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If you’ve been anywhere near a radio or television you’ve no doubt seen something of the flooding all up and down the East coast. Some of the flooding, unfortunately, was in Washington, specifically the National Archives building. For those of us who depend on the NA to keep all those precious documents safe, this is [...]

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Some weeks ago I blogged about the Shriver House in Gettysburg, where Confederate sharpshooters under Major Eugene Blackford holed up during the battle, keeping up a steady fire on Cemetery Hill. The house was restored in 1996 and now houses a museum. During the restoration work workers found both CW-era medical supplies and unfired rounds [...]

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June 30, 1864
Action on Four-Mile Creek, at Deep Bottom, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.
6/30-7/1/1864.
Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, occupies New Market, VA, on his way to invade the North.
Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used [...]

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I had the honor of attending the Civil War Weekend at Pamplin Park, which seemed to get quite a good turnout, both from period groups and spectators. There were lots of cannon that made big noise, and a mortar competition. I was particularly impressed by the artillery unit that showed up complete with horses, which [...]

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http://www.brettschulte.net/ACWBooks/Books/ACWUnitHistories/ShockTroopsConfederacySharpshootersRay.html
Note: For those of you who missed it, you might want to check out my multi-part summary of the book, starting with Part 1.
Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia. Fred L. Ray. Asheville, NC: CFS Press (2006). 432 pp. 43 maps.
Review
Fred Ray’s Shock Troops of the Confederacy: [...]

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In a post yesterday, I mentioned a new Civil War computer game from Matrix Games entitled Forge of Freedom. Today, with a little help from the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical message board, I found a message board thread at Matrix that discusses some features of the game in detail. It uses the Crown of Glory engine, [...]

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June 28, 1864
Action at Howlett’s Bluff, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.
Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. [...]

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I found out recently over at the Civil War Discussion Group that Gary Gallagher’s popular series of essay books which focus on a certain campaign in each volume will be FINALLY moving to Petersburg. The details are at the bottom of the post by “Unionrep”. In his post, he/she states:

As to the question [...]

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Matrix Games announced in a press release today a new Civil War computer game by Western Civilization entitled Forge of Freedom.
Here’s an excerpt from that press release:

The New Games:In addition to the recently released PureSim Baseball 2007, The Operational Art of War 3 Conquest of the Aegean, and Harpoon 3, Matrix has a great lineup [...]

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Charge!

Issue 10 (Winter 2005)

Charge! Web Site

Page 1

From the Editor’s Desk by Scott Mingus

Editor Scott Mingus discusses Fall-In 2005, held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Scott mentions several JR3 and Regimental Fire and Fury games as well as his new scenario book Undying Courage: Antietam in Miniature.

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Variant Rules for Your Campaign: Part II: Supply Wagons [...]

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