Month: February 2006

  • Civil War Talk Radio: February 24, 2006

    Air Date: 022406 Subject: Edwin C. Bearss: Chief of the Battlefield Book: Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War Guests: Edwin C. Bearss Summary: The legendary Ed Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service. Brett’s Summary: This was a fascinating interview.  Gerry talks to Ed Bearss, probably the most famous “name” […]

  • Review: Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg

    Books On The Vicksburg Campaign Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg. Timothy B. Smith. New York, NY: Savas Beatie LLC (2004). 502 pp. 41 maps. This is a review and summary of Timothy B. Smith’s Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg. Dr. Smith sets out to write the first detailed history of the most important […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: February 17, 2006

    Air Date: 021706 Subject: Fritz Klein IS Abraham Lincoln Guests: Abraham Lincoln (Fritz Klein) Summary: Out of the more than one hundred people who make all or part of their living portraying Abraham Lincoln, none does it better than Richard “Fritz” Klein. Brett’s Summary: Check out Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online for the […]

  • Review: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862

    Books On Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 edited by Gary Gallagher I’m going to try something different for this book. Since it is a collection of essays, I plan on reviewing each essay on its own merits. I will do this for all future Gallagher books, and I hope to […]

  • Book Review: Stonewall Jackson’s Romney Campaign by Thomas M. Rankin

    Books On Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign (and the Romney Campaign) This is a review and summary of Thomas M. Rankin’s H.E. Howard “Virginia Civil War Battles and Leaders Series” book entitled Stonewall Jackson’s Romney Campaign: January 1 – February 20, 1862. The book traces Jackson’s unsuccessful campaign to take back some of the northwestern Virginia […]

  • Review: Ball’s Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow by Byron Farwell

    Books On Ball’s Bluff The following is a review and short summary of Ball’s Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow (EPM, 1990), by Byron Farwell. Farwell’s book covers the October 21, 1861 Battle of Ball’s Bluff, a small fight between the Confederate Brigade of Nathan “Shanks” Evans and the Union forces under Senator […]

  • HPS Patches Campaigns Corinth, Ozark, and Peninsula

    HPS Simulations announced the release of patches for three games in the Civil War Battles series on February 1, 2006. Campaign Corinth (v1.05), Campaign Ozark (v1.04), and Campaign Peninsula (v1.02) were all updated. Changes for Campaign Corinth 1.06 – Added optional Night Movement Fatigue rule. Changes for Campaign Ozark 1.05 – Added optional Night Movement […]