~ ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND ~

~ Commanding Officer: General Derald Riggs ~

"Now here...here is an army that can whip the devil."
(German ambassador at final grand review, 26 May 1865)

Union Army Award for Excellence in Combat (x1)Union Army Award for Excellence in Combat (x1)Union Army Award for Excellence in Combat (x1)

Dedicated to the memory of Richard P. Meuleveld
In Memoriam

~ STAFF ~

Executive Officer & CO, XIV Corps: Lt. Gen. Dirk Gross
CO, XX Corps: Lt. Gen. Atle Jenssen
Adjutant: Brig. Gen. Kevin Killeen
Training Officer: Vacant
Ordnance Officer: Col. Mark van der Hagen

~ AotC LINKS ~


Army Commander

XIV Corps

XX Corps

Hospital

Ordnance Department

Western Theater HQ
AotC Standing Orders
The "Woodin Injun Tavern"
Old Tavern
Member Locations
Archive (tournaments, old OOB, past commanders, Thomas Medal recipients, old game records)
George H. Thomas Medal Protocols AotC Top Dog Challenge

~ OTHER LINKS ~

ACWGC Main Page Union Army HQ ACWGC "Link Express"
Union Medals & Awards The Mason Dixon Tavern Department of Records
  General Wistedt's Orders Rules for MP Games  

~ ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND ~

Commanding Officer, AotC
General Derald Riggs
2741.405 pts
  Outstanding Service Medal Kearny Cross of Valor Distinguished Service Medal Sheridan Combat Medal Combat Badge (4) Meritorious Unit Citation (2) HPS Campaign Victory - Corinth HPS Campaign Victory - Ozark HPS Campaign Victory - Franklin HPS Campaign Victory - Vicksburg HPS Campaign Victory - Antietam One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns First Bull Run Second Bull Run (4) South Mountain Antietam Gaps to Manassas Second Fredericksburg Chancellorsville, 1 Day Brandy Station Nashville '62 Frankfort '62 Jackson Perryville Frankfort '63 Greater Mill Springs Chickamauga Cassville Kennesaw Mountain Atlanta Jackson Port Gibson (2) Seven Pines Participant in AoC/AoA Tavern Tournament 2003 AoC Battle of the Species Tournament 2004 - PARTICIPANT IN FELINE TREE [click to view larger image] Victorious AoA/AoC Tournament 2004-5 [click to view larger image] Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Participation Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Participant Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Minor Victory Ribbon

~ XIV CORPS ~

Commanding Officer, XIV Corps (& Executive Officer, AotC)
Lieutenant General Dirk Gross {HQ}
1581.720 pts  
  George H. Thomas Achievement Medal [click to view certificate] Medal of Honor Kearny Cross of Valor Distinguished Service Medal (2) Combat Badge (3) Meritorious Unit Citation HPS Campaign Victory - Corinth HPS Campaign Victory - Ozark (2) HPS Campaign Victory - Shiloh HPS Campaign Victory - Vicksburg Battleground Bull Run - 5 major victories HPS Corinth - 5 Major Victories (total 6) HPS Ozark - 5 Major Victories First Bull Run (2) Second Bull Run South Mountain Orange Plank Road Gettysburg (2) Mill Springs Shiloh (2) Chickamauga Corinth Jackson Port Gibson Willows and Ingraham Heights Edward's Station Seven Days Victorious AoC/AoG Campaign 2001 Victorious AoC/AoM Battle for Cumberland Gap Challenge 2003 Participant in AoC/AoA Tavern Tournament 2003 AoC Battle of the Species Tournament 2004 - PARTICIPANT IN CANINE TREE [click to view larger image] Victorious AoA/AoC Tournament 2004-5 [click to view larger image] Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Minor Victory Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Major Victory Ribbon

~ 1st DIVISION ~

Commanding Officer
Brigadier General Paul Ayers
610.990 pts  
  Kearny Cross of Valor Combat Badge (3) Meritorious Unit Citation (2) HPS Campaign Victory - Gettysburg (2) HPS Campaign Victory - Vicksburg HPS Campaign Victory - Chickamauga HPS Campaign Victory - Chancellorsville Second Bull Run Antietam Second Fredericksburg Rappahannock Aldie Perryville Murfreesboro (2) Chickamauga Port Gibson Golding's Farm Savage Station AGEOD AACW - 1861: The Civil War (April - Full 2 Theater Campaign AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory 2nd Historical American Civil War Tournament - Medal of Merit (100 pts +) AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Participation Ribbon
1st Brigade
Brigadier General Lutz Schmidt
299.060 pts  
  Sheridan Combat Medal HPS Campaign Victory - Chancellorsville Second Fredericksburg Chancellorsville, 1 Day Blue Ridge Mountains (Gaps to Manassas) Gettysburg Chickamauga Chattanooga Port Gibson Edward's Station Lieutenant's Cup Participation Ribbon 2009
2nd Brigade
1st Lieutenant Mike Pettigano
34.140 pts  
   
3rd Brigade
Colonel Stewart Crisp
282.560 pts  
  Sheridan Combat Medal Combat Badge (2) Meritorious Unit Citation HPS Campaign Victory - Vicksburg Gettysburg Chickasaw Bayou Big Black Bridge AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Minor Victory Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Minor Victory Ribbon
4th Brigade
Vacant
- pts  
   
Artillery Brigade
Vacant
- pts  
   
Hardee Pin - for Honor GuardHardee Pin - for Honor Guard

~ 2nd DIVISION - "DEUCE FOURTEEN" ~
~ Honor Guard November-December ~

Commanding Officer (& AotC Adjutant)
Brigadier General Kevin Killeen
866.710 pts [click to view flag]
  Kearny Cross of Valor Sheridan Combat Medal Combat Badge (2) Meritorious Unit Citation (3) HPS Campaign Victory - Corinth HPS Campaign Victory - Ozark HPS Campaign Victory - Shiloh HPS Campaign Victory - Vicksburg HPS Campaign Victory - Chickamauga HPS Antietam - 5 Major Victories First Bull Run (2) Second Bull Run South Mountain Chancellorsville, 1 Day Burnt Bridges Gettysburg Falling Waters Franklin '62 Jackson Shiloh Perryville Murfreesboro Chickamauga Prairie Grove Rocky Face Ridge (2) Resaca (2) Iuka Nashville '64 Columbia Vicksburg (2) Savage Station Glendale AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Major Victory Ribbon
1st "Gaelic" Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel Dean Beecham
114.720 pts [click to view flag]
  Meritorious Unit Citation (2)
2nd Brigade
Vacant
- pts  
   
3rd Brigade
Major Michael Osborne
104.080 pts  
  Meritorious Unit Citation Lieutenant's Cup Participation Ribbon 2009 Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Participant Ribbon
4th Brigade
Major General Thomas Ciampa
925.280 pts [click to view flag]
  Outstanding Service Medal Kearny Cross of Valor Distinguished Service Medal Sheridan Combat Medal Combat Badge Meritorious Unit Citation AoC Training Award HPS Campaign Victory - Corinth HPS Campaign Victory - Ozark HPS Campaign Victory - Gettysburg HPS Campaign Victory - Vicksburg Battleground Gettysburg - 5 major victories HPS Gettysburg - 5 Major Victories (total 6) South Mountain Rappahannock Gettysburg Sharpsburg Corinth Port Gibson AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Minor Victory Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Participant Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Minor Victory Ribbon
Artillery "Blackhawk" Brigade
General Mark Nelms
4086.100 pts
[click to view flag]
  Medal of Honor (3) Outstanding Service Medal (2) Union Commander of the Armies - 2 years service Army of the Ohio Medal Battleground Bull Run - 5 major victories (total 5) Battleground Gettysburg - 5 major victories (total 10) Battleground Chickamauga - 5 major victories (total 5) HPS Corinth - 5 Major Victories  (total 5) First Bull Run Second Bull Run (3) South Mountain Antietam (2) Gettysburg (5) Shiloh Perryville (2) Resaca Port Gibson Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Participant Ribbon

~ CAVALRY DIVISION - "CUMBERLAND SABRES" ~

Commanding Officer (& AotC Ordnance Officer)
Brigadier General Mark van der Hagen
377.470 pts  
  Meritorious Unit Citation (2) AoC Training Award Falling Waters AGEOD AACW - 1861: The Civil War (April - Full 2 Theater Campaign Lieutenant's Cup Participation Ribbon 2009 AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon High Tide Tournament 2010 - Participation Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Participant Ribbon
1st Brigade
Major General John Armstrong
700.110 pts  
  One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns Falling Waters Victorious AoC/AoG Campaign 2001 AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Participation Ribbon AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon
2nd Brigade
2nd Lieutenant Gil Ocampo
52.680 pts  
  Second Fredericksburg AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Participation Ribbon
3rd Brigade
Colonel Gary Larsen
192.960 pts  
  Meritorious Unit Citation Victorious AoC/AoG Campaign 2001 Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Participation Ribbon
4th Brigade
General Ernie Sands
3291.850 pts  
  ACWGC Legion of Merit Army of the Ohio Medal High Tide Tournament 2010 - Participation Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Participant Ribbon Kennesaw Mountain
Horse Artillery Brigade
Brigadier General Robert Frost
588.175 pts  
  Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Medal Combat Badge One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns Victorious AoC/AoG Campaign 2001 AoC Battle of the Species Tournament 2004 - 2nd PLACE IN CANINE TREE [click to view larger image] Victorious AoA/AoC Tournament 2004-5 [click to view larger image] AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Participation Ribbon High Tide Tournament 2010 - Participation Ribbon

~ XX CORPS - "THE GHOSTS" ~

Commanding Officer, XX Corps
Lieutenant General Atle Jenssen
1370.685 pts "Scandinavian Volunteers"
  Kearny Cross of Valor Distinguished Service Medal Combat Badge Meritorious Unit Citation HPS Campaign Victory - Ozark HPS Campaign Victory - Franklin (2) HPS Campaign Victory - Vicksburg One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns Perryville Port Gibson Victorious AoC/AoM Battle for Cumberland Gap Challenge 2003 Participant in AoC/AoA Tavern Tournament 2003 Victorious AoA/AoC Tournament 2004-5 [click to view larger image] Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Participant Ribbon
Hardee Pin - for Honor GuardHardee Pin - for Honor Guard

~ 1st DIVISION - "CUMBERLAND RIFLES" ~
~ Honor Guard August-September ~

Commanding Officer
Brigadier General Douglas Shaw
539.400 pts
AoC Top Dog [click to go to Top Dog Challenge page]
[click to view flag]
  Kearny Cross of Valor Sherman Victory Medal (x3, High Tide Tournament - winner of all 3 divisions) Distinguished Service Medal (2) Combat Badge (2) Meritorious Unit Citation (3) AoC Training Award HPS Campaign Victory - Gettysburg (2) HPS Gettysburg - 5 Major Victories (total 13) HPS Antietam - 5 Major Victories First Bull Run (2) Second Bull Run (2) Chantilly Gaps to Manassas Orange Plank Road Third Winchester Brandy Station (2) Rappahannock Aldie Gettysburg (3) Pipe Creek Falling Waters (3) Sharpsburg Greater Mill Springs AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon High Tide Tournament 2010 - Winner (x3) Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Major Victory Ribbon
1st Brigade
General Douglas Burke
1447.770 pts  
  George H. Thomas Achievement Medal [click to view certificate] Medal of Honor Outstanding Service Medal (2) Combat Badge (3) HPS Campaign Victory - Corinth One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns Corinth Seven Days Victorious AoC/AoG Campaign 2001 Victorious AoC/AoM Battle for Cumberland Gap Challenge 2003 Victorious AoA/AoC Tournament 2004-5 [click to view larger image] AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory
2nd "Cumberland Rifles" Brigade (also serves as UMA Instructor)
General David Danner
3109.460 pts The Cumberland, Maryland Rifles.
  Medal of Honor (2) Outstanding Service Medal Kearny Cross of Valor Distinguished Service Medal Sheridan Combat Medal (2) Combat Badge Bureau of Military Intelligence Sharpe Medal - for 10 intelligence reports Meritorious Unit Citation HPS Campaign Victory - Franklin HPS Campaign Victory - Shiloh HPS Campaign Victory - Atlanta (2) HPS Campaign Victory - Chickamauga (3) Battleground Bull Run - 5 major victories (total 10) Battleground Gettysburg - 5 major victories (total 10) Battleground Antietam - 5 major victories Battleground Chickamauga - 5 major victories HPS Corinth - 5 Major Victories  (total 13) HPS Ozark - 5 Major Victories  (total 7) HPS Franklin - 5 Major Victories (total 5) HPS Gettysburg - 5 Major Victories (total 18) HPS Peninsula - 5 Major Victories (total 11) HPS Shiloh - 5 Major Victories (total 11) HPS Chickamauga - 5 Major Victories (total 8) HPS Chancellorsville - 5 Major Victories (total 7) First Bull Run (9) Second Bull Run (3) Gaps to Manassas South Mountain (3) Antietam Orange Plank Road Marye's Heights Wilderness '63 Ely's Ford Dowdall's Tavern (2) Burnt Bridges New Market Brandy Station Rappahannock Blue Ridge Mountains (Gaps to Manassas) Second Winchester Aldie Gettysburg (13) Pipe Creek Falling Waters (2) Fort Henry & Donelson Franklin '62 Frankfort '62 Shiloh (5) Calf Killer Creek Perryville (2) Chickamauga (2) Pea Ridge (2) Prairie Grove Lexington (2) Dalton Rocky Face Ridge Resaca Kennesaw Mountain Chattahoochie Kolb's Farm Corinth Hatchie Ripley Davis Bridge Metamora Purdy Grand Junction Jackson Paducah (2) Return to Corinth Memphis Nonconnah Creek Franklin '64 Nashville '64 (2) Champion Hill Seven Pines Oak Grove (3) Savage Station (2) Glendale Richmond '62 Seven Days (2) Victorious AoC/AoM Battle for Cumberland Gap Challenge 2003 Participant in AoC/AoA Tavern Tournament 2003 AoC Battle of the Species Tournament 2004 - PARTICIPANT IN FELINE TREE [click to view larger image] Victorious AoA/AoC Tournament 2004-5 [click to view larger image] Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" VMI/UMA Commandants Cup Challenge 2007 VMI/UMA Commandants Cup Challenge 2008 VMI/UMA Commandants Cup Challenge 2009 AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Minor Victory Ribbon
3rd Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel William Cirillo
123.555 pts  
  AoC Training Award Falling Waters (2) AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon
4th Brigade
General Antony Barlow {HQ}
2264.030 pts  
  George H. Thomas Achievement Medal [click to view certificate] Medal of Honor Outstanding Service Medal (2) [click to view certificate] Kearny Cross of Valor Distinguished Service Medal Combat Badge Meritorious Unit Citation Union Army Theater Commander Service Ribbon - 2 years service HPS Campaign Victory - Corinth (2) HPS Campaign Victory - Gettysburg HPS Campaign Victory - Peninsula HPS Campaign Victory - Shiloh HPS Campaign Victory - Vicksburg HPS Campaign Victory - Atlanta HPS Campaign Victory - Chickamauga Battleground Gettysburg - 5 major victories (total 6) HPS Peninsula - 5 Major Victories (total 7) HPS Shiloh - 5 Major Victories (total 5) Second Bull Run (2) Antietam (2) Fredericksburg, 2 Day Chancellorsville, 5 Day Rappahannock Gettysburg (3) Shiloh (3) Calf Killer Creek Murfreesboro Chickamauga Chattanooga Resaca Kennesaw Chase Siege of Atlanta Corinth (2) Val Verde Chickasaw Bayou Port Gibson Redbone Church Second Seven Pines Beaver Dam Creek Malvern Hill Siege of Richmond Seven Days Victorious AoC/AoG Campaign 2001 Victorious AoC/AoM Battle for Cumberland Gap Challenge 2003 Participant in AoC/AoA Tavern Tournament 2003 AoC Battle of the Species Tournament 2004 - PARTICIPANT IN CANINE TREE [click to view larger image] Victorious AoA/AoC Tournament 2004-5 [click to view larger image] Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Participant Ribbon
Artillery Brigade
Lt. Tim Simondson
0.000 pts  
   

~ 2nd DIVISION - "CARLIN'S CAVALIERS" ~

Commanding Officer
Major General John Fogarty
665.900 pts  
  Kearny Cross of Valor Meritorious Unit Citation Falling Waters Perryville (2) Davis Bridge Iuka Beaver Dam Creek AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Major Victory Ribbon Western Thunder Tournament 2010 - Minor Victory Ribbon
1st Brigade
Colonel Richard Whipkey
289.200 pts  
  Combat Badge Meritorious Unit Citation (3) AoC Training Award Brandy Station Resaca Atlanta Savage Station AGEOD AACW - 1861: The Coming Fury (July – 2 Theater Campaign) AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Participation Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Minor Victory Ribbon
2nd Brigade
Colonel Steve Johnson
294.770 pts  
  AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Battle Ribbon with Silver Braid for Victory
3rd Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Waldron
143.650 pts  
   
4th Brigade
1st Lieutenant Ernie Patterson
30.000 pts
 
 
   
Artillery Brigade
Brigadier General David Guégan
447.820 pts Brittany Volunteers [click to view flag]
  Purple Heart One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns Death of a General Campaign 2000 - participant Victorious AoC/AoG Campaign 2001 Victorious AoC/AoM Battle for Cumberland Gap Challenge 2003 Participant in AoC/AoA Tavern Tournament 2003 AoC Battle of the Species Tournament 2004 - PARTICIPANT IN FELINE TREE [click to view larger image] Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" Hill Challenge - High Officer Medal Hill Challenge - Five Thousand Medal Hill Challenge - One Year of Active Service

~ CAVALRY "BOOTS & SADDLES" DIVISION ~

Commanding Officer
Major General Brett Kolcun
657.485 pts [click to view flag]
  Meritorious Unit Citation (2) AoC Training Award HPS Campaign Victory - Ozark HPS Campaign Victory - Franklin One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns First Bull Run South Mountain Pea Ridge Nashville '64 Spring Hill Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Participation Ribbon
1st Brigade
2nd Lieutenant David Dorricott
0.000 pts  
   
2nd Brigade
Brigadier General James Wilkes
763.400 pts  
  Combat Badge (2) Meritorious Unit Citation AoC Training Award First Bull Run (2) Second Bull Run (2) Antietam Brandy Station Gettysburg Frankfort '62 Frankfort '63
3rd Brigade
Major General Neil Edwards
860.300 pts  
  Meritorious Unit Citation (2) One star for each major victory in a scenario of 35 or more turns Seven Days Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout" AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Participation Ribbon 1st Historical American Civil War Tournament - Medal of Merit ( 100 pts + ) 1st Historical American Civil War Tournament - Veterans Medal ( 100 turns + )
4th "Fighting Duck" Brigade
Colonel Marklen Twitty
262.540 pts [click to view flag]
  Combat Badge (2) Meritorious Unit Citation AoC Training Award HPS Gettysburg - 5 Major Victories (total 8) Brandy Station Gettysburg (7) AoC-AoG Bar Room Brawl II Tournament 2008 - Participation Ribbon AoC-AoA Collision in the West Tournament 2009 - Participation Ribbon AoC/ANV Flags of Glory Tournament 2009 - Participant Ribbon
Horse Artillery "Keystone" Brigade
Brigadier General George Kasnic
335.850 pts 3rd Keystone Brigade [click to view flag]
  Meritorious Unit Citation Participant in AoC/AoA Tavern Tournament 2003 AoC Battle of the Species Tournament 2004 - PARTICIPANT IN FELINE TREE [click to view larger image] Participant in 2005-6 AoC/AoG "Great Tennessee Turkey Shootout"

~ Awaiting Assignment ~

         
   

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