Month: March 2010
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On to Richmond: Rediscovering a GCACW Masterpiece
I’ve been a board wargamer since 1967. In years past SPI took my $300 or so for a “lifetime subscription.” My wife despairs over the unrealized EBay value of the more than 400 board wargames that lurk on our upstairs library shelves and hide on the even larger collection of shelves in the dark recesses […]
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Do You Miss Sid Meier’s Gettysburg? I’ve Got a New Game for You!
Norb Timpko, the developer of the tactical battle simulators Take Command: 2nd Manassas and Take Command: First Bull Run 1861, has created the best Gettysburg game ever made, in this longtime wargamer’s opinion. Scourge of War: Gettysburg has been in development for the past two years, and it’s now available for purchase in direct download […]
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False Memories – A Charge That Never Happened
One of the great challenges of Civil War research is figuring out when an eyewitness source is reporting a false, or falsified, memory. I can remember when, like many with a budding interest in the Civil War, I would read an historian’s account of a battle or a meeting and accept that account at face […]
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Try the Scourge of War Gettysburg Demo Today!
As the team at NorbSoftDev gets close to finishing Scourge of War: Gettysburg, a tactical battle simulator of the Civil War’s most famous battle, they’ve released a short DEMO of the game. The demo contains a tutorial scenario and one multiplayer scenario. That’s right, this game can be played with numerous friends, competing on the […]
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Short Takes
I am happy to report that Lt. Alonzo Cushing, USA, will almost certainly receive a long-overdue Medal of Honor. Cushing died defending his guns at the climax of one of the most memorable events of American history—the Confederate attack on Cemetery ridge on July 3 at Gettysburg. Before Gettysburg, Cushing fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg and […]
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A Top Notch Source for Unit History Bibliographies
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared at Beyond the Crater earlier today. The U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center site is chock full of interesting and useful Civil War materials. Today, I want to highlight the Civil War Unit Bibliographies area of the Resource Guides/Finding Aids section of the site. As many readers of TOCWOC […]
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Civil War Odds and Ends: March 24, 2010
I have a couple of interesting pieces of news to share with TOCWOC’s readers: Eric Wittenberg reports that his new book on The Battle of Brandy Station is out and ready to purchase. Osprey Publishing announced that five of its military history books are now available for the first time as ‘freemium’ apps via the […]