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    [EU/NA] Lee's Legion




    The Great States of Alabama, Virginia, South Carolina combining forces under Lee's Legion.









    The group
    Small group of players from over the globe(EU/NA), we are active not only in War of rights but also a bunch of other games. We run a number of private servers from time to time. Currently active in Squad, ARMA, Conan Exiles, The Forest, Outlaws of the old west, and Hell Let Loose.








    The Legion
    We are looking for friendly minded people from over the globe. This Legion focuses on teamwork! Tactical fighting! A drama free group where there is no race to get the highest rank or appoint one of ourselves to Generals. We have dedicated people that are solid leaders and take care of the administrative duties and coordination. On the field those who are able and willing get a chance to shine and take the lead over a section / platoon / company or higher.


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    Infantry

    3rd Alabama Infantry

    Commanding Officer at Sharpsburg:
    Col. Cullen A. Battle


    Arms:
    1841 Mississippi Rifle
    Type III fayetteville Rifle

    This Regiment's Chain of Command:
    Army - Army of Northern Virginia
    Corps - Jackson's Command
    Division - D. H. Hill's Division
    Brigade - Rodes' Brigade


    Company A "Mobile Cadets" Check the personal page of the Mobile Cadets Click Me!







    Join the Richmond Howitzers Battalion today!
    An elite battalion, the Howitzers served with distinction from 1st Manassas to Appomattox during the Civil War, and are still active as the 111th Field Artillery in the Virginia National Guard.






    Apply for the Howitzers here!


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    Main Battery

    Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company
    Commanding Officer: Capt. E. S. McCarthy

    Battlefield: West Woods | Against: Gorman's Brigade's
    Arms:
    2 10-pdr. Parrott
    2 6-pdr. Gun

    Attached

    Baltimore (MD) Artillery
    Commanding Officer at Sharpsburg: Capt. J. B. Brockenbrough

    Battlefield: West Woods & Dunker Church | Against: Gorman's Brigades and parts of Hookers Division
    Arms:
    1 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
    2 Blakely
    1 12-pdr. howitzer was of iron rather than the usual bronze, and was unique at the battle.



    Reserves

    Richmond Howitzers, 2nd Company Reserve
    Commanding Officer: Capt. D. Watson
    Arms:
    2 10-pdr. Parrott
    1 12-pdr. Howitzer
    1 6-pdr. Piece that could shoot Hotchkiss shells (After talks with Historical Adviser George Crecy this is probably a Blakely. Less Likely but also possible this could be a Wiard of which a few where captured from Union forces.)

    Richmond Howitzers, 3rd Company Reserve
    Commanding Officer: Capt. Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.
    Arms:
    2 10-pdr. Parrott
    1 12-pdr. Boat Howitzer
    1 12-pdr. Rifled Howitzer

    From the diary of a 3rd Company member
    [Before the 6th August 1862:
    1x 10 pdr. Parrot
    2x Boat Howitzer]

    August 6th.- Our Parrot gun was ordered to the south side of the James river about a week since, and we, as yet, have heard nothing from it. The second Company Howitzers left at the same time, and placed in the Third Company's charge their Rifled Howitzer. A few days ago since we exchanged one of our little brass boat howitzers for another 10 pound Parrot gun .... etc.

    2x 10 Pdr. Parrot
    1x Rifled Howitzer
    1x Boat Howitzer

    used up to and during Antietam september 1862




    10 pdr. Parrott Rifle



    Type: Rifled gun
    Rarity: Common
    Years of Manufacture: Between 1861 and 1865
    Tube Composition: Cast Iron, Wrought Iron Breech Band
    Bore Diameter: 2.9 inches (Model 1861); 3.0 inches (Model 1863)
    Rifling Type (US): 3 grooves, right hand gain twist
    Rifling Type (CS): 3 groves right hand twist, or 12 grooves left hand twist
    Standard Powder Charge: 1 lb. Black Powder
    Projectiles: 10 lb. solid bolt, case, common shell, cannister
    Effective Range (at 5°): up to 1,900 yards (1.1 miles)
    Projectile Flight Time (at 5°): about 8 seconds
    Max Range (at 35°): 5,000 yards (2.8 miles)
    Projectile Flight Time (at 35°): about 21 seconds
    Tube Length: 78 inches (US); 81 inches (CS)
    Tube Weight: 890 lbs. (US); 1,150 lbs. (CS)
    Total Weight (Gun & Carriage): 1,800 lbs. (US); 2,060 lbs. (CS)
    Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
    Horses Required to Pull: 6
    No. in North America: approx. 630
    Cost in 1862 Dollars: $180 (US); $ 300 (CS)
    Cost in 1865 Dollars: $187 (US); $3,000 (CS)
    Invented By: Robert Parker Parrott in 1860
    US Casting Foundry: West Point Foundry, Cold Springs, NY
    CS Casting Foundry: Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, VA
    Special Notes: Easy to Manufacture, Inexpensive, Reliable, and Accurate to Shoot

    One famous U.S. inventor was a former West Point graduate and ordnance officer named Robert Parker Parrott.

    Robert Parker Parrott In 1836, Parrott resigned his rank of captain and went to work for the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring, New York. This foundry was a civilian operated business and Parrott, as a superintendent, was able to dedicate some forty years perfecting a rifled cannon and a companion projectile. By 1860, he had patented a new method of attaching the reinforcing band on the breech of a gun tube. Although he was not the first to attach a band to a tube, he was the first to use a method of rotating the tube while slipping the band on hot. This rotation, while cooling, caused the band to attach itself in place uniformly rather than in one or two places as was the common method, which allowed the band to sag in place. The 10-pounder Parrott was patented in 1861 and the 20- and 30-pounder guns followed in 1861. He quickly followed up these patents by producing 6.4-, 8-, and 10-inch caliber cannons early in the war. The Army referred to these as 100, 200, and 300-pounder Parrotts respectively. By the end of the conflict the Parrott gun was being used extensively in both armies


    6-pdr. Gun



    Type: Smoothbore gun
    Rarity: Common to Uncommon
    Years of Manufacture: 1841 to 1863
    Tube Composition: Bronze or cast iron
    Bore Diameter: 3.67 inches
    Standard Powder Charge: 1.25 lbs.
    Projectiles: Solid shot (6.1 lb), spherical case, common shell, and cannister
    Effective Range (at 5°): up to 1,523 yards
    Tube Length: 60 inches
    Tube Weight: 884 lbs.
    Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
    Horses Required to Pull: 6
    No. in North America: approx. 700
    Special Notes: Workhorse of Mexican War, but considered obsolete by Civil War

    Model 1841 6-pounder Gun
    This popular workhorse of the Mexican War era was regarded as superseded by the Union artillery, but was still heavily employed by a Confederate army that could not afford to pass up any opportunities.



    6 pdr. Wiard Rifle



    Type: Rifled gun
    Rarity: Rare
    Years of Manufacture: Between 1861 and 1862
    Tube Composition: Puddled wrought-iron (semi-steel)
    Bore Diameter: 2.6 inches
    Rifling Type: 8 grooves, left hand twist
    Standard Powder Charge: 0.75 lbs. Black Powder
    Projectiles: 6 lb. Hotchkiss bolt
    Effective Range (at 35°): 7,000 yards
    Tube Length: 53 inches
    Tube Weight: 725 lbs.
    Carriage Type: Wiard Field Carriage
    No. in North America: about 60
    Invented By: Norman Wiard



    12 pdr. Howitzers

    Type: Howitzer
    Rarity: Uncommon to Rare
    Years of Manufacture: 1841 to 1863
    Tube Composition: Bronze
    Bore Diameter: 4.62 inches
    Standard Powder Charge: 1 lb.
    Projectiles: 8.9 lb. round balls
    Effective Range (at 5°): 1072 yards
    Tube Length: 53 inches
    Tube Weight: 788 lbs.
    Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
    Horses Required to Pull: 6



    3-in. Ordnance Rifle

    Also Known As: 3-Inch Wrought Iron Rifle
    Type: Rifled gun
    Rarity: Common
    Years of Manufacture: 1861 to 1865
    Tube Composition: Wrought iron
    Bore Diameter: 3.0 inches
    Rifling Type: 7 rifle grooves
    Standard Powder Charge: 1 lb. Black Powder
    Projectiles: 10 lb. Bolts, 8 to 9 lbs. Hotchkiss or Schenkel shells
    Muzzle Velocity: 1,215 fps
    Effective Range (at 5°): up to 1,850 yards
    Tube Length: 73 inches
    Tube Weight: 816 lbs.
    Total Weight (Gun & Carriage): 1,720 lbs.
    Carriage Type: No. 1 Field Carriage (900 lbs.), 57" wheels
    Horses Required to Pull: 6
    No. in North America: approx. 1000+
    Cost in 1861 Dollars: $330 (US)
    Cost in 1865 Dollars: $450 (US)
    Invented By: John Griffen in 1855
    US Casting Foundry: Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville PA
    CS Casting Foundry: Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond VA (CS castings are called: 3-inch Iron Field Rifles)
    Special Notes: Lightest and strongest rifled tube. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as a Rodman gun






    12 Pdr. Blakely

    Type: Rifled gun, 6 or 7 saw-tooth rifle grooves
    Rarity: Very Rare
    Years of Manufacture: 1860 - 1861
    Tube Composition: Wrought Iron or Steel
    Bore Diameter: 3.5 inches
    Standard Powder Charge: 1.5 lbs.
    Projectiles: 12 lb. bolt
    Tube Length: 59 inches
    Tube Weight: 800 lbs.
    Effective Range (at 5°): 1,850 yards
    Invented By: Royal Artillery Captain Alexander Theopilis Blakely
    Casting Foundry: Fawcett, Preston & Co., Liverpool, England
    Special Notes: At least seven different varieties of Blakelys have been discovered in the many battlefields an museums across the country.








    Reserve



    15th South Carolina Infantry


    Commanding Officer at Sharpsburg:
    Col. William Davie DeSaussure


    Arms:
    1842 / 1861 Springfield

    This Regiment's Chain of Command:
    Army - Army of Northern Virginia
    Corps - Longstreet's Command
    Division - Jones' Division
    Brigade - Drayton's Brigade

    Company C Check the personal page of the 15th South Carolina Click Me!


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    Credits to our Honored member R. Singer
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