Month: March 2008
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Valentine scrapbook
Came across a very nice scrapbook of illustrations by a Union veteran H. E. Valentine, mostly of Eighteenth Corps in the Petersburg area. The ink wash drawings are here, and if you hunt around there are some higher res versions available. More letters and other source material on the Virginia Tech Civil War Collection home […]
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My Top 10 Books
I was rereading some of my earlier posts and noticed that I had promised my top ten list of books that I have read on the American Civil War. Well we are going to do it “David’s” way and do the list from number 10 to number 1. Here goes. 10.) A Little Short of […]
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Campaign Antietam Screen Shots: South Mountain
Now that I’ve had HPS‘ newly released Campaign Antietam for over a week, I wanted to post some screenshots of the various battlefields covered in the game over the course of a few posts. Despite being given the name “Campaign Antietam”, the game actually covers quite a few more battlefields, including First Bull Run (including […]
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Back to Blogging again
Brett has kindly invited me contribute to the TOCWOC blog. As fans of his old blog know I posted quite a bit there, mostly on the subject of CW-era rifles and sharpshooting. Some of my posts, like Brett’s, will be updated versions of old posts on that blog, but of course I have a lot […]
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TOCWOC’s After Action Report Contest for Civil War War Games, March-April 2008
As promised, TOCWOC will be holding an After Action Report Contest for Civil War wargamers. The winner will receive a FREE copy of HPS Simulations’ Campaign Chickamauga. Details are on the dedicated contest web page!
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620,000 and a Speech, or a Foundation for Reconciliation
Hi all, Well its been a while. Like October. A lot has happened in my life since then. But that aside, I want to take a few moments to talk about the recent debate and other heated discussion about RACE. There has been considerable discussion, speeches, and even debate over how to reconcile the great […]
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Osprey Publishing
Those of us in the miniature wargaming hobby are very well aware of the British book publisher, Osprey. Based in Oxford, the company was originally created as a subsidiary of a tea company that had packaged trading cards of military aircraft with their tea products. The cards’ artist proposed a series of books on warplanes, […]