Tag: first battle of bull run

  • Civil War Book Review: Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65

    Field, Ron. Combat 2: Union Infantrymen Versus Confederate Infantrymen: Eastern Theater 1861-65. (Osprey Publishing, September 20, 2013). 80 pages, illus., maps, orders of battle, select bibliography. ISBN: 978-1-78096-927-5 $18.95 (Paperback). Osprey’s Combat series takes a look at two opposing forces in a given war by looking at three combat situations in micro-tactical detail.  In this volume […]

  • 861ai: Confederate Forces Battle of Bull Run 21 July 1861

    Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Confederate Forces Battle of Bull Run 21 July 1861 Commanding Officer: Brigadier General G.T.Beauregard 1st Brigade: Brigadier General M.L.Bonham 11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment 7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment 8th South Carolina Infantry […]

  • 861ah: Union Forces Battle of Bull Run 21 July 1861

    Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Union Forces Battle of Bull Run 2l July 1861 Commanding Officer: Brigadier General I. McDowell 1st Division: Brigadier General D.Tyler 1st Brigade: Colonel E.D.Keyes 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment 1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment 2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment 3rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel […]

  • 861ag: Confederate Forces Battles of Blackburn’s Ford, 18 July and Bull Run 21 July 1861

    Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Confederate Forces Battles of Blackburn’s Ford, 18 July and Bull Run 21 July 1861 Commanding General: General Beauregard Ewell’s Brigade: 5th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment (600) 6th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment (600) 6th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (600) Walton’s Battery, 12th Howitzers (4 […]

  • Stonewall Jackson’s Way II and None But Heroes: Two New Civil War Boardgames from MMP

    I recently noticed a link to an interview of legendary Civil War board game designer Dean Essig at Boardgame news.  Essig was talking about his new regimental level Civil War game on the Battle of Antietam entitled None But Heroes. This excerpt from the interview provides a look at what Essig is trying to accomplish […]