User blog comment:El Alamein/Nat Turner vs. John Brown/@comment-4698460-20160811181012

''"I Shall Free You!" "NOT IF I FREE MYSELF!?!?"''

Long: John Brown. The Sharps curbstomps the older flintlock. It is a breachloader, so faster reload, and fires conical bullets, hence more punching power. Even being a carbine, I believe that the Sharps may outrange your average Flintlock, yes?... I'm not sure, but from what I do know, the more modern tech and firepower the Sharps brings easily defeats the more antiquated flintlock.

Mid: Tie. This is interesting. You have a revolver, able to make six quick shots before taking a rather long time to reload, and a shotgun probably using Birdshot, yet able to still knock a man over backwards if it doesn't kill him. I have to tie this. While not exactly the greatest killer, the birdshot will still probably pack enough force to knock a man over, but the revolver will probably kill whoever they shoot.

Short: Nat Turner. Normally, I would give this to a pike, with it's longer reach... but then I look at who is using it.... yeah, these guys aren't no Swiss Guard, and in untrained hands, a Pike is just that... a long, unwieldy thing. Hatchets are something anyone can use, and they make great makeshift weapons, and they are quiet deadly even in the hands of the worst fighters.

Special: John Brown. The Bowie knife is a weapon made for killing other people, whether it be your drunken bar brawl or the fact that your engaged in hand to hand with tomahawk crazy natives... or bullet crazy white guys. The Cane Knife, while probably a deadly weapon, looks like an awkward weapon to use, while mostly anyone can use a knife to deadly results.

X-Factors: Tie. Another great question. Does the guy who actually has experience fighting and discipline get the edge, or the guy who knows his way around the woods and can probably break his enemy in half get the edge. My answer at least is that each man has advantages in this battle that evens the battlefield. John Brown is a soldier.... or at least a wannabe, and has experience fighting in skirmishes. Nat Turner is a visionary, and believes that it is up to him to free the slaves... something that might bring him into conflict with Brown's vision.

Deadliest Warrior: John Brown!!!!!! This is not going to be easy for John Brown, and Nat Turner will initially get the edge. John Brown, being... well, John Brown... will see a group of armed slaves, and attempt to get them to join him in his endeavors... and will leave him open to a good, early beating. However, John Brown's less fanatic and (possibly) more stable mind and experience will enable him to take control of the situation and enable him to us his superior firearms to his advantage.

 Two Things directed at the Author: A Question and a Comment 

1. On John Brown, you put the quote as from Nat Turner.

2. Will John Brown be assisted by like-minded white abolitionists, or by armed slaves?