Month: January 2006

  • Civil War Talk Radio: January 27, 2006

    Air Date: 012706 Subject: Wide Awake Films: If Brady Had Video Web site: http://www.wideawakefilms.com & http://www.civilwargoods.com/ Guests: Shane Seley and Ed Leydecker Summary: Shane Seley and Ed Leydecker of Wide Awake Films describe the process of making Civil War battle documentary videos. Brett’s Summary: Shane and Ed discuss how they film Civil War reenactments and […]

  • Blue & Gray Back Issues

    I was pretty excited today after I won the first 12 issues of Blue & Gray on eBay. It cost me a pretty penny, but it was worth it. I’m now within two issues of a complete run. If anyone knows where I can get the following two issues, please contact me. 1. Issue 14, […]

  • Infrequent Blogging Over Next Few Weeks

    Mad Minute Games is ramping up testing for Take Command: Second Manassas over the next few weeks. As a result, I will not have as much time to dedicate to reading many books or playing many ACW games. I hope to post at least once a week during this time, but there will be noticeable […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: January 20, 2006

    Air Date: 012006 Subject: Sex in the Civil War Book: The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell: Sex in the Civil War & Tarnished Eagles: The Court-Martial of Fifty Union Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels Guest: Thomas P. Lowry Summary: Unlike the soldiers themselves, author Thomas Lowry, MD, is happy to discuss The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell: Sex in […]

  • TC2M: Chantilly Battlefield Comparison

    Over at the Mad Minute Games forums, there have been several screenshots of Take Command: Second Manassas (TC2M for short) compared to pictures of the modern battlefield of Second Manassas. I responded to a request to show a similar comparison of the Chantilly Battlefield (not available in the beta release). The details of the comparison […]

  • Review In Brief: Mother, May You Never See The Sights I Have Seen

    Mother, May You Never See the Sights I Have Seen: The Fifty-Seventh Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers in the Army of the Potomac, 1864-1865 by Warren Wilkinson 665 pp., 11 maps I want to preface this review with the admission that I have read very few unit histories to this point. While I feel very comfortable reviewing […]

  • Review In Brief: The Battle of McDowell: March 11-May 18, 1862

    Books on Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign Jackson’s Valley Campaign: The Battle of McDowell: March 11-May 18, 1862 by Richard L. Armstrong 122 pp., 9 maps The entries in the Virginia Battles & Leaders Series run the gamut from good to pretty bad. This particular entry was not one of the best, but it did have […]