My character is Ellis Braddock.  If he is alright then please add him to the character sheets.  I'm very excited to play with you all!
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[b]Age[/b] - 42

[b]Gender[/b] - Male

[b]Occupation[/b] - Tobacco salesman

[b]Height -[/b] 5'6"

[b]Weight - [/b] 170 lbs.

[b]Apparel[/b] - Business suit, suspenders and a vest, old Union uniform.  Bowler hat, Union Kepi.

[b]Weaponry[/b] - Sharps carbine (1867), Colt Revolver 1860 Army model.  Bayonet.  Bowie knife.

[b]Equipment[/b] - Grey horse named Snodgrass.  Map.  Fishing net.  Rations and water.  Whiskey.  Many cigars/chewing tobacco/pipes.

[b]Skills[/b] - Fighting, farming. 

[b]Flaws[/b] - Stubborn, prideful, easily annoyed, smoking, drinking, PTSD, racist against Indians.

[b]Personality[/b] - Ellis Braddock likes to smoke cigars and drink whiskey.  He keeps his emotions to himself and expects the same of others.  He is stubborn and prideful, and doesn't tolerate insolence or rudeness.  He likes wilderness and towns equally.  To most people he seems stiff and humorless.  
Ellis believes in suffrage for black men if not equal rights.  This is largely because he wants to think that something good came from the war.  He is, however, racist against Indians due to his time fighting them and the cultural differences.  He is a Christian, but doesn't talk much about religion or go to church enough.  He is a moderate Republican, and bears a strong grudge against the South and Democrats because of the war.  He enjoys a good political debate, but few enjoy debating with him.  He suffers from post-traumatic-stress disorder due to the many battles he has fought in.  

[b]Backstory[/b] - Ellis Braddock was raised on a farm in Ohio.  In 1861, at the age of 22, he volunteered to serve in the Union Army in the Civil War.  He served in many engagements, including the Battle of Chickamauga.  At Chickamauga he served under General Thomas who held out a stubborn rearguard defense of Snodgrass Hill.  After the war he remained in the army, serving in the Indian Wars.  In 1874, he retired from the military and moved out west.  He has bounced from town to town as a travelling tobacco salesman, as well as occasionally a hired gun.  He has made a decent amount of wealth, but still travels constantly to keep his mind off of his bloody past.  He has owned his horse for three years, and named it Snodgrass after the hill where he fought at Chickamauga.  
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