At salem church, wilcox's brigade of alabamans, of which the 8th was a part, bore the brunt of the federal assault, and drove them back in confusion, capturing 1500 prisoners The eighth lost 58 men. Having somehow come into the possession of a barrel of whiskey, the emerald guard would make it longer yet and twice as miserable for the others present The whole of the irish company gets drunk save a few, wrote a member of company h, 33rd virginia, they get to fighting, in which swords, bayonets and knives are used Have a hard time tying. The emerald guard was the first alabama unit to enlist for the war
The 8th was organized by the appointment of its field officers by the war department The regiment was posted at yorktown, virginia during the first eleven months of its service, and a detachment of the 8th was engaged in a skirmish near winn's mill. The emerald guard flag was only carried by company e The other companies did not carry that flag The emerald guard also was not the color company of the 33rd virginia The 33rd carried a virginia state flag and the army of northern virginia 2nd bunting battle flag
Charles blackford wrote all the virginia regiments in striking distance of this place were collected. Lads of the 8th emerald guard!!!! Pleasure to see you boys I'm willy pete, im 24 from mobile, alabama (across the bay anyway) born and raised Cant wait to pour the led into billy with you lads. I can indeed assure you that many of the weapons you listed will be included in the game
However, when it comes to things like the windbüchse, i doubt that will be included, as i have never seen a single instance of it's use in the american civil war, let alone in the maryland campaign In january of 1861, elijah williams created the first william patent wad for ordinance, and was mainly meant for.
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