HydricAcid
11-16-2015, 09:21 PM
I have a couple questions regarding the kits that sharpshooter regiments, and specifically the 1st and 2nd USSS, will have available to them.
Firstly:Colt Rifles The Berdans' signature M1859 Sharps Rifle was not issued to the brigade until May and June of '62, just in time for the Antietam campaign. It is not at all a stretch to consider that many men would have instead held onto the Colt revolving rifles that they had been issued at the start of the war and used in several major engagements. My question is this: Will players in the 1st and 2nd USSS be given a choice between the Sharps and the Colt rifle?
Secondly: Officer riflemen It is held as tradition, at least in my reenacting group, that as every member of the 1st and 2nd USSS was a deadly shot, that many officers were known to carry a rifle onto the field. Is this going to be an option for officers in the in-game representation of the Berdans? Similarly, I have also been informed that enlisted men and NCOs would carry a sidearm onto the field for additional defence, especially the heavy rifle teams. Will this be an option?
Thirdly: Officer's uniforms the Berdans' officers and NCOs would often wear uniforms devoid of their chevrons and shoulder bars, to avoid standing out (why would they wear rank, when they specifically targeted rank). Will there be an option for Sharpshooter officers to wear insignia-free uniforms?
Fourthly: Uniforms I fully expect that the uniforms of the 1st and 2nd USSS will be green, as I expect all unique regimental uniforms to be colored correctly. However, as seasoned researchers and reenactors may know, the Berdans had difficulty getting replacement uniform parts in the right color, and often had to settle for blue. (This is the same problem that dragoons and mounted rifles had in regards to the piping on their uniforms, but I digress.) Other sharpshooters ditched their green coats to blend in better with the line infantry and avoid making themselves targets. As can be seen in the memoirs of one Pvt Brigham Buswell (F Company, 1st United States Sharpshooters), some sections of the Berdans had switched to all blue by the battle of Gaines Mill, in June of '62. So my third question is this: Will players representing the 1st and 2nd USSS, as well as other units with unique uniforms, be allowed to mix and match uniform pieces out of the standard uniform?
I have many more questions, but this sums up the greatest of my concerns. Thank you to the devs or knowledgable community members for helping with my questions.
Also, I can provide sources for everything except the officers with rifles, which is, as I said, more of a tradition amongst my fellow D Company reenactors.
Firstly:Colt Rifles The Berdans' signature M1859 Sharps Rifle was not issued to the brigade until May and June of '62, just in time for the Antietam campaign. It is not at all a stretch to consider that many men would have instead held onto the Colt revolving rifles that they had been issued at the start of the war and used in several major engagements. My question is this: Will players in the 1st and 2nd USSS be given a choice between the Sharps and the Colt rifle?
Secondly: Officer riflemen It is held as tradition, at least in my reenacting group, that as every member of the 1st and 2nd USSS was a deadly shot, that many officers were known to carry a rifle onto the field. Is this going to be an option for officers in the in-game representation of the Berdans? Similarly, I have also been informed that enlisted men and NCOs would carry a sidearm onto the field for additional defence, especially the heavy rifle teams. Will this be an option?
Thirdly: Officer's uniforms the Berdans' officers and NCOs would often wear uniforms devoid of their chevrons and shoulder bars, to avoid standing out (why would they wear rank, when they specifically targeted rank). Will there be an option for Sharpshooter officers to wear insignia-free uniforms?
Fourthly: Uniforms I fully expect that the uniforms of the 1st and 2nd USSS will be green, as I expect all unique regimental uniforms to be colored correctly. However, as seasoned researchers and reenactors may know, the Berdans had difficulty getting replacement uniform parts in the right color, and often had to settle for blue. (This is the same problem that dragoons and mounted rifles had in regards to the piping on their uniforms, but I digress.) Other sharpshooters ditched their green coats to blend in better with the line infantry and avoid making themselves targets. As can be seen in the memoirs of one Pvt Brigham Buswell (F Company, 1st United States Sharpshooters), some sections of the Berdans had switched to all blue by the battle of Gaines Mill, in June of '62. So my third question is this: Will players representing the 1st and 2nd USSS, as well as other units with unique uniforms, be allowed to mix and match uniform pieces out of the standard uniform?
I have many more questions, but this sums up the greatest of my concerns. Thank you to the devs or knowledgable community members for helping with my questions.
Also, I can provide sources for everything except the officers with rifles, which is, as I said, more of a tradition amongst my fellow D Company reenactors.