North and South: First Manassas is a mod for Mount and Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars, that is available on Steam Workshop, Moddb, Flying Squirrel Entertainment Forums, and the Taleworlds forums. It is a mod based around the American Civil War, lasting from 1861-1865. It is heavily regiment based. However, it strays from most conventional Civil War games in the fact that every other person playing as a Confederate is black, meaning, in fact, that the 1st Lousiana Native Guard was the bestest regiment in the entire Confederacy.

North and South was originally called "Secession," and was and still is being developed by a small, but dedicated team of modders and devs, Hinkel, Parrot, and some other guy, all based around a church in South Carolina.

In North and South, there are three factions so far. The Union, The Confederacy, and Foreign Intervention, comprised of Prussia, England, France, and Mexico.

Most regiments are either Union or Confederacy, save for a few, mostly comprised of the group of Godless Heathens of the North, known as "Canadians."

Each section is divided up into the following units:
Infantry (Mainly composed of Line Infantry and Skirmishers)
Cavalry (People on Horses, aka Bronies that aren't fat)
Specialists (Artillery, Sharpshooters, and Support - Medics, Priests, and Engineers)

Each group has their own special advantages and disadvantages, mainly the fact that all of you decide its socially acceptable to not allow priests in events, and that its okay to kill them. God is real, God is angry, and God watches us masturbate. Don't kill priests or you're going to Hell.

You Godless piece of ♥♥♥♥.

Each faction has its own unique music and battle cries, such as the Confederate "CHURRRUREURUERHGHEEE." Most Union Soldiers sound as if Puberty hit them at the age of 4, and their balls are still dropping, and the Confederate Soldiers sound as if they were all lobotomized. Like most southerners. They sound beautiful.

Another useful fact, the Union Army is a full army by itself, but as previously stated, every 3rd Confederate soldier is black. This means that it is rougly about 3/5ths of an Army due to Tax purposes.

The most common weapon of North and South is the musket. Most fire a Minie Ball. Most kill in one shot. Other weapons include artillery, swords, and revolvers, which people spam like there is no tomorrow, usually because they lack skill. Or because they just like hitting me from a distance and watching me bleed to death. ♥♥♥♥ you.

Most weapons can cause a bleeding effect, meaning that without a medic you will slowly and surely bleed to death. This process usually takes about 5 minutes. A good strategy to piss people off is to shoot or stab them, cause them to bleed, and then run the ♥♥♥♥ away. They will chase after you, although it will be futile, as they'll bleed out first.

The muskets in this game are much more accurate than they were in Napoleonic Wars. Press B to attach a bayonet, unless its a Mississippi Rifle, in which it will turn into a bottle.

DISCLAIMER: I will likely be banned on teamspeak and in game as a result of this section. Remember me as a hero.

The time will come when you, hopefully without tags, will ask you "Do you want to join a regiment?" Say "yes" or "no." This will decide your future. To join a reg, you generally need these things:
1. Teamspeak
2. Steam
3. Mount and Blade: Warband
4. Napoleonic Wars
5. Hands
6. A microphone (reccomended).

Now, after you have all of that, you can say "yes" to joining a regiment. You can join as many regiments as you want. I myself am a double regger, which means I am in 2 North and South Regiments. The 8th Virginia, which just celebrated its 6th month anniversary next Tuesday, and the 58th NY Polish Legion. I am in both for fun, and totally not because I'm Polish. Co to kurwa jest, to jesteś ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ suką, pedalę.

Now, if I can make a few events on both regiments without mother Polska being invaded by Niemcy i Rosjia, you can do lots of things too.

Some basic tips and guidelines of events:
The two major groups for events are the Dixieland Army and the Union Brigade, the "DA" and the "UB." There are also some independent regiments, and some foreign regiments. Most regiments are American based, but there is the 1st California, which is based in Germany. Pretty cool guys when they're not occupying your hometown of Rczeczin, right?

When in the events, many regiments implement something along the lines of "PTS." This stands for "Permission to Speak." However, although stressed, the only people who follow it are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sheeple ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It is perfectly fine to break PTS at any time. The more higher pitched your voice is, the better.

Another common occurance is that many Major Generals, the ones organizing the event, will tell you to stay out of global chat, or stop pressing "t." This is usually because they are afraid of the truth getting out, like how Chadric is actually a Chapstick hating Cherokee named Chadric, or how IchWarsNeed is sensitive about the Jews, despite being German.

It is perfectly fine to continue ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in global chat. Double points if you start T-Spamming and last more than 30 seconds before being banned.

This is what the Generals act like, but the truth is we're all Plebs.

Most groups of soldiers are split up into the folloing Companies in Regiments:
Line Infantry, which goes out and fights the enemy and then promptly gets shot to death.
Skirmishers, who go out and shoot the line infantry and skirmish the enemy.
Sharpshooters, accurate bullet sponges.
Arty Guard, small groups of men who guard artillery. It is possible to masturbate and finish without dying as arty guard.
Arty, which fire howitzers and cannons.
Cav, which DOESN'T EXIST.

Once in a regiment, you will be asked to start coming to events. "King Harlaus, what are events?" You ask? Why, its just like the events in Napoleonic Wars! You and about 150-200 other people who should really instead be contemplating where their life went wrong and why they don't have a girlfriend or boyfriend decide to get together in fancy ass uniforms from history, and then point and shoot at each other in large groups.

Events are slightly different than NW events, mainly due to these facts:

• People lag out all the time, and crash too. Easy to get in.
  
• Almost no cavalry. Thank God.
  
• Regiments get custom units, such as the 4th Arkansas, 58th NY Polish Legion, and the 5th GA.

I myself am a double regger, I am in the 8th Virginia and the 58th New York Polish Legion. I will recruit for your regiment if you pay me in your custom skin. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ WANT THOSE SKINS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Now, ususally what happens in events combat wise is this:
The Union Army spawns on one side of the map, and the Confederate Army (which counts as 3/5ths of an army due to tax purposes) spawns on the other. The regiments on both teams go forth and start to engage the enemy, most of the work being done by line infantry and skirmishers. Sharpshooters do nothing, because A company is better.

Here are some quotes that I've gathered from my time in the regiments:

"Yeah, I sell weed to one of my friends who needs it medically. He's broke so he's trading me CSGO skins for weed." - Sosa
"Guys, stop talking, I'm trying to go on a cyber date!" - Drew (never got a date, LOL)
"WUBBY BBY I LOVE YOU" - Thunder
"WUBBY ILL SUCK YOUR ♥♥♥♥" - Also from Thunder
"Yeah, I broke my mic because it was dark in my room, I tripped, and I fell butt first on my mic." - Thunder, again.
"I made black jokes to Thunder (higher rank than Kenny) for a good 45 minutes before finding out that he's black." - Kenny
"I am funny!" - Kenny (LOLNO)
"I was born with glass balls and a paper penis. Every morning I break my balls and every afternoon I break my penis. At night, I lay in bed, crying, until my fart and rancid ♥♥♥♥ attacks put me to sleep. Every Sunday morning I attempt masturbation. I chafe my hands and my paper penis, and the blood makes it eternally flacid. I hit my balls in anger, and they break. The pain is unbearable. I ♥♥♥♥ myself and it seeps through the diaper. My doctor laughs at me. There is no god." - Me, before being told to STFU.
"Harlaus, stay out of global chat!" - Fearsome, Wubby, Stranger, Horus, Odin, Metallic, Chadric
"Wubby, control Harlaus." - Chadric.
"Don't worry Fearsome, the bed won't be cold for long, baby." - Wubby
"Whats 'Pomadki' mean, Harlaus?" - A few people. It means "Chapstick" in Polish.
"The 8thVA never teamkills. Thats our one rule. STOP TEAMKILLING! GUYS!" - Wubby to recruits
"CO TO KURWA JEST! TO JESTEŚ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SUKĄ! TO DUPA! PEDALĘ! JESUS MARIA!" - Some guy in the Polish regiment
"You know what I really like? When your dog vomits on my bed and then continues to eat the vomit." - ManlyMan

While I'm at it, join the 8th Virginia or the 58th NY today if you want a regiment. I'm doing this so I get promoted. I'll put in messages for other regiments, but you'll have to pay me in your custom skins.