Month: December 2005
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Shock Troops of the Confederacy
Shock Troops of the Confederacy:The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia by Fred L. Ray I came across this book recently after reading about it over at Drew Wagenhoffer’s Civil War Books and Authors blog. It deals with the Sharpshooter Battalions formed in each brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia. The idea […]
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HPS Patches Campaign Franklin & Campaign Shiloh
HPS Simulations released patches for two games in the Civil War Battles series on December 15, 2005. Campaign Franklin (v1.05) and Campaign Shiloh (v1.02) were updated. The patch for Campaign Franklin is available at http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/updates/up_Civil_War/up_CivWar.html#FRANKLIN and contains the following changes: Changes for Campaign Franklin 1.05 – Adjusted PDT files to eliminate Line formation rear movement […]
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After Action Report: CWBR: Jackson’s Brigade at First Bull Run, Part 1
NOTE: Let me start this post off by explaining what an After Action Report (AAR) is to those of you who aren’t in the know. An AAR is simply a retelling of what happened in a given battle (or in wargaming terms the last scenario you played). I hope to make AARs a regular feature […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: December 16, 2005
Air Date: 121605 Subject: Female Soldiers in the Civil War Books: Lincoln’s Avengers: Justice, Revenge, and Reunion after the Civil War & All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies Guest: Elizabeth D. Leonard Summary: Dr. Elizabeth Leonard, author of Lincoln’s Avengers and All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of […]
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Another View Of Harsh’s Taken At The Flood
I was reading through one of Dimitri Rotov’s archived posts on South Mountain today when quite by accident I stumbled on a link to blogger Mitch Hagmaier’s excellent Blogfonte site. Dimitri had linked to Mitch’s post concerning South Mountain, but I also found a post from the same time frame giving Mitch’s thoughts on the […]
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New ACW Blog: First Maine Forward
Add another Civil War blog to our suddenly booming community. Amateur historian (like myself) Andy MacIsaac has created First Maine Forward, a blog concentrating on Maine in the Civil War, with a special emphasis on the First Maine Heavy Artillery. Here’s Andy’s reasoning for starting a blog, straight from his first post: A little about […]
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Counting Heads: Looking At Civil War Troop Numbers for Wargaming
The genesis of this post occurred several weeks ago. I wanted to make sure I took a thorough look at this subject before creating a blog entry concerning it. As some of you who regularly read this blog may know, I am particularly interested in Orders of Battle (OOBs) that catalog unit strengths down to […]