Month: December 2012
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Before the Seven Days – Advance to the Chickahominy Part 15
June 1st One of the many that fell in the fighting on May 31st was Gen. Joseph Johnston. Ignoring pleas from staff officers he rode to the front to watch Whiting’s attack. He was struck in the right shoulder by a round and then knocked from his horse by the force of a nearby explosion. […]
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Using Speech to Text Software to Transcribe Primary Sources?
This post is really me taking an off the wall idea and bouncing it off of fellow Civil War buffs. Over at The Siege of Petersburg Online, I’ve got tons of newspaper articles collected which are in PDF or image form. My challenge is to get those items transcribed for use on my site, either […]
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Interview with SOW: Chancellorville Order of Battle Designers Jim Weaver and Larry Tagg
Editor’s Note: I’ve got an interesting interview today for those of you into wargaming the Civil War. NorbSoftDev’s latest release, Scourge of War: Chancellorsville, was released in mid-November 2012. It’s the latest in their real time tactical simulator line of computer games which recreate Civil War combat at the regimental and battery level. I’ll be […]