Yes we’ll rally round the flag, boys, we’ll rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom, We will rally from the hillside, we’ll gather from the plain, Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
The Union forever! Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with the traitor, up with the star;
While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
Excerpt from "the Battle Cry of Freedom" by George F. Root
April 12, 1861: The South Carolina Militia attacks the Union Fort Sumter. After several months of what was considered to be a siege by the recently seceded South Carolina, shots rang out across Charleston Harbor as the 1st US Artillery and Confederate Militiamen engaged in a loud but ineffective firefight. After a day of glorious fighting by the Union, who didn't lose a single man, the 1st Artillery withdrew from the Fort. So began the largest loss of American life due to war. A war that some said was over State's Rights, a war that some said was over the preservation of the Union that had been formed 98 years ago, some said it was over slavery. Not all who fought fought for the beliefs that their side held, some fought from loyalty to their State. Either way, a line had been drawn straight the country and brother had taken up arms against brother.
September 4th 1862. Confederate General Robert E Lee has taken his Army of Northern Virginia on an offensive across the Potomac. His Army is heading for the Union arsenal at Harper's Ferry. All that stands in his way is General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac. President Lincoln has demanded that Lee is prevented from taking Harper's Ferry and definitely prevented sacking Washington. It lies upon your shoulders as soldiers in the 1st Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac to stop Lee and his band of traitors from seizing the arsenal and throw him back over the Potomac. God be with you.
Available Units:
Cavalry:
1st Maine Cavalry-Model 1859 Sharps Carbine, sabre, revolver OFFICERS: Sabre-Revolver
Infantry:
1st Infantry-Springfield M1855/M1861 OFFICERS:Sabre-Revolver
2nd Infantry-Springfield M1855/M1861 OFFICERS:Sabre-Revolver
3rd Infantry-Springfield M1855/M1861 OFFICERS:Sabre-Revolver
Artillery:
2nd Maine Battery B-6 3″ Ordnance Rifles
5th Maine Battery E-6 Napoleons
1st Pennsylvania, Battery B- 4 3″ Ordnance Rifles
1st New York Battery L- 6 3″ Ordnance Rifles
1st New York Battery E-6 3″ Ordnance Rifles
4th United States Battery B-6 Napoleons
App:
Rules:
1. I am the law
2. Any co ops I may recruit are extension of my power
3. Please don't by inactive for more than a week without prior notice
4 no hate speech or the like
5. Be a team player and listen to anyone who out ranks you
6. Be realistic
7. Be prepared to go through a few characters. This was the bloodiest war in american history after all
ROSTER:
1st Maine Cavalry:
Officers: Noah Green, 2nd Lieutenant, first platoon, G Company
NCOs: Edward Parsons Tobie, Sergeant, first platoon, G Company; Caibre O'Neil, First Corporal, first platoon G Company
Enlisted:
1st Infantry Division:
Officers: James Hargrave, 1st Lieutenant, 1st Platoon, B Company, 2nd Wisconsin; Christopher Julius Grant, Colonel, 2nd Wisconsin
NCOs: Matthew Johnson, Sergeant, 1st Platoon, B Company, 2nd Wisconsin
Enlisted: John Cain, Private, 1st Platoon, B company, 2nd Wisconsin
2nd Infantry Division:
Officers: John Hakor, 1st Lieutenant, 1st Platoon, A Company, 2nd Florida Infantry
NCOs: Hugo Guillieme, Sergeant, 1st Platoon, A Company, 2nd Florida Infantry
Enlisted:
4th US Artillery:
Officers: Thomas Norton, Captain, Battery B
NCOs: Andrew Jefferson, Sergeant Major, Battery B
Enlisted:
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