Roll a pair of percentile dice for each regiment to determine its strength. If you roll a number not found in the appropriate column, simply roll again.
| Union Regimental Strengths Random Generation Table | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength Men (Figures) | Battle or Campaign Roll | ||
| Antietam INF./CAV. | Gettysburg INF./CAV. | Shiloh INF./CAV. | |
| 50 (3) | 01-03/01-04 | -/- | -/- |
| 100 (5) | 04-08/- | 01-03/01-06 | -/01-48 |
| 150 (07) | 09-16/- | 04-08/- | -/- |
| 200 (10) | 17-30/15-35 | 09-16/07-10 | 01-02/49-52 |
| 250 (12) | 31-40/36-42 | 17-33/11-20 | -/- |
| 300 (15) | 41-52/43-85 | 34-54/21-27 | 03/53-56 |
| 350 (17) | 53-64/86-92 | 55-69/28-48 | -/- |
| 400 (20) | 65-81/93-100 | 70-82/49-65 | 04-15/57-72 |
| 450 (22) | 82-86/- | 83-91/66-76 | -/- |
| 500 (25) | 87/- | 92-96/77-86 | 16-47/73-80 |
| 550 (27) | 88-89/- | 97/87-89 | -/- |
| 600 (30) | 90/- | 98/90-96 | 48-75/81-92 |
| 650 (32) | 91-92/- | 99/97-100 | -/- |
| 700 (35) | 93-95/- | 100/- | 76-92/93-100 |
| 750 (37) | 96-99/- | -/- | -/- |
| 800 (40) | 100/- | -/- | 93-100/- |
| Confederate Regimental Strengths Random Generation Table | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength Men (Figures) | Battle or Campaign Roll | ||
| Antietam INF./CAV. | Gettysburg INF./CAV. | Shiloh INF./CAV. | |
| 50 (3) | 01-15/- | -/- | -/- |
| 100 (5) | 16-39/- | -/- | 01-07/01-55 |
| 150 (7) | 40-62/01-08 | -/- | 01/01-14 |
| 200 (10) | 63-77/- | 02-05/15-23 | 08-28/56-66 |
| 250 (12) | 78-88/- | 06-18/24-50 | -/- |
| 300 (15) | 89-93/09-16 | 19-36/51-64 | 29-44/67-77 |
| 350 (17) | 94-96/17-100 | 37-67/65-82 | -/- |
| 400 (20) | 97/- | 68-80/83-86 | 45-68/- |
| 450 (22) | 98/- | 81-88/87-90 | -/- |
| 500 (25) | -/- | 89-93/91-94 | 69-81/- |
| 550 (27) | -/- | 94-95/95-98 | -/- |
| 600 (30) | -/- | 96-98/- | 82-89/78-88 |
| 650 (32) | -/- | 99/- | -/- |
| 700 (35) | -/- | -/- | 90-96/89-99 |
| 750 (37) | -/- | -/- | -/- |
| 800 (40) | -/- | -/- | 97-99/- |
| 850 (42) | -/- | 100/- | -/- |
| Artillery Battery Size Random Generation Table | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Guns | Battle or Campaign Roll | ||
| Antietam Union/Confed. | Gettysburg Union/Confed. | Shiloh Union/Confed. | |
| Six | 01-58/01-33 | 01-78/01-06 | 01-67/01-55 |
| Four | 59-100/34-100 | 79-100/07-100 | 68-100/56-100 |
| Small Arms Random Generation Table | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Battle or Campaign Roll | ||
| Antietam | Gettysburg | Shiloh | |
| UNION INFANTRY | |||
| Rifled Muskets | 01-88 | 01-85 | 01-67 |
| Smoothbore Muskets | 89-96 | 86-89 | 68-100 |
| Breechloading Carbines | 97 | - | - |
| Sharps Rifles | 98-100 | 90 | - |
| Austrian Rifles | - | 91-100 | - |
| UNION CAVALRY | |||
| Breechloading carbines | 01-71 | 01-93 | 01-89 |
| Repeating Carbines | - | 94-100 | - |
| Pistols | 72-86 | - | - |
| Smoothbore Muskets | 87-93 | - | |
| Rifled Muskets | 94-100 | - | 90-100 |
| CONFEDERATE INFANTRY | |||
| Rifled Muskets | 01-78 | 01-99 | 01-30 |
| Smoothbore Muskets | 79-100 | - | 31-100 |
| Sharpshooter Rifles | - | 100 | - |
| CONFEDERATE CAVALRY | |||
| Rifled Muskets | 01-08 | 0l-18 | - |
| Smoothbore Muskets | - | - | 01-36 |
| Pistols | 09-30 | 19-77 | 37-80 |
| Muzzleloading Carbines | 31-62 | 78-100 | 81-84 |
| Shotguns | 63-100 | - | 85-100 |
| Artillery Random Generation Table | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Battle or Campaign Roll | ||
| Antietam | Gettysburg | Shiloh | |
| UNION ARTILLERY | |||
| 12 lb. Napoleon | 01-35 | 01-40 | 01-03 |
| 12 lb. Howitzer | 36-40 | 41 | 04-15 |
| 3" Ord. Rifle | 41-73 | 42-81 | 16 |
| 10 lb. Parrott | 74-90 | 82-98 | 17-24 |
| 20 lb. Parrott | 91-100 | 99-100 | 25-31 |
| James Rifle | - | - | 32-55 |
| 6 lb. Wiard | - | - | 56-58 |
| 12 lb. Wiard | - | - | 59-61 |
| 30 lb. Parrott | - | - | 62-65 |
| 24 lb. Howitzer | - | - | 66-68 |
| 24 lb. Siege Gun | - | - | 69-71 |
| 6 lb. Smoothbore | - | - | 72-100 |
| CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY | |||
| 12 lb. Napoleon | 01-07 | 01-38 | 01-15 |
| 12 lb. Howitzer | 08-27 | 39-48 | 16-39 |
| 3" Ord. Rifle | 28-45 | 49-77 | 40-43 |
| 10 lb. Parrott | 46-63 | 78-93 | - |
| 20 lb. Parrott | 64-65 | 94-97 | - |
| 24 lb. Howitzer | 66-71 | 98 | - |
| Blakely Rifle | - | 99 | - |
| 12 lb. Whitworth | 72 | 100 | - |
| 6 lb. Smoothbore | - | - | 44-90 |
| 6 lb. Rifles | 73-100 | - | 91-100 |
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