Month: May 2006
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Harpers Ferry Arsenal Updated
The Harpers Ferry Arsenal, my fan site for Mad Minute Games’ Take Command series of Civil War computer games, sees another update today. The latest update is: 1. Added jackfox’s Wilson’s Creek OOB in the TC2M OOBs area
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 24, 1864 Action at Wilson’s Wharf, north side of the James River, below Fort Powhatan, VA, as Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Confederate attack is repulsed by the two all Black Federal regiments garrisoned there. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of […]
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Book Purchases: May 7 to May 16, 2006
Rod Gragg. Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher. Harpercollins; 1st edition, January 1991. After having purchased a primarily naval account of Fort Fisher, I decided to pick up Rod Gragg’s book as well. I’m not all that familiar with the Fort Fisher Campaign, but this hardback looks pretty well done, aside from the smoky […]
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American Civil War Magazine & Journal Index Updated
The American Civil War Magazine & Journal Index has been updated again today. I added the entire run of 6+ volumes of Civil War Regiments: A Journal of the American Civil War, except for summaries. I hope to add the summaries for most of these issues as I find time to read the ones I […]
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Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 8
Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia by Fred L. Ray ISBN-10 0-9649585-5-4 ISBN-13 978-0-9649585-5-5 6 x 9 inch hardback – 450 Pages 43 Maps, 59 Illustrations Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography Publication date: Winter 2005 Price $34.95 Last week, we discussed the Overland Campaign and Early’s […]
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Harpers Ferry Arsenal Updated
The Harpers Ferry Arsenal, my fan site for Mad Minute Games’ Take Command series of Civil War computer games, is seeing updates roll in on an almost daily basis. The list of updates today is as follows: 1. Added Huzzah’s Sound Mod v1.0 to the TC2M Sound Mods area
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 21, 1864 Skirmish at Fort Powhatan, VA, with the Federal Army of the James under the command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the […]