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North & South: First Manassas / Story from the Bucktail Brigade (27th CT)

« on: November 30, 2012, 02:08:16 am »

Please Enjoy the following story written by a 27th CT member!

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The 27th Connecticut Volunteers received orders to hold the left side of the river at all costs so that is what we did. The brave 27th Connecticut built a small wooden fence and anxiously waited behind the fortifications for the enemy. The 7 man line behind the fence then saw an approaching line of 16 men. The band of brothers from the 27th CT stood their ground and opened up on the approaching Confederates. The first volley took 3 of their men's lives. The confederates then knew where we were and opened up on us. It was a brutal fight but the 27th crushed their 16 man line with only one casualty. After, Sergeant Major Tate gathered my men and we were the first ones to cross the river. We saw the Confederate cannons firing through the brush. The arty had no idea we were flanking around the bush. We waited for the cannons to fire and we came out from hiding. "Fire"! I said. Then we charged. The arty was completely off guard when we emerged from the smoke. We could hear all around us the screams of the Confederates as we plunged our worn bayonets into the rebels beating chests. When the fighting ended and the 27th was successful SgtMaj Tate turned around and saw 6 rebels on the dirt, blood covering their faces. The Sergeant Major exclaimed to the brigadier general that the 27th took the whole left side and the arty is knocked out. We regrouped and I noticed we lost 2 men in the charge. 4 men charged the village despite the fact that we would perish. We entered the village and rushed inside the house that had 20+ men in it. We fired into it and charged, at the end of the round we ended up taking more than 20 lives in all. The next round we got orders to attack the right flank. We moved across the river and suddenly a line of 11 men shot at us. They all missed! We then took cover behind a rock and each took turns firing and retreating back behind the rock. We held it for 1 minute, taking fire constantly. Then the 18th Massachusetts showed up and supported us. We ended up driving the enemy back into the village. We regrouped and the brigadier general gave us the orders to charge. A cavalry regiment at the front of the charge with 18+ men following it. We all rushed into the village and forced the Confederates to retreat into the buildings. We all then rushed into the buildings, it was a massacre. Bodies of friends and enemies littered the floor. We kept pushing but the Confederates wouldn't back down, until are last force overwhelmed them and we were victorious! These were the actions of the 27th Connecticut and the Bucktail Brigade that day. A day which the rebels will rue and Union supremacy and unity was shown.

Written by Sergeant Major Tate and Edited by Colonel Howe

To join the 27th CT: https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=444.0

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: North and South - 0.4 [RELEASED!]

« on: November 26, 2012, 10:31:18 pm »

Red vs Blue has something to say  :D

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: Big Bethel (Map) - WIP

« on: November 26, 2012, 10:26:43 pm »

dat map. Looking nice Gokiller  ;)

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: Want a Custom Signature for your Regiment?

« on: November 26, 2012, 10:24:28 pm »

2 posts? yeah. Ok, a shameless advert here and on the main page. My YouTube channel for equally cool stuff. http://www.youtube.com/user/noah12301/videos?flow=grid&view=0

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: Want a Custom Signature for your Regiment?

« on: November 26, 2012, 10:22:43 pm »

Great news everyone! Next semester I will be taking a Graphics Communication class so that means more education and practice and, therefore, better stuff for you! 

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: Want a Costum Signature for your Regiment?

« on: November 26, 2012, 10:17:38 pm »

Excuse the wait Bacon, here it is. I think its a little plain, but that's just me. I'm sorry the text is all black but you can imagine the text would be unreadable while on top of the French tricolor.

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: Want a Costum Signature for your Regiment?

« on: November 26, 2012, 10:09:18 pm »

  

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: Want a Costum Signature for your Regiment?

« on: November 25, 2012, 11:17:47 pm »

ah ok, np. i'll work on it

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: Want a Costum Signature for your Regiment?

« on: November 25, 2012, 06:53:17 pm »

Sorry guys, I've been on holiday. Bacon, I can make you that signature, but want me to add another picture for spice?

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In Development / Re: High Water Mark American Civil War Mod

« on: November 24, 2012, 03:08:16 am »

No problem Rosas, good luck

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In Development / Re: High Water Mark American Civil War Mod

« on: November 23, 2012, 03:01:10 pm »

Hey Sharpe, I'd thought you'd like another signature, so here you go 

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In Development / Re: Regimental Thread (Iron Europe - WW1 Mod)

« on: November 23, 2012, 05:57:18 am »

Aw yeah, there's the 151e 

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Regiments / Re: 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot (Recruiting International)

« on: November 18, 2012, 08:25:17 pm »

Thanks all 

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Regiments / 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot (Recruiting International)

« on: November 18, 2012, 05:01:10 am »

The 2nd Queen's Regiment of Foot needs you! Join today and push back the armies of Napoleon! +20 active members and growing

History of the Regiment

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The Regiment was first mustered on the 14th October 1661 on Putney Heath. It was formed to garrison Tangiers, which had been ceeded to England as part of the dowry of Princess Catherine of Braganza of Portugal when she married King Charles II in 1662. The Regiment was taken into the line as the 2nd Regiment. With this number the Regiment is the senior English Regiment, the 1st Regiment being the Royal Scots. The Regiment garrisoned Tangiers for 22 years until it was abandoned to the Moors.

After returning from Tangiers the Regiment fought for King James II at Sedgemoor in 1685 and with William III, against James, at the Boyne in 1690. The Regiment was then sent to the continent and fought at Landen (1693), the siege of Namur (July-Sept 1695), the siege of Tongres (9-16th May 1703) and Almanza in 1707.

The Regiment spent most of the 18th Century in extensive garrison duties in Ireland, Gibraltar and the West Indies. In 1793 it found itself being ordered to Sea! To help the Navy make up for the lack of Marines when the fleet was rapidly expanded on the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. The Regiment served under Admiral Lord Howe off Ushant aboard the Flagship QUEEN CHARLOTTE and in the ROYAL GEORGE, DEFENCE, MAJESTIC and RUSSELL. On the 1st June 1794 the Regiment took part in a Fleet action which became known as the "Glorious First of June". This gave the Regiment the honour of an Infantry regiment being awarded a Naval Battle Honour, the right to have the Naval Crown on their colours, and their Officers the right to take the loyal toast sitting down in the Naval Tradition.

Over the next 15 years the Regiment would fight the French in the West Indies (1794-97), Ireland (1798), Holland (1799) and Egypt (1801), earning a battle honour in the latter place. It was then back to Gibraltar.

On the 19th August 1808 (2 days after the Battle of Rolica) 731 men of the the 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment landed at Porto Novo in Portugal as reinforcements for Lt Gen Sir Arthur Wellesley's army which had landed in Portugal in July 1808 and was present at the Battle of Vimeiro, where the French Marshal Junot was defeated.

With the intervention of Napoleon himself in Spain, Oct 1808, the British army, now under the command of Sir John Moore, was forced to retreat to Vigo and Corunna. Here the army embarked on ships for England, but not before a heroic rearguard action by the Queen's Royals, which earned the Regiment another battle honour.

A single company of the Queen's Royals had remained behind in Portugal, and when Wellesley returned to the Peninsula in April 1809 it formed part of the 2nd Battalion of Detachments. The company fought at the Battle of Talavera in July before returning home in August that year. Meanwhile the rest of the Regiment took part in the disastrous Walcheren Expedition, where the army died in their hundreds due to the weather and disease.

In 1811 the whole Regiment embarked for the Peninsular War once more, where it was involved in sieges of various French fortresses. At the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812 the Queen's Royals once again showed their mettle, but lost 109 men. The Regiment was way below strength during the battle and was just 408 strong. By January 1813 the strength of the Regiment had fallen so low that six weak companies were sent home, and the remainder were joined by four companies of the 53rd Regiment to form the 2nd Battalion of Detachments. They were present at the Battle of Vittoria in June 1813, and subsequently took part in the battles of the Pyrenees and Nivelle, and finally in April 1814 the Battle of Toulouse. At the close of the war the companies returned to England, where the Queen's Royals readied themselves for Garrison duty in the West Indies again! Meanwhile Napoleon made a last desperate attempt to regain his former power, but his dreams ended on the field of Waterloo.

The Regiment was not present at the Battle of Waterloo on 18th June 1815, but our unit is one of the many regiments that take part in the spectacular re-enactments that are held on the battlefield.

(Courtesy of 2nd Queen's Foot Reenactors)

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Ranks

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Recruit-Rec
Private-Pte
Fusilier-Fus
Lance Corporal-LCpl
Corporal-Cpl
Serjeant-Sjt
Colour Serjeant-CSjt
Serjeant Major-SjtMaj

Ensign
2nd Lieutenant-2Lt
Lieutenant-Lt
Captain-Capt
Major-Maj
Lieutenant-Colonel-LtCol
Colonel-Col

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Schedule

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Trainings
Monday 8:30 EST
Thursday 8:30 EST
TS: 66.219.105.3:18500

Line Battles
Tuesday 8:00 EST
Friday 9:00 EST

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Rules

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1. No trolling
2. Follow orders
3. Respect your superiors
4. Follow "PTS" (Permission to Speak)

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Application

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Name (Steam):
Age:
Do you understand English:
Do you have TS:
Experience Level (if so, name the regiment):
Will you follow the rules:
You understand no TROLLING or use of racial slurs:
Reasons for joining:

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Signature by Lt.Col Howe

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North & South: First Manassas / Re: Want a Costum Signature for your Regiment?

« on: November 17, 2012, 04:59:25 pm »

1. 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
2. Infantry
3. 5th.NY.Vet.Vol.Inf.
4. "Duryea's Zouaves"
5. nope
6. yes
7. https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=753.0
8. bravery

How bout this?

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How bout these apples IWelly? And thanks Audiate. I'll give it a whirl, but there's only so much of your sig I can steal 

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