8th Alabama Company I- "The Emerald Guards"
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.
8th Alabama Company I- "The Emerald Guards" [Archive] - War of Rights
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.
8th Alabama Company I- "The Emerald Guards" - Page 6
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.
33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Companies A ...
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 ...
Original Confederate Flags - Page 6 - warofrightsforum.com
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 around one of the forts and the State flags were ...
8th Alabama Company I- "The Emerald Guards" - Page 2
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33rd Virginia Company A "Potomac Guards" - warofrightsforum.com
The regiment was organized and mustered into service soon after the secession of Virginia on 17 April 1861. It was formed of ten companies, which included men from Hampshire, Shenandoah, Frederick, Hardy, Page, and Rockingham counties.
♣ 24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Company H "The Currahee Rangers" ♣ ...
The following extract from a private letter will show that Meagher met his match at Fredericksburg in a gallant son of the Emerald Isle, Colonel Robert McMillan, of the 24th Georgia. We should like to see McMillan at the head of the lamented Cobb’s brigade, pitted against Meagher or Corcoran in an open field:
Weapons that need to be in game [Archive] - War of Rights
The Emerald Archer 08-31-2014, 10:47 PM Muzzleloaders- 1853 Enfield Rifle, 1861 Springfield Rifle, 1841 Mississipi Rifle, Lindsay Double Rifle ( a 2 shot muzzleloader), M1819 Hall Rifle
Barrel Cleaning for Rifles [Archive] - War of Rights
The Emerald Archer 09-29-2014, 01:24 PM I was wondering if you were going to implement the fact that blackpowder (muzzleloader primarily) rifles' barrels get a lot of residue in the rifling that degrade the accuracy after so many shots.
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