Federal or Confederate?

[Arkansan]

Will you play in a Federal or Confederate Company within the Company Tool?

Yes, I realize this does not bar us from playing as the other. I'm just interested in the current numbers for each side once the game enters its beginning stages.
Keep in mind I don't believe votes can be changed once they are cast. See you in battle gents!

[Skipper]

looks fair to me :D one Brigardier General for the Confederates and one Major for the Federals ^^

[Mississippi]

Confederate! To Live & Die In Dixie!

[Maximus Decimus Meridius]

For the Union, Sigel and Liberty!

[-Mitchell-]

Jeff Davis and the South!

[Arkansan]

Going off the amount of Companies/post made so far for each side, I expect the Union numbers to pass up the Confederates if everyone votes.

[Shadow765]

For the Confederates ! :D

[JaegerCoyote]

Union Forever

[Pvt.Scott]

For the union! Fuagh a ballah!

[CjkCJkCjk]

I declare Neutrality

[Shadow765]

I declare Neutrality

Congrats on being the first one in "Both if Possible" ;)

[CjkCJkCjk]

Congrats on being the first one in "Both if Possible" ;)
Well see I live in the North but reenact the south XD

[Shadow765]

Well see I live in the North but reenact the south XD

Make more sense XD

[Slimbizza]

Half my family is from the South (Texas) other half is from the North (Minnesota) Hard choices....

[Devmc99]

Another vote for the Union! For my Irish boys! Faugh a ballagh!

[CjkCJkCjk]

Make more sense XD
I Reenact with a CSA group while I live in the North.

[A. P. Hill]

I Reenact with a CSA group while I live in the North.

I used to do the same thing. :)

[Wigmund_Adams]

The South's Saviors, yip yip yeow!

[CjkCJkCjk]

I used to do the same thing. :)
Though I am Looking to get Outfitted with some union gear but as of now It's all CSA

[O'Donovan]

Union



-Irish

[Mi'kmaq]

Confederate :D

[Landree]

Defeat is not dishonor! Down with the eagle and up with the star!

[Fredrick]

Federals! "Liberty!"

[SpectretheGreat]

For the sake of the United States, I declare myself a faithful NCO of the Union.

[Patrick Kurtz]

That doesn't look good... I hope some of the Confederacy people are willing to swap to Federal.

[A. P. Hill]

That doesn't look good... I hope some of the Confederacy people are willing to swap to Federal.

I would say based on the number of Union companies already formed ... you have nothing to worry about. I'm thinking many folks haven't visited this thread.

My fear is there are way too many Yanks that need killin. :D

[Bravescot]

I would say based on the number of Union companies already formed ... you have nothing to worry about. I'm thinking many folks haven't visited this thread.

However most of those companies consist of one man :/

[A. P. Hill]

However most of those companies consist of one man :/

Point noted, but it would be a safe bet to say the situation is typical in the southern companies as well. Just stating that the pool to draw members leans heavier for the Union. Which is completely fine by me ... because as we all know the north always had more men at any one given time than the southern forces, so I'm not too worried about it. :)

[R21]

Are the plans for or will there be a War/Campaign mode like in Heroes and Generals? (like Players pick a side at the start of the Campaign and play that team for the duration) with a Commander Deploying forces and choosing where they fight next and what resources they're assigned.

[Josy_Wales]

Ill fight for Southern independence, and of course do all I can to conduct my share in whacking as many bluecoated NCOs and officers as possible together with the 10 great folks under my command :D

[Lackay]

I was born in the USA, and will fight for the USA!

[Johann Günderson]

I was born in the USA, and will fight for the USA!

Hell yes, we shall run those damned confederates through!

[Patrick Kurtz]

Hopefully a lot of people just won't mid switching if there aren't enough on one side.

[Jeffrey Miller]

Confederate! To Live & Die In Dixie! Agreed a big Rebel yell to that!

[Jeffrey Miller]

I was born in the USA, and will fight for the USA! They both were born in the USA. One just loved their neighbors and their State more.

[Billy-Yank]

Hurrah! For the Hoosier state!

[Mississippi]

Down with the eagle and up with the cross!

[LoverBoyUSA]

My roots are from the South so I must fight in their memories!

[frood goldberg]

For uncle sam and for the stripes and stars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL_EQi3M3o

[Saxon21]

Hopefully a lot of people just won't mid switching if there aren't enough on one side.

I would never do that, will fight for my side win or lose to the end.

[CybrSlydr]

For the Union!

[Schwieger]

Confederate. Is it even a question?

[Corporal Stender]

For freedom, of course.

Deo Vindice.

[Virgil Cole]

"Well they dare not call us invaders,
'Tis but state rights and liberty we ask."

[SHoGUN]

That doesn't look good... I hope some of the Confederacy people are willing to swap to Federal.

Yeah, I'm a bit of a hired gun tbh :P

[A. P. Hill]

I think it would be unfair if all players don't experience this from both sides, especially since the opportunity to make characters from both are always available to the player.

[Morgan]

I think it would be unfair if all players don't experience this from both sides, especially since the opportunity to make characters from both are always available to the player. That will be awesome to experience both sides.

[Kevin3224]

Confederate of course. (Why don't you just look at the list of companies for each side and count them up?)

[James Tinney]

May be a little behind on this but I'm fighting for my rights!

[Corporal Stender]

May be a little behind on this but I'm fighting for my rights!

Only about 150+ years. But fear not, I shall march alongside you! ;)

[Colonel P. R. Page]

For family and home! For Dixie!

[crazychester1247]

The Onion forever!

You Corn-federates can go to hell!:p

[TeteRex]

Huzzah for the Confederacy!!! Long may it live!
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[Ginger_]

For the Confederacy!!!

Down with General Grant! Hurrah for General... Lee!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nouLQZCXW4A

[MadWolf]

Yankee blue for me. Long live the Union.

[Locke1740]

Long live Dixie! Long live South Carolina!

[Hartl]

Confederate of course.

[A. P. Hill]

Play both experience both worlds!

[Locke1740]

Play both experience both worlds!

No thank you Mr Hill

[Longstreet]

I will definitely play both sides, but my "main" character will be Union Iron Brigade all the way!
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[crazychester1247]

Welcome to the forum.:D

[Legion]

I will definitely play both sides, but my "main" character will be Union Iron Brigade all the way!
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Iron Brigade!! You do your name a disservice Sir!!!

lol jk good luck I'll be the one goin toe to toe with you seeing as I'm in the Tigers, we'll try not to woop ya'll too hard:p

[Longstreet]

Iron Brigade!! You do your name a disservice Sir!!!

lol jk good luck I'll be the one goin toe to toe with you seeing as I'm in the Tigers, we'll try not to woop ya'll too hard:p
I love both armies, and Longstreet is my favorite general in the war, but the Iron Brigade can't be beat. Between the hats, the music, and the fighting western devils, the Iron Brigade has always captured my imagination more than any other Civil War unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGlxTAr31FA

[Legion]

You know multiple units had the nickname Iron Brigade but the blacks hats are the ones people think of

[Longstreet]

Yeah. The Black Hats are the only Iron Brigade most people actually know though.

[Yankee Blue]

Judging by my name and avatar, it's pretty obvious whom I'll be fighting for.

[David Dire]

I'll be marching with my fellow Rangers, right over the cold bodies of any Confederates that come to meet us ;)

[Locke1740]

I'll be marching with my fellow Rangers, right over the cold bodies of any Confederates that come to meet us ;)

And you'll be sent right back over'em!

[Brooklyn]

For the Union.
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[Naomi]

Confederate!!! :p

[W1Z25]

the federals need more scottish ;)

Long live the union!

[Berger]

Confederate, For kicking my Family out of Missouri!

[Sandman]

For the Union

[MulchStyner]

Confederate is the only way to play

[salad]

For Lincoln and liberty!!

[Col. Kiwi]

For the UNION!

[dmurray6]

Wait, your "main" will be "Union Iron Brigade all the way!", but your name and picture are of General James Longstreet? :)

[Grant97]

Union!

[jadams196]

Confederacy. Virginia all the way!

[TrustyJam]

Wait, your "main" will be "Union Iron Brigade all the way!", but your name and picture are of General James Longstreet? :)

He did a lot of work for the government in the years after the Civil War and was one of the few southern generals who dared to criticize Lee's actions at Gettysburg so I guess he could be viewed as a union man by some. :P

- Trusty

[dmurray6]

He did a lot of work for the government in the years after the Civil War and was one of the few southern generals who dared to criticize Lee's actions at Gettysburg so I guess he could be viewed as a union man by some. :P

- Trusty

I can see that, but let's be honest and/or blunt, it's not hard to decide to "do work for the government" after you've been part of a losing effort that would otherwise have you pegged as a person of treason. It would also not be hard to criticize your once commanding General when you're on the losing side and just wish to get back to a normal life. Let's say it was likely "the path of least resistance". I just recently came across a letter that my GrGrGrandfather had to write to President Andrew Johnson, seeking amnesty after the war. It appears that Andrew Johnson's May 29, 1865 amnesty proclamation excepted certain classes of people. My Gr-Gr-Grandfather having held the Postmaster position in the small Virginian town in which he resided, I suppose before and after the war would have made him a U.S. Postmaster and a C.S.A. Postmaster, and thus making him not eligible for amnesty through the proclamation. I can only assume that his request was granted, as the picture in my signature is my GrGrGrandfather years after the war. Nicholas would have been approximately 29 when the war started, and the child on his lap in the photo was my Uncle Clyde who was born in 1908. So he obviously lived well past the war. :)

[TrustyJam]

I can see that, but let's be honest and/or blunt, it's not hard to decide to "do work for the government" after you've been part of a losing effort that would otherwise have you pegged as a person of treason. It would also not be hard to criticize your once commanding General when you're on the losing side and just wish to get back to a normal life. Let's say it was likely "the path of least resistance". I just recently came across a letter that my GrGrGrandfather had to write to President Andrew Johnson, seeking amnesty after the war. It appears that Andrew Johnson's May 29, 1865 amnesty proclamation excepted certain classes of people. My Gr-Gr-Grandfather having held the Postmaster position in the small Virginian town in which he resided, I suppose before and after the war would have made him a U.S. Postmaster and a C.S.A. Postmaster, and thus making him not eligible for amnesty through the proclamation. I can only assume that his request was granted, as the picture in my signature is my GrGrGrandfather years after the war. Nicholas would have been approximately 29 when the war started, and the child on his lap in the photo was my Uncle Clyde who was born in 1908. So he obviously lived well past the war. :)

I very much doubt that it was the easiest way for him to take. He was a long time friend of President Grant (ever since West Point) so naturally there was a position ready for him when Grant got elected. Here's a quote of his: "Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse."

Cool story regarding your ancestor! :)

- Trusty

[dmurray6]

I very much doubt that it was the easiest way for him to take. He was a long time friend of President Grant (ever since West Point) so naturally there was a position ready for him when Grant got elected. Here's a quote of his: "Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse."
-Trusty
Trusty,
The way I read your response, I'm getting that the quote was from Longstreet. If that's an accurate quote, I don't know a lot about Longstreet, and have no reason to doubt you, but that sounds to me feel like Longstreet didn't have a lot of officer friends on his own side, if he was getting shot at. That's crazy. From what I've read I thought Longstreet was very highly regarded by General Lee. Which you would think would have made him highly regarded by anyone who regarded Lee highly, so I have to wonder who was shooting at him after the war. Looks like I need to do some reading on Longstreet, now my interest is piqued.

Thanks for the reply concerning Nicholas' letter to the President. I had to look multiple times to make sure I was seeing things clearly, but the letter clearly had Nicholas' signature. I honestly don't know if he was a U.S. postmaster or just a postmaster after Virginia seceded.
Cool story regarding your ancestor! :)

[Hiram Lee]

Confederates Texans if possible

[Winter]

For the Union of course!

[Hiram Lee]

damn yankees

[Hiram Lee]

lol

[JRob]

For our independence. Im fightin for freedom!--- and for TEXAS!

[Jakester]

Re-unite the union!

[Alexander Greene]

For the Union, men!!!

[union_cannoneer]

I'm a born and raised Jersey boy, Federal reenactor and unabashed Lincolnite, so I think my choice is pretty obvious.

Then again, my family is from farther south than most Southerners (i.e. the Caribbean), so if the numbers call for it I guess I could go Confederate... but I'd definitely be a reluctant conscript. :P

[VOLCUSGAMING]

For denmark!

[Rut]

I just want to play, okay?

[Sir Doctor Professor]

I just want to play, okay?

+1 xD

[Captain Armistead]

For Dixie's land I'll take my stand

[yoyo8346]

For Dixie's land I'll take my stand

and live and die for Dixie!

[SteelWalrus]

My grandfather bore a striking resemblance to Lee... So there's that to consider.

I guess what I'm trying to say is "Down with the Eagle and up with the Cross!"

[Optimist]

Well i wont say no to playing the Union at some point in time. But id prefer to fight as Skirmisher in a Confederate Company.

[Pvt.Scott]

Im still trying to figure out the numbers. :confused:
With this poll the confeds out number the union a lot and that makes me wonder. Which Faction will have more manpower? It's hard to tell which companies have how many people. Like to me right now. It seems that the Union have lots of companies. But most are empty and there is a few very large companies. Then the confederates (I don't look at the confederate regiments a lot so if this isn't true sorry) I think have almost the same amount of companies. But I think they have more companies with a moderate amount of manpower. idk.:p It's interesting though.

[[27th NC] SavagexWolf]

Confederate 24/7 365 days a year.

[TwistedDNA]

Being from North Carolina, I will be protecting my homeland from the northern aggressors.

[Jeeperswerewolf]

For the Union and Wisconsin!

[Johann Günderson]

For the Union and Wisconsin's successful cousin, Minnesota

[The Fearless Hussar]

For The South! For Dixieland!
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[Cold Steele]

The Union forever,
Hurrah! boys, hurrah!

[Damose989]

Down with the eagle, and up with the cross.

[Ted]

Long live the Union!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSiVjlknuSw

[Saris]

For Texas and Freedom!

[Wildcat]

Ill defend my not home state of Louisiana from the Yankees until I die :P

[JmCraz8]

Being from North Carolina, I will be protecting my homeland from the northern aggressors.

Same here but from Jacksonville, N.C.

[Jordon Brooker]

Federal! For the Union!.

Not being from the US I prefer the History of the Union throughout the Civil War more. Plus prefer me some Blue uniform.

[James Dixon]

Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton,
Old times there are not forgotten.
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land!
In Dixie's Land, where I was born in,
early on one frosty mornin'.
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land!
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie's Land I'll take my stand,
to live and die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!
There's buckwheat cakes and Injun batter,
Makes you fat or a little fatter.
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel,
To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel.
Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie's Land I'll take my stand,
to live and die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!
Away, away, away down south in Dixie!

DIXIE FOREVER HURRAH!

[Jordon Brooker]

The Union forever! Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with the traitors, up with the stars;
While we rally round the flag, boys, we rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
We are springing to the call for three hundred thousand more,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
And we'll fill the vacant ranks of our brothers gone before,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!

[James Dixon]

Our flag is proudly floating on the land and on the main,
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
Beneath it oft we've conquered, and we'll conquer oft again!
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
Our Dixie forever! She's never at a loss!
Down with the eagle and up with the cross
We'll rally 'round the bonny flag, we'll rally once again,
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
Our gallant boys have marched to the rolling of the drums.
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
And the leaders in charge cry out, "Come, boys, come!"
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
They have laid down their lives on the bloody battle field.
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
Their motto is resistance – "To the tyrants never yield!"
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
While our boys have responded and to the fields have gone.
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!
Our noble women also have aided them at home.
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

[yoyo8346]

You're both inferior!

https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/sites/cgcorp/files/images/web_articles/magazine/jf15/red_ensign_lg.jpg


In days of yore, from Britain's shore,
Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came
And planted firm Britannia's flag
On Canada's fair domain.
Here may it wave, our boast, our pride
And, joined in love together,
The thistle, shamrock, rose entwine
The Maple Leaf forever!

[Profender]

CSA all the way to victory

[James Dixon]

Yankee Doodle went to town
A-riding on a pony,
Stuck a feather in his cap
And called it macaroni.
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
Father and I went down to camp,
Along with Captain Gooding,
And there we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding.
And there we saw a thousand men
As rich as Squire David,
And what they wasted every day,
I wish it could be savéd.
The 'lasses they eat every day,
Would keep a house a winter;
They have so much, that I'll be bound,
They eat it when they've a mind to.
And there I see a swamping gun
Large as a log of maple,
Upon a deuced little cart,
A load for father's cattle.
And every time they shoot it off,
It takes a horn of powder,
And makes a noise like father's gun,
Only a nation louder.
I went as nigh to one myself
As 'Siah's underpinning;
And father went as nigh again,
I thought the deuce was in him.
Cousin Simon grew so bold,
I thought he would have cocked it;
It scared me so I shrinked it off
And hung by father's pocket.
And Cap'n Davis had a gun,
He kind of clapt his hand on't
And stuck a crooked stabbing iron
Upon the little end on't
And there I see a pumpkin shell
As big as mother's basin,
And every time they touched it off
They scampered like the nation.
I see a little barrel too,
The heads were made of leather;
They knocked on it with little clubs
And called the folks together.
And there was Cap'n Washington,
And gentle folks about him;
They say he's grown so 'tarnal proud
He will not ride without 'em.
He got him on his meeting clothes,
Upon a slapping stallion;
He sat the world along in rows,
In hundreds and in millions.
The flaming ribbons in his hat,
They looked so tearing fine, ah,
I wanted dreadfully to get
To give to my Jemima.
I see another snarl of men
A-digging graves, they told me,
So 'tarnal long, so 'tarnal deep,
They 'tended they should hold me.
It scared me so, I hooked it off,
Nor stopped, as I remember,
Nor turned about till I got home,
Locked up in mother's chamber.

[Tavi]

Plus prefer me some Blue uniform.

Primary reason i prefer the Union over the Confederates. You just can't beat those blue uniforms, especially those of Union officers.

[Jordon Brooker]

Primary reason i prefer the Union over the Confederates. You just can't beat those blue uniforms, especially those of Union officers.



https://www.collinsflags.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Civil-War-Color-Bearer.jpg

[The Fearless Hussar]

https://www.collinsflags.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Civil-War-Color-Bearer.jpg

i am sorry but 'i hates the Freedmen's Bureau in uniforms of blue' but instead i believe 'That we've a manly, honest right to wearing of the gray'
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[Jordon Brooker]

i am sorry but 'i hates the Freedmen's Bureau in uniforms of blue' but instead i believe 'That we've a manly, honest right to wearing of the gray'
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Are these two actually a set? If not god damn that's amazing.

[The Fearless Hussar]

Are these two actually a set? If not god damn that's amazing.

the First one is from the longer version of i am a good old rebel and the second one is from wearing of the gray.

[Jupiter]

Born in Georgia, and live in New York because that's where my Father's from. Decisions, Decisions...

[Alexander Greene]

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!

We are springing to the call with a million freemen more,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!And we’ll fill our vacant ranks of our brothers gone before,
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!

We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
And although he may be poor, he shall never be a slave,
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!

So we’re springing to the call from the East and from the West,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
And we’ll hurl the rebel crew from the land we love best,
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!

Guess which side I'm on. :D ;)

[Saris]

Our flag is proudly floating on the land and on the main,

Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

Beneath it oft we’ve conquered, and we’ll conquer oft again!

Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

Our Dixie forever! She’s never at a loss!
Down with the eagle and up with the cross!
We'll rally ‘round the bonny flag, we’ll rally once again,
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

Our gallant boys have marched to the rolling of the drums.

Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

And the leaders in charge cry out, “Come, boys, come!”

Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!--

Our Dixie forever! She’s never at a loss!
Down with the eagle and up with the cross!
We'll rally ‘round the bonny flag, we’ll rally once again,
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

They have laid down their lives on the bloody battle field.

Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

Their motto is resistance --“To tyrants we’ll not yield!”

Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!--

Our Dixie forever! She’s never at a loss!
Down with the eagle and up with the cross!
We’ll rally ‘round the bonny flag, we’ll rally once again,
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

While our boys have responded and to the fields have gone.

Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

Our noble women also have aided them at home.

Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!--

Our Dixie forever! She’s never at a loss!
Down with the eagle and up with the cross!
We'll rally ‘round the bonny flag, we’ll rally once again,
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom!

Confederate Battle cry >>>> yours

[Lance Rawlings]

If you two make an epic rap battle of history I'll be intrigued. ;)