Robert Gould Shaw......The first American man to lead an all black regiment into battle.
VS
Hernan Cortes......A spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec nation.
WHO
IS
DEADLIEST?!!?!??!?!?!?!?!
Weapons:
Shaw:
Long Range:
Mid Range: 1853 Enfield
Short Range: 1858 Cavalry Saber
Cortes:
Long Range: Spanish Cannon
Mid Range: Arquebus
Short Range: Espada Ropa
X-Factors:
Experience-
Shaw:84
Cortes:76
Shaw fought at Antietam, Fort Wagner, and a few other battles while Cortes fought less.
Training-
Shaw:79
Cortes:65
Shaw was trained by the US Army while Cortes was a politician.
Brutality-
Shaw:68
Cortes:90
Cortes was a brute to the natives and killed millions of them while Shaw only did what was nessesary.
Intelligence-
Shaw:83
Cortes:83
Both men were well versed in the education they had at the time.
Leadership-
Shaw:80
Cortes:95
Cortes kept his expedition going as long as it needed it to be by convincing people who were sent to stop him to join him.
Batte will take place in a forrest in South Carolina.
Shaw will have 4 black soldiers from his regiment the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Cortes will have 4 Spainiards.
To keep things fair Cortes and his men will have their armor while Shaw and his men won't
Voting ends September 15th,2012 at 11:59 PM.
Battle:
Shaw and 4 Black soldiers are scouting out an area before the rest of the Regiment come through. They spot Cortes and his 4 Spaniards about 50 feet away in the forrest who to them pose a threat. Shaw gives the command to fire and they kill one man and wound another.
Shaw: 5
Cortes: 4
Cortes has his men set up the cannon and they fire it at Shaw and his men and kill one of them and wound another by shrapnel.
Shaw: 4
Cortes: 4
Shaw has some of his men reload while the others load the cannon. Shaw tells one of his men to take out one of the men who looks like he's Cortes' second in command. They kill him, and another with their cannon. Meanwhile, another of Cortes' men takes aim and kills one of the 54th soldiers.
Shaw: 3
Cortes: 2
Cortes gets on his horse and takes off towards Shaw and his men leaving a man to get killed by his wounds.
Shaw: 3
Cortes: 1
One of Shaw's men is killed by Cortes' sword and another by wounds he sustained from cannon fire.
Shaw: 1
Cortes: 1
Cortes attempts to run Shaw through with his blade but is stopped when Shaw kills Cortes' horse from under him. Cortes is vulnerable so Shaw takes this oppurtunity to kill him with his cavalry saber.
WINNER: Robert Gould Shaw