Player Discussion* (OOC)
I don't believe sergeants in any army have ever been called 'officers', they have always been NCO's.
In the Game Wiki is some info on each of the units but the basic make up of 35th Maine is 12 company's of 50 men each. Each company is divided into two ranks when in battle line and each rank is called a platoon (though I don't think this is an official formation in the Civil War, however it is the first time the term platoon is used in the military I believe). Each company is commanded by a Lieutenant or a Captain who has at least one sergeant (usually 2 sergeants, 1 per platoon) who is assisted by Corporals. In the 44th they have 'guns' rather than 'platoons'. Infantry are armed with rifled muskets and bayonets, artillerymen have revolvers and everyone has a knife. At 600 men the 35th is under strength (1,000 men when the war started) but this is probably about an average size at this time in the war.
All the player characters are new recruits/replacements, having joined within the last 3 months and joining the regiment in the siege lines around Petersburg before being sent on this mission.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:35, Sat 09 Mar.