Month: October 2005
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Ethan Rafuse – McClellan’s War, Part 3
Part 2 of my review of Rafuse’s McClellan bio left off with the Army of the Potomac landing at Fort Monroe to begin the Peninsula Campaign. McClellan had already faced a number of issues in planning the campaign even before reaching the jumpoff point. The first option for the landing spot (Urbana) had been scrapped, […]
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Charge! Issues 1-2
Since I’ve only just now started subscribing to Charge!: The Official Newsletter of the Johnny Reb Gaming Society, I’ll be reviewing the first two years of the newsletter two issues at a time in a similar format to my reviews of North & South, Blue & Gray, America’s Civil War, and Civil War Times Illustrated. […]
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Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign, Part 3
Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign edited by Gary Gallagher I managed to finish the book earlier this week, but I haven’t had time to talk about the final essay and the bibliographic note until now. “I Resolved to Play a Bold Game”: John S. Mosby as a Factor in the […]
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Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly, Part 3
Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly by David A. Welker Chapter 2 – The Confluence of Two Lives 1. Welker next details the lives of Philip Kearny and Isaac Stevens, the two promising Union commanders who lost their lives at Chantilly. Despite sharing little in common in their lives, both of these men […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: October 14, 2005
Air Date: 101405 Subject: Lonnie R. Speer: The Dark Side of the War Books: Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War & War of Vengeance: Act of Retaliation Against Civil War POWs Guest: Lonnie R. Speer Summary: Lonnie Speer, author of Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War and War of […]
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1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign Bibliography
One thing I completely forgot about when reading Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign (edited by Gary Gallagher) was the usual “Bibliographic Note” at the end of each volume. In these areas, Gallagher and his fellow essayists choose the books most pertinent to the campaign they have just covered. These lists […]
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Matrix Games Announces Battleground and Campaign Series Plans
Pulled directly from Matrix Games, here is a news announcement focusing on the Battleground and Campaign Series games from Talonsoft: Plans for Award-Winning Series Include Update From Original Developer Matrix Games is pleased to announce its plans for the recently acquired publishing right for the Talonsoft Battleground and Campaign series. The Battleground series includes nine […]