Month: February 2013
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Franklin’s Crossing Conclusion
June 6-9 The Federal VI Corps troops were firmly established on the south bank of the Rappahannock by nightfall on the 5th. The assault troops were reinforced by BG Albion Howe’s 2nd Division 3rd Brigade*. On the morning of the 6th the Vermonters pushed out a strong skirmish line to meet a refreshed effort by […]
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Lincoln’s Search for Generals
I follow discussions at other blogs and on online civil war forums and again and again I have seen debate about the choices Lincoln made in picking generals. I believe that the usual view of why some so-called ‘political’ generals were chosen is incomplete or misguided. While there was a political element to all the […]
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The Death of Mad Minute Games
As a playtester for Take Command: 2nd Manassas and one of the OOB creators on Scourge of War: Gettysburg, I knew some things about the Norb Timpko/Adam Bryant relationship I couldn’t really share with the public. That relationship ended on a sour note with the dissolution of their war gaming company, Mad Minute Games, several […]
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Franklin’s Crossing Part 2
Engineers Lead the Way On arrival at the river the engineers found themselves alone. A glance across the Rappahannock revealed “a small fort” that was “strongly garrisoned by the Rebels.” Seeing just a small opposing force the Confederate pickets made sport of calling the over to invite the engineers to come over to enjoy the […]
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Who Was C[harles] C. Ackels?: Help Needed!
Recently Kathryn Lerch (who so generously donated a large number of items from her 8th New York Heavy Artillery collection to me for use on my Siege of Petersburg site) contacted me via email with a mystery: Brett, I decided I have exhausted my usual search lines on Ancestry and Fold3, and still keep coming […]