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…I’m in a wedding and a golf tournament. No rest for the weary. I’ll try to get some stuff up if I get a chance.

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The Harper’s Ferry Arsenal has been updated. Mod-maker extraordinaire Tim has created an Officer Sprites mod for use with Bull Run: Take Command 1861. These officers take the place of your flag bearer in the game.

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Now that I’ve finished He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning, I’ll be moving on to David Welker’s Tempest at Ox Hill. Unlike Taylor’s book, I have read Welker’s at a prior date. It has been awhile, but I know for a fact that it compares favorably to Taylor’s book. I’ve got a [...]

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http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBooks/2ndBullRun.htm
He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly) September 1, 1862. Paul Taylor. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books (2003). 179 pp. 8 maps.
This is a review and summary of Paul Taylor

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The November 2005 issue is the first issue of America’s Civil War that I’ll be reviewing for this blog. ACW is of a little lower quality than North & South and Blue & Gray. It is virtually identical to Civil War Times Illustrated at this point, because both magazines are published by Primedia. There are [...]

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He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862
by Paul Taylor
I managed to finish the book last evening, so this is the final part of my daily blog entries on He Hath Loosed The Fateful Lightning. I hope to have a review up within the next day [...]

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Eric Wittenberg, an occasional guest blogger at this site, has launched an ACW blog of his own. Rantings of a Civil War Historian looks to provide an interesting view on the Civil War from the perspective of its owner, an author and lawyer with an interest in the Cavalry.

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He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862
by Paul Taylor
Chapter 3
1. This chapter deals with the buildup to the battle. Jackson’s men again marched slowly on September 1, even though the Little River Turnpike was an excellent road. Taylor writes that Pope finally responded to [...]

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He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862
by Paul Taylor
Chapter 1
1. There wasn’t much going on in the first chapter. It was basically the setup chapter for the rest of the book. If you’ve read any book on the Second Manassas Campaign (I suggest Hennessy’s [...]

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He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862
by Paul Taylor
I’ve decided to start off my "Back-to-Back Book" idea by focusing on the small engagement at Ox Hill (Chantilly to the North), which occurred only two days after Second Bull Run. Promising Union Generals Isaac Stevens and [...]

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