Post by Ambrose Main on Sept 19, 2015 6:54:29 GMT
Ambrose Main
Age: 33
Archetype: Soldier:
Horsemanship: 40
Firearm Accuracy: 50
Unarmed Combat: 35
Melee Weapons: 40
Will: 30
Stamina: 40
Strength: 40
Scouting: 40
Battle Command: 40
Businessmen: 30
Firearm Speed: 40 (80)
Survival: 10 (20)
Ambush: 20 (40)
Construction (Wood, Stone): 20 (40)
Explosives: 30 (60)
Raising Funds: 20 (40)
655
Special Item: Small cabin
Every character starts with fifty dollars plus twice their raising funds skill score in good old American dollars, the nominal currency of Jackson.
$90.00
- Colt 1851 Navy (.36 cal) 1 shot/round (can be fanned) 6 bullets = $50
- 40 bullets (25 cents/shot). = $10
- 1 Confederate Sabre = $15
- 1 Bowie Knife - Free
- Pickaxe: $2
- Clothing (miner's): $2
- Clothing (business): $8
- $3 cash
Background:
Born in 1840, Ambrose Main was the second son of a wealthy Soutb Carolina plantation owner. When he was eighteen he went to West Point as a cadet. Two years into his cadetship he was forced to withdraw from West Point when South Carolina seceded from the Union. Ambrose was twenty years old when he entered the Confederate Army, entering straight away as a First Lieutenant in the 15th South Carolina. In November 1862, the 15th South Carolina joined Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw’s famous South Carolina brigade where the regiment remained for the rest of the War. As part of Kershaw’s brigade, the 15th SC fought in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Following the battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Kershaw’s brigade were sent by General Lee, along with two divisions of Longstreet’s corps, to the Western Army where they fought in the battles of Chicamauga, Knoxville and Bean's Station in December 1863. The 15th South Carolina suffered through a severe winter in East Tennessee with inadequate shelter and provisions, unable to return to Virginia until the spring. As they were moving eastwards, Ambrose became separated from his unit was captured by Union troops. From there he was sent to the Union's westernmost POW camp, located on an island in the Mississippi between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa a newly camp of between 5,000 to 8,000 prisoners. A high fence enclosed 84 barracks, each with its own cookhouse. Ambrose was given adequate clothing and usually adequate food rations, but water was scarce and occasionally nonexistent. Major outbreaks of smallpox, inadequate medical care and no hospital ward made Ambrose fear for his future and he resolved to escape. Several small but successful escape attempts were made in mid-1864 and Ambrose was amongst these. Ambrose knew that many prisoners had sworn the Oath to the Union and had been "galvanized" into the Union army to fight Indians and once he had escaped he resolved to go west to join up with some of them hoping to continue the fight as some sort of guerrilla band.
Moving west along what was known as the Oregon Trail, Ambrose travelled westwards through Nebraska arriving at Fort Kearny In the summer of 1864, the irritation of the Native Americans at the encroachment by white settlers culminated in violent attacks on wagon trains along the Platte and the Little Blue River. During this time, soldiers from the fort began escorting wagon trains, and the fort became a center for refugees fleeing from attacks. When deployment of the First Nebraska Cavalry and the Seventh Iowa Cavalry was made to Fort Kearny, Ambrose joined as a scout for operations against Indians in Nebraska and Colorado until July 1866, participating in numerous affairs with hostile Indians at Plum Creek, Spring Ranch, Julesburg, Mud Springs, Elm Creek and Smith's Ranch.
Subsequently, passing himself off as a "galvinished Yankee" he joined Henry B. Carrington's operations against the Indian chief Red Cloud, moving westwards from Fort Kearny, Fort Reno and the newly established Fort Phil Kearny into southern Montana. Placed in Company C Ambrose was part of the relief force that cam upon the massacred remains of the 81 soldiers of William J. Fetterman who had been slain and mutilated by the Cheyenne Indians. Most of the bodies of the soldiers. has been scalped, beheaded, dismembered, disemboweled, and even castrated. The sight haunted Ambrose for a long time, especially as he brooded over the winter of 1866-67 winter at Fort Phil Kearny. When the war ended in 1868, Ambrose was discharged from the army, returning to Fort Laramie.
From there he set off westwards along the Oregon Trail, eventually reaching Snake River where he settled near Taylor's Bridge, spending time looking for gold. He's since moved to Jackson Hole Valley, in which the new town of Jackson is rapidly rising from the ground. Using construction skills gained from his time at West Point and honed during the War he has by the sweat of his brow managed to raise a solid, but small, two room log cabin on the outskirts of town. With the war still raging back east, Ambrose still finds his loyalties ride with the Confederacy, but he also realises that view is not popular around these parts so he keeps his opinions to himself.
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Age: 33
Archetype: Soldier:
Horsemanship: 40
Firearm Accuracy: 50
Unarmed Combat: 35
Melee Weapons: 40
Will: 30
Stamina: 40
Strength: 40
Scouting: 40
Battle Command: 40
Businessmen: 30
Firearm Speed: 40 (80)
Survival: 10 (20)
Ambush: 20 (40)
Construction (Wood, Stone): 20 (40)
Explosives: 30 (60)
Raising Funds: 20 (40)
655
Special Item: Small cabin
Every character starts with fifty dollars plus twice their raising funds skill score in good old American dollars, the nominal currency of Jackson.
$90.00
- Colt 1851 Navy (.36 cal) 1 shot/round (can be fanned) 6 bullets = $50
- 40 bullets (25 cents/shot). = $10
- 1 Confederate Sabre = $15
- 1 Bowie Knife - Free
- Pickaxe: $2
- Clothing (miner's): $2
- Clothing (business): $8
- $3 cash
Background:
Born in 1840, Ambrose Main was the second son of a wealthy Soutb Carolina plantation owner. When he was eighteen he went to West Point as a cadet. Two years into his cadetship he was forced to withdraw from West Point when South Carolina seceded from the Union. Ambrose was twenty years old when he entered the Confederate Army, entering straight away as a First Lieutenant in the 15th South Carolina. In November 1862, the 15th South Carolina joined Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw’s famous South Carolina brigade where the regiment remained for the rest of the War. As part of Kershaw’s brigade, the 15th SC fought in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Following the battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Kershaw’s brigade were sent by General Lee, along with two divisions of Longstreet’s corps, to the Western Army where they fought in the battles of Chicamauga, Knoxville and Bean's Station in December 1863. The 15th South Carolina suffered through a severe winter in East Tennessee with inadequate shelter and provisions, unable to return to Virginia until the spring. As they were moving eastwards, Ambrose became separated from his unit was captured by Union troops. From there he was sent to the Union's westernmost POW camp, located on an island in the Mississippi between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa a newly camp of between 5,000 to 8,000 prisoners. A high fence enclosed 84 barracks, each with its own cookhouse. Ambrose was given adequate clothing and usually adequate food rations, but water was scarce and occasionally nonexistent. Major outbreaks of smallpox, inadequate medical care and no hospital ward made Ambrose fear for his future and he resolved to escape. Several small but successful escape attempts were made in mid-1864 and Ambrose was amongst these. Ambrose knew that many prisoners had sworn the Oath to the Union and had been "galvanized" into the Union army to fight Indians and once he had escaped he resolved to go west to join up with some of them hoping to continue the fight as some sort of guerrilla band.
Moving west along what was known as the Oregon Trail, Ambrose travelled westwards through Nebraska arriving at Fort Kearny In the summer of 1864, the irritation of the Native Americans at the encroachment by white settlers culminated in violent attacks on wagon trains along the Platte and the Little Blue River. During this time, soldiers from the fort began escorting wagon trains, and the fort became a center for refugees fleeing from attacks. When deployment of the First Nebraska Cavalry and the Seventh Iowa Cavalry was made to Fort Kearny, Ambrose joined as a scout for operations against Indians in Nebraska and Colorado until July 1866, participating in numerous affairs with hostile Indians at Plum Creek, Spring Ranch, Julesburg, Mud Springs, Elm Creek and Smith's Ranch.
Subsequently, passing himself off as a "galvinished Yankee" he joined Henry B. Carrington's operations against the Indian chief Red Cloud, moving westwards from Fort Kearny, Fort Reno and the newly established Fort Phil Kearny into southern Montana. Placed in Company C Ambrose was part of the relief force that cam upon the massacred remains of the 81 soldiers of William J. Fetterman who had been slain and mutilated by the Cheyenne Indians. Most of the bodies of the soldiers. has been scalped, beheaded, dismembered, disemboweled, and even castrated. The sight haunted Ambrose for a long time, especially as he brooded over the winter of 1866-67 winter at Fort Phil Kearny. When the war ended in 1868, Ambrose was discharged from the army, returning to Fort Laramie.
From there he set off westwards along the Oregon Trail, eventually reaching Snake River where he settled near Taylor's Bridge, spending time looking for gold. He's since moved to Jackson Hole Valley, in which the new town of Jackson is rapidly rising from the ground. Using construction skills gained from his time at West Point and honed during the War he has by the sweat of his brow managed to raise a solid, but small, two room log cabin on the outskirts of town. With the war still raging back east, Ambrose still finds his loyalties ride with the Confederacy, but he also realises that view is not popular around these parts so he keeps his opinions to himself.
