Welcome to the 5th Texas Volunteer Infantry!

Welcome to the independent North and South Regiment of the 5th Texas! We are a moderately large regiment that consists of 10+ players on weekends.

Regiment History:

How They Earned Their Nickname "The Bloody Fifth"

During the winter of 1861 - 1862 The 5th Texas had been camped across the Potomac River from the 5th New York Infantry, "Duryee's Zouaves" and had traded insults and threats across the ice, offering to take the measure of the other when they met in battle. At Second Manassas (Second Bull Run) the Texans were able to settle accounts. After the Brigade drove off the 10th New York, deployed as skirmishers, driving them through the 5th New York, The 5th Texas emerged from the woods and found themselves facing the 5th New York, which was across a creek and on higher ground. The 5th New York's first volley was high, and The 5th Texas' was not. The Texans went sent into the New Yorkers and destroyed it as a unit, as one report put it. There were not 50 unwounded men in the (New York) Regiment. Flushed with success, The 5th Texas continued to advance, tearing through the disintegrating Federal flank, out distantcing not only the rest of the Brigade, but the rest of the main army. In his official report Hood said that the 5th Texas had "slipped the bridle" and earned themselves the name "The Bloody Fifth"

Officers:
Colonel: Vlader (Powell)
Lt. Colonel: Potato
Major: Reich
2nd Lieutenant: Victor

NCO's:
Sergeant Major: OhThatGuy
First Sergeant: Gunmaster
Sergeant: bjorn2cook
Corporal: Mankn

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