Month: October 2005
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ACW Campaign Games Design Center Updated
The American Civil War Campaign Games Design Center, my fan site for the HPS Simulations Civil War Battles series, has been updated. Jim Daniels (aka High Krausen), has created a graphics mod that attempts to make some of the units look similar to the old Talonsoft Battleground Games. Check out Brett’s list of the Top […]
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Perceiving the Importance of Specific Events
This past week my father had the incredible fortune of getting to attend a business meeting in Gettysburg, becoming my second non Civil War obsessed relative to wind up there by chance in as many months, while I freeze in Milwaukee. And yet I still had to talk him into going on a tour of […]
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Ethan Rafuse – McClellan’s War, Part 1
To complete my undergraduate history degree last Spring, I was required to write a thesis driven paper at least 20 standard pages long. After getting some guidance from my supervising professors, I wrote a paper twice that size on the historiography and public perception of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Conversely, I am not sure a paper […]
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Welcome to Johnny Whitewater
Another guest blogger, Johnny Whitewater, a reader of this blog, has agreed to pitch in with the occasional post. If you see a post by “Johnny Whitewater”, obviously you’ll know it’s Johnny’s. He runs his own (non-Civil War) blog in his spare time. Mr. Whitewater is no amateur, having graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in […]
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Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly, Part 2
Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly by David A. Welker Chapter 1 – The Long Road to Chantilly – May to August 30, 1862 1. In chapter one, Welker discusses the events leading up to the Battle of Chantilly. He starts in May 1862 by discussing Jackson’s famous Valley Campaign. The troops which […]
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“krispyjc’s ” New BR:TC1861 Movie
If anyone has wondered exactly what Mad Minute Games’ Bull Run: Take Command 1861 looks like, this movie by MMG forum member “krispyjc” will leave you wondering no more. He has taken video of game-play and mixed it with music to create the end result you’ll see here. He hopes to have medium and high […]
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Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign, Part 1
Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign edited by Gary Gallagher While I’m reading Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly at home, I’ve also been bringing Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign to read at work (shhh, don’t tell my boss). The short essays make perfect […]