyle as he would later coin.

All was not well in the Union as it were however, if Harper's Ferry and Fort Sumter were any indication. Seeing this as his chance to get back at the politicians in Washington for years of disrespect, and in his eyes, answer to a greater, more theologically driven calling to 'reinvent' America. Graham quickly had defected over to the Confederacy and offered his experience as a General to their cause when given the oppertunity.
Notes: Musket

This looks good

Accepted

[Bolslania]

Name: Charles Shepard "Cold Heart" Graham/ "Cold Heart" Graham
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Faction: Confederate States of America
Rank: Lieutenant General
Describe your forces: Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Contains three dedicated Infantry Divisions equipped with the Pattern 1853 Enfield, an artillery support battery, and a light cavalry company.
Bio: Born in Pennsylvania as a Mennonite Quaker in Lancaster in 1816, Graham as a boy had been raised to be a committed pacifist and a firm believer in his faith. However this belief he once held so strongly was slowly but surely whittled away as Graham going into early adulthood felt he was constricted at his home and farmstead, having become disillusioned with his faith and his lifestyle, which ran into many conflicts with his family, resulting in naturally more than a couple punishments thrown his way, some that would be considered highly dissonant in contemporary times.

Having been warned that he would've banished from his community, Graham soon left his home behind him that following night on his own accord, never looking back, but still having some form of his faith in his heart and soul for God. Facing homelessness and living an oppressive life as a vagabond in downtown Philadelphia. He was eventually caught for theft and was offered the ultimatum to either enlistment into the US Army, or face imprisonment. Having been arrested for the first time in life up to that point, a scared and naive Graham chose enlistment in a panicked move, doing away with his pacifism forever with firing a musket ball that lodged itself into a Seminole Warrior a few short months later.

In the Second Seminole War, Graham had distinguished himself as a soldier despite his rather 'innocent' upbringing, it was in that sense that he realized in all his years that the soldier's life was one for him after years of struggling to find his true calling. After his time in Florida, he soon enlisted to be an officer, a 'career' soldier in his mind. Proving himself once again and graduating from West Point in 1846. Just in time for the Mexican-American War.

At Puebla, Graham had reached a moral horizon, having come face to face with an enemy in the Mexican city that hid amongst the populace as they picked off men from his Brigade one by one. Losing his temper from the constant attacks that he couldn't directly retaliate towards, the still fresh officer lashed out on the population, killing several civilians and torching several homes and businesses in the process in order to snuff out the resistance to the city's occupation. While his actions were reprimanded, nothing much came from them as an American victory had soon declared in the War.

For years afterwards, Graham would end up leading US Army units to fight against the American Indians on the frontier in skirmishes, safeguarding settlers and pioneers on their travels, and firmly holding the land as an American owned territory. However after spending years on the frontier, Graham's mind had gone rather... Native. Having since become jaded and disillusioned once again with the state of his existence out in the frontier as what he had considered as 'punishment' for Puebla, an ire of which had started to grow personally towards the Union and the bureaucrats in D.C. Growing increasingly fed up with the seemingly rapid state the country itself was heading towards too, Graham had eventually come to long for a more simplistic and honest life that he once had in Lancaster. A more Spartanist lifestyle as he would later coin.

All was not well in the Union as it were however, if Harper's Ferry and Fort Sumter were any indication. Seeing this as his chance to get back at the politicians in Washington for years of disrespect, and in his eyes, answer to a greater, more theologically driven calling to 'reinvent' America. Graham quickly had defected over to the Confederacy and offered his experience as a General to their cause when given the oppertunity.
Notes: Musket

This looks good

Accepted

Beat me to the punch there Rev

And I think I'll make it a compromise,

where my 2nd Corps will show up 3 1/2 hours after the initial 1st Corps attack.

[Revlona]

This looks good

Accepted

Beat me to the punch there Rev

And I think I'll make it a compromise,

where my 2nd Corps will show up 3 1/2 hours after the initial 1st Corps attack.

Okie Dokie, that sounds good to me

[Revlona]

So how many men are in this frontal assault?

[Bolslania]

So how many men are in this frontal assault?

2 Brigades each containing two infantry, so call it 2000.

And I've got another brigade in reserve.

[Revlona]

So how many men are in this frontal assault?

2 Brigades each containing two infantry, so call it 2000.

And I've got another brigade in reserve.

So 2,000 in a frontal assault against my 3000 while I have 900 in reserve

Okie

Edit: After this battle I request to have him promoted

[Bolslania]

2 Brigades each containing two infantry, so call it 2000.

And I've got another brigade in reserve.

So 2,000 in a frontal assault against my 3000 while I have 900 in reserve

Okie

Edit: After this battle I request to have him promoted

Yeah

I F

Y O U

S U R V I V E

[Revlona]

So 2,000 in a frontal assault against my 3000 while I have 900 in reserve

Okie

Edit: After this battle I request to have him promoted

Yeah

I F

Y O U

S U R V I V E

I should say that to you lel

[Langenia]

That website you gave me was very helpful Revlona. Also did a little research of my own.

Name: Juan Martinez
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Faction: Union
Rank: Major General
Describe your forces (Ie. What regiments is it composed of, which rifle are they using, type of unit): 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 38th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 13th Infantry Regiment, 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment; uses the Springfield Model 1861 musket; 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment; uses the Spencer carbine; Independent Battery B Pennsylvania Light Artillery, 34th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery, 4th Massachusetts Battery; uses the 3-inch Ordnance rifle and the 12-pounder Napoleon cannon

Bio (at least 1 or 2 paragraphs): Juan Martinez is a descendant of wealthy Spanish immigrants to the United States. His father was a Spanish military officer that fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Spanish American Wars of Independence. Following the Spanish revolt of 1820, which saw the power of the king he was so loyal to reduced and a purge of army officers loyal to the king, his father fled with his wife to New York City, New York, where they decided to stay instead of returning to Spain when the king regained power in 1823. Martinez was born there in 1820 and raised in the city. He had the privilege of going to a prestigious private school in the city. When he reached the age of 18, Martinez decided to follow in his father's footsteps and join the United States Army in 1838. He trained at West Point and graduated in 1842 as a second lieutenant. Despite proving to be one of the best riders in his class he was assigned to the infantry. He proved to be a good soldier and was promoted to first lieutenant. When the Mexican-American War broke out, he was reassigned to the cavalry. He led a unit of cavalry during the Mexican-American War, initially being part of General Taylor's force in Texas. He was ordered to join the US forces that landed at Veracruz under General Winfield Scott and participated in the capture of Mexico City. His actions earned him a promotion to captain. After the war, he rose through the ranks, commanding various infantry units, participating in the American Indian Wars, even sent as part of a small American delegation to Europe to observe the Crimean War, until reaching brigadier general. He was also an abolitionist, already having fought against pro-slavery settlers during the events of Bleeding Kansas. When the American Civil War breaks out, he is promoted to major general for his experience and sent to organize forces in the north to lead an invasion of the south.

Notes: Musket. Also, how long till we reach the end of 1861?

[Revlona]

That website you gave me was very helpful Revlona. Also did a little research of my own.

Name: Juan Martinez
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Faction: Union
Rank: Major General
Describe your forces (Ie. What regiments is it composed of, which rifle are they using, type of unit): 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 38th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 13th Infantry Regiment, 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment; uses the Springfield Model 1861 musket; 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 1st Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment; uses the Spencer carbine; Independent Battery B Pennsylvania Light Artillery, 34th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery, 4th Massachusetts Battery; uses the 3-inch Ordnance rifle and the 12-pounder Napoleon cannon

Bio (at least 1 or 2 paragraphs): Juan Martinez is a descendant of wealthy Spanish immigrants to the United States. His father was a Spanish military officer that fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Spanish American Wars of Independence. Following the Spanish revolt of 1820, which saw the power of the king he was so loyal to reduced and a purge of army officers loyal to the king, his father fled with his wife to New York City, New York, where they decided to stay instead of returning to Spain when the king regained power in 1823. Martinez was born there in 1820 and raised in the city. He had the privilege of going to a prestigious private school in the city. When he reached the age of 18, Martinez decided to follow in his father's footsteps and join the United States Army in 1838. He trained at West Point and graduated in 1842 as a second lieutenant. Despite proving to be one of the best riders in his class he was assigned to the infantry. He proved to be a good soldier and was promoted to first lieutenant. When the Mexican-American War broke out, he was reassigned to the cavalry. He led a unit of cavalry during the Mexican-American War, initially being part of General Taylor's force in Texas. He was ordered to join the US forces that landed at Veracruz under General Winfield Scott and and participated in the capture of Mexico City. His actions earned him a promotion to captain. After the war, he rose through the ranks, commanding various infantry units, participating in the American Indian Wars, even sent as part of a small American delegation to Europe to observe the Crimean War, until reaching brigadier general. He was also an abolitionist, already having fought against pro-slavery settlers during the events of Bleeding Kansas. When the American Civil War breaks out, he is promoted to major general for his experience and sent to organize forces in the north to lead an invasion of the south.

Notes: Musket. Also, how long till we reach the end of 1861?

This looks good

Accepted

Also that depends on how fast the RP proceeds

[Langenia]

Aight, so this what I'm gonna do. Imma start by training my troops at some fort in upstate New York. Then I'll get a sealift from the navy, take Mobile, New Orleans, and land at the mouth of the Mississippi, march up to Vicksburg, take that, and link up with the Army of the Tennessee and Romextly's brigadier general. Huh. Now that I read it, it sounds ambitious.

[Revlona]

Aight, so this what I'm gonna do. Imma start by training my troops at some fort in upstate New York. Then I'll get a sealift from the navy, take Mobile, New Orleans, and land at the mouth of the Mississippi, march up to Vicksburg, take that, and link up with the Army of the Tennessee and Romextly's brigadier general. Huh. Now that I read it, it sounds ambitious.

Ridiculous*

You plan to do this with 8,000 men?

You'd have to land in the first place, and would be facing heavy fighting if you did

Cities weren't that easy to take

[Langenia]

Aight, so this what I'm gonna do. Imma start by training my troops at some fort in upstate New York. Then I'll get a sealift from the navy, take Mobile, New Orleans, and land at the mouth of the Mississippi, march up to Vicksburg, take that, and link up with the Army of the Tennessee and Romextly's brigadier general. Huh. Now that I read it, it sounds ambitious.

Ridiculous*

You plan to do this with 8,000 men?

I knew something was wrong with my plan! It just didn't feel right, so I was gonna ask for advice. What should I do instead?

[Bolslania]

Ridiculous*

You plan to do this with 8,000 men?

I knew something was wrong with my plan! It just didn't feel right, so I was gonna ask for advice. What should I do instead?

Yeah you don't have enough men.

I recommend you go overland to join me or Romextly.

Because a Division is not going to be very successful pushing an offensive

[Langenia]

I knew something was wrong with my plan! It just didn't feel right, so I was gonna ask for advice. What should I do instead?

Yeah you don't have enough men.

I recommend you go overland to join me or Romextly.

Because a Division is not going to be very successful pushing an offensive

I'll join Romextly.

[Bolslania]

Yeah you don't have enough men.

I recommend you go overland to join me or Romextly.

Because a Division is not going to be very successful pushing an offensive

I'll join Romextly.

Good plan

[The Batavia]

I was waiting for an RP where you command an army. Expect an app soon

[Revlona]

oh boy, this war will be extremely bloody

[Langenia]

oh boy, this war will be extremely bloody

Just like the real thing, sadly.

[Revlona]

oh boy, this war will be extremely bloody

Just like the real thing, sadly.

Bloodier*

[The Batavia]

Question: how should repeater rifles be used? can they be used in a military unit or are they only reserved for elite units?

[Bolslania]

Question: how should repeater rifles be used? can they be used in a military unit or are they only reserved for elite units?

The first repeater came out in 1866, the Henry rifle.

If you mean breech-loading rifles and carbines, thats gonna be for sharpshooters and cavalry.

[Revlona]

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit? ... 522723&z=5

What I have so far with a map