Re: [DL] Historical background request

[cmcgloth@halifax.com (Christopher McGlothlin)]

At 09:46 PM 7/24/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings Deadlanders, Christopher McGlotgin in particular,

	Greetings to you as well, good sir!

>    I am trying to flesh out my Deadlands character who is 
>a veteran of the Union army who spent 1865-1869 serving as 
>a private soldier on Western duty (i.e. chasing Indians (Yes it 
>wasn't very P.C.) and the odd group of Confederates raiders).

>I was wondering if anyone could suggest an infantry regiment 
>he might have served in.  If it makes it any easier, the character
>in question is white and comes from Colorado. 

	If your character served in the Far West, he was almost certainly part of
a cavalry regiment. Infantry simply doesn't have the mobility necessary to
sustain itself logistically in the vast open spaces west of the
Mississippi, so there, they invariably wind up on garrison duty--something
that doesn't suit your character's background at all.
	As for the exact regiment, in *DL* both South and North are doing their
Indian fighting with state troops, instead of the Regulars who carried out
this task in our history. Therefore, your character probably served in the
"x Colorado Cavalry Regiment", with x being a smallish number (e.g., 1st or
2nd), given CO's population.
	I hope this helps. Thanks for the question!  
	
	Until next time, back to *Dead Presidents* for moi..... 

Deo Vindice,
Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed.

Additional Developer: *Deadlands: The Weird West* Revised Edition
Co-author of *Tales o' Terror: 1877* & *Back East: The South*
Southern by the Grace of God