Month: October 2005
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October 13 General News & Notes
Now that I’ve been blogging for over a month, I’m starting to get the hang of this whole phenomenon. With that in mind, I’d like to emulate Dimitri R. just a little bit here by going over a few general features of the blog. 1. How do I contact you by email? Good question, and […]
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Civil War Magazines
Thought I’d piggy-back a bit on Brett’s blog regarding magazines such as Civil War Times, America’s Civil War, etc. I happen to write for ACW, and I too am pleased that lately such magazines (which have been more of the ‘pop’ ilk compared to such productions like Blue&Gray and North&South) are stepping up their quality. […]
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Ethan Rafuse – McClellan’s War, Part 2
In Part 1 of my review of Ethan Rafuse’s recent McClellan bio, we left off after Chapter 4. With the nation teetering on the brink of war, McClellan supported Stephen Douglas’s successful Senate reelection campaign against Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln went on to win the presidency in 1860 due to the split of the Democrats, and […]
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Civil War Times Illustrated, December 2005
The December 2005 issue is the first issue of Civil War Times Illustrated that I’ll be reviewing for this blog. In looking back, I was a little harsh on both America’s Civil War & CWTI. ACW had topographical lines on some of the maps, and some also went down to regimental level. It appears that […]
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Matrix Games Acquires Rights to Talonsoft Battleground Games
In a very interesting development, Matrix Games has acquired the rights to the old Talonsoft Battleground games, and game designer John Tiller will be working with Matrix to make the games compatible with Windows XP. This is excellent news for Civil War gamers who enjoyed the beautiful maps of these games. Matrix brought up an […]
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Johnny Reb III: ACW Miniatures Rules
I’ve always been interested in miniatures gaming, but I’ve never had the chance to really check it out…until now. Due to a post by Scott Mingus (an award-winning scenario designer of ACW miniatures) at Eric Wittenberg’s CWDG forums, I recently ordered the Johnny Reb III ACW regimental miniatures rules set from Doug Kline at Battlefield […]
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Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign, Part 2
Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign edited by Gary Gallagher Union Generalship in the 1864 Valley Campaign by A. Wilson Greene 1. Greene goes over the Union Generalship in a sort of companion piece to Jeffry Wert’s earlier essay on the Confederate Leadership. In addition to the obvious focus on Phil […]