Army Of The Potomac *Recruiting* [EU/NA]

[Sanborne]

Claimed & Up and Running.
*W.I.P* -More To Come Later this week-

History Of The Army

The Army of the Potomac was the primary Union fighting force in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Known as "Mr. Lincoln's Army" for its close association with the sitting United States president, its dual mission was to defeat the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and to safeguard Washington, D.C. Formed in the aftermath of the debacle at First Manassas (1861), the army survived a succession of flawed commanders and battlefield reverses to attain final victory. In the spring of 1862, during the mismanaged Peninsula Campaign, the Army of the Potomac failed to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. That summer some of its components met defeat in the Second Manassas Campaign. Although it blunted Robert E. Lee's September 1862 invasion of Maryland, it gained only a tactical draw against the smaller but superbly led Confederate army. Three months later the army suffered horrific losses at Fredericksburg, and the following May it was routed by Lee at Chancellorsville. In July 1863, however, it gained a critical victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ending Lee's second invasion of the North. Beginning early in May 1864, the army methodically advanced against Richmond and equally strategic Petersburg, suffering heavy losses at every turn. Compelled to besiege both cities, the Army of the Potomac eventually forced their evacuation and Lee's retreat. As a result, on April 9, 1865, realizing that he had been overtaken, Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, effectively ending the war.

Commanding Officers

Lieutenant Vacant 

1st Division - Major General  Nicolas Brown

1st Division Staff

Major General Nicolas Brown

Wolf Brigade

Commanding Officer : Brigadier General Jason

2nd United States Sharpshooters - Colonel Gameboy69err
95th NY Highlanders (Wallace's Pride) - Colonel. W. Comhnall

Irish Brigade

To Apply to join

Regiment Name:
Regiment Class:
Regiment Size:
Leader's Steam:

Army Of The Potomac Teamspeak

Connection Adress : 158.69.212.209:10010

Army Of The Potomac Events

Mondays - 8:00 EST signups at 7:30
Tuesday- N/A
Wednesday- 8:00 EST signups @ 7:30
Thursday- N/A
Friday- N/A
Saturday- N/A
Sunday -N/A

Rules

Spoiler

Server Rules-

No Recruiting unless you're a member of the AoP Or its confederate Brigade.
Do not make a complete ass of yourself (I.E don't troll or start drama. Its a game, don't take it any farther then that.)
No Ramboing During commander battles/Line battles
No FOH While moving on horse. (This goes for both cavalry and gen-staff)
No Reloading while on horseback

Event Rules-

4 Men Required to qualify as a line,
3-4 To sign up as Sharpshooters.
3-4 To sign up as Skirmishers
4-5 To sign up as Cavalry
3-6 To sign up as Artillery
4 Or more To sign up as Line
3 Minimum To sign up as Gen Staff
No Ramboing, One warning ingame, followed by a kick/temp ban
Officers May request a temp-ban  or slay on members from their regiment For valid reason only.
No bush pirates, (I.e. All drummers, priests, flagbearers, medics, Etc.)
No Musicians unless requested during signups,
No priests Period,
No FOH While moving on horseback,
No Reloading on Horseback.
No reload on charge.
Keep the political,random, or otherwise unsavory banter to a minimum in dead chat / All Or Team chat.'
Do not break another engineers equitment Unless requested by said engineer,

---Infantry---
4 Men to a line, if you're line is under 4 men you may not reload and must rejoin a friendly line.
One engineer Per Regiment
Infantry may crouch in cover but must stand to fire.
Infantry may have 2 man spacing in the open, 4 man spacing in cover.

---Skirmishers---
Skirmisher Regiments are allowed 4-5 man spacing.
Skirmishers may always crouch reguardless of location.
One engineer per skirmisher regiment
Skirmishers may not use rifles with bayonettes. (you may pick them up off the ground however.)

---Sharpshooters---
Sharpshooters Regiments may have 2 spotters per regiment
Sharpshooters are not allowed to reload on the move
Sharpshooters are allowed 5 man spacing

---Artillery---
Maximum 2 engineers Per Artillery
4 Cannons per team Maximum. (must be even and may not have 3-4 or the like)
Artillery may have arty guard, but it must remain near the artillery

---Cavalry---
Cavalry Is only allowed to fire on horseback if they are immobile,
Cavalry may not reload on horseback
As dismounted cavalry you are under the same restrictions as skirmishers.
Dismounted Cavalry are not allowed to reload while moving
Cavalry must dismount if they have more dismounted then mounted. (i.e 3 dismounted 1 mounted)

---Generals Staff---
Generals staff must contain atleast 3 members and must be approved by the events lead admin.
Generals staff must remain with their line / lines.
Generals staff must have 3 men or more to engage, if you have less then three, you must wait for friendly lines to engage before you advance,




General Rules for Teamspeak

1 ) Obey all MP or Admins
2 ) No pornographic/Racist/Or otherwise Unsavory images.
3 ) No being a complete dick to this community or its members, if you have an issue contact an officer (Brig Gen or higher normally.)
4 ) If you wish to join the AoP Contact any Major General or Brigade General online.
5 ) If you are caught trying to steal regiments you and anyone in your regiment or army will be banned from this teamspeak and our future events until otherwise notified.
6 ) No Scamming/bashing/Discrimination
7 ) Unless you are a member of high command and have notified the regiment in question, do not edit a regiments channels without the proper reason
8 ) No Soundboards unless allowed by the officer or members in the channel you are currently in. This is not a three strikes you're out rule, you will be dealt with accordingly if caught
---W.I.P---

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[Macca]

Lol. Have fun.

[Sanborne]

Will do~

[Patriots90]

Have fun form the AoT

[Jamez]

Good Luck!

[Dipington]

nice to have this finally up

[Bravescot]

It was interesting having a look at your TS. I see you've taken great inspiration from the UA format

[Sanborne]

While our layout is somewhat similar we decided against sharps,arty,line, and Cav ranks being seperate  and have one solid structure to our rank.

-Edit-
 Also, forgot to note that our event rules are slightly more scaled for smaller regiments as well. so as long as you're 3 - 4 strong you can get pretty much any specialty you'd like which we'd hoped might be more fair for everyone involved in future events with the army

[Sanborne]

Updated due to Reconstruction of the regiments and the removing of inactive or dead regiments.

[Murch]

While our layout is somewhat similar we decided against sharps,arty,line, and Cav ranks being seperate  and have one solid structure to our rank.

Think he was more one about the structure of the TS being the exact same as the UA one >.> <.<

[Sanborne]

-New regiments added. Old Regiments Removed.

[Sanborne]

Bump, Army structure being reworked. Currently recruting new regiments and weeding out dead or inactive. Anyone intrested in joining a freshly revitalized army feel free to shoot me a message via the forums

[Stark99]

gl

[TheDoctor]

cool, the AoP is alive once again

[Sanborne]

Bump- Recruitment is slow, Dealing with another group trying to use our name, Sorry for the slow return gents, Hope to be up and running in a month or so depending on how things pan out,

Topics Of Intrest For Any Reading

* False / Persons Attempting to claim the army- https://steamcommunity.com/groups/TheAoP
 This steam group and all within it are False claim to this army, and as such have no right to use this name nor any of the brigades claimed within

* The AoP Will be restructured as a single brigade starting off this time, As to make it easier on the lads and the command staff as a whole.

* The End-game goal with the army this time around is to maintain a friendly place of non conflicting issue, The possibility of events once more being hosted is entirely on the table, However with that said i'd very much so like to clear this up with Chamberlain, Formerly Brig-gen of iron brigade In the AoP and his attempt to claim the name in somewhat of a spiteful, Uncooperative manner.

*Anyone with questions, Issues, Or otherwise important concerns can Get ahold of me via my steam, Or the forums here. Or on the teamspeak i shall be setting up above, Within reason to that i would like invite all of you in a sense of friendship to come and be part of our events once they've returned

*And finally, If anyone wish's to join our army, as either their own brigade *If you have the numbers* Or Simply as a regiment as a whole, But on that note i'm going to sign off on this post and get back to work on the teamspeak and the recruitment drive. Hope to see you boys on the field!