[Longstreet] "West Point battery"

Allright everyone. Time to get serious. What would a Union army without artillery? Huh? It's time to get the big guns.


Bon! Allez, il est temps de redevenir serieux. Que serait une armee de l'Union sans artillerie? Hein? Je vous le demande. Franchement... On va donc sortir les gros calibres, la puissance d'un croiseur et les flingues de concours.





First of all, welcome to Luis Pérez.

Today's unit is supposed to represent the 5th United States Artillery, Company D, aka "the West Point battery", under Cpt Charles Griffin, whom you can see observing the enemy positions with his binoculars. This chap is interesting, since he fought during the Mexican war, taught at West point, then was promoted to lead a brigade, and finally the V. Corps at the end of the war. Worthy of a hero. But all in good time.

L'unite du jour est censee representer la compagnie D du 5e d'artillerie, egalement nommee la batterie West Point. Elle etait sous les ordres du capitaine Charles Griffin, que vous pouvez apercevoir observant les positions ennemies aux jumelles. Griffin est un personnage interessant, puisque c'etait un veteran de la guerre du Mexique, enseigna a West Point, puis fut promu au commandement d'une brigade avant de terminer la guerre a la tete du Ve corps.

They're not the right guns to represent the unit at Bull Run, but it will be more practical for the rest of the war. Indeed, at the start of the war, most guns were 6pdr and howitzers, humble veterans of the Mexican war. But if you know your guns, you'll see that those are in fact 10" Parrott and 1 Napoleon. Shame, shame, I know, but I need up to nine guns, so I had to cut the expenses somewhere.

Bon, vous devrez me pardonner, mais ce ne sont pas les bons canons. En effet, a Bull Run, la plupart des canons etaient des 6pdr et des obusiers, reliques de la guerre du Mexique. Vous aurez remarque que ce sont ici des 10" Parrott et 1 Napoleon. J'ai honte, mais bon, fallait faire une petite economie quelque part, non?