Month: July 2006
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MadMinute Games Patches TC2M to version 2.51
MMG today announced the release of a second patch for Take Command: 2nd Manassas. This brings the game up to version 2.51. Links are available for both the English CD version and the German CD version. Read the details by clicking on the full blog entry below. Patch 2 is Up! July 14, 2006 The […]
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Through The Howling Wilderness:The 1864 Red River Campaign and Union Failure in the West by Gary D. Joiner
I did a search for books on the Red River Campaign today, and I was surprised to find that Gary Joiner, already an author of one book on that campaign, has decided to do another through the University of Tennessee Press. By the look of things, this book seems to be much more detailed than […]
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More Info on Gary Grigsby’s New Civil War Game
There is another page long update on the progress of Gary Grigsby’s new Civil War game based on the World At War game engine on page 4 of the latest developer’s journal entry for 2by3 Games. Here’s an excerpt of their progress: Civil War Progress and Delays (CW) Progress on Civil War moved along nicely during the […]
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Review: Embattled Arkansas by Michael Banasik
Books on the Prairie Grove Campaign Embattled Arkansas: The Prairie Grove Campaign of 1862. Michael E. Banasik. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company (1998). 580 pp. 30 maps. The extended title of Michael Banasik’s Embattled Arkansas: The Prairie Grove Campaign of 1862 is misleading, but in a very good way. The author does not just cover […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 14, 1864
July 14, 1864 Affair at Poolesville, MD, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s, CSA, Confederate troops cross the Potomac River at White’s Ford, Leesburg, VA. Action at Malvern Hill, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the […]
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American Civil War Magazine and Journal Index Updated
I’ve neglected to mention updates to the American Civil War Magazine and Journal Index lately. Here are the updates from the past week or so: July 13 , 2006 Volume 52, Number 2 of Civil War History Journal is added to the Civil War History Journal Section. Volume 19, Number 3 of America’s Civil War […]
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Another New Civil War Blog: Volunteers in Parks
I discovered another new blog related to the Civil War called Volunteers in Parks via the Civil War Interactive Blog list. Mannie Gentile is a Park Ranger at Antietam National Battlefield Park, and the blog details his experiences for others interested in seeing what it is like to work for the National Park Service. Mannie’s […]