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. 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.
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's wintered at rappahannock 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.
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 On october 30, 1861 capt Charles blackford wrote all the virginia regiments in striking distance of this place were collected. There should be a system in which you can create a character with his own background, facial features, etc
You could be a recent german immigrant to louisiana that joined the infantry with emerald green eyes and hair as red as the tomatoes he grows on his farm Characters with backgrounds of their own It would make the game so much more immersive and realistic. Cant wait to pour the led into billy with you lads Originally, the regiment was commanded by col Cummings, though it would change hands many times through the war
The average height of a soldier in the regiment was 5'8, and the average age was 25 years
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