Category: Strategy & Tactics
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Charge! Issue 9
Charge! Issue 9 (Fall 2005) Charge! Web Site Page 1 From the Editor’s Desk by Scott Mingus Editor Scott Mingus discusses the recent efforts to restore the appearance of the Gettysburg battlefield to its 1863 look. Page 2 Terrain Tips on a Budget: Making Flock for Basing Figures or Fabricating Terrain by Doug Rogers Doug […]
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Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 11
Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia by Fred L. Ray ISBN-10 0-9649585-5-4 ISBN-13 978-0-9649585-5-5 6 x 9 inch hardback – 450 Pages 43 Maps, 59 Illustrations Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography Publication date: Winter 2005 Price $34.95 In my last post, I covered sharpshooter weapons and […]
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Charge! Issue 8
Charge! Issue 8 Charge! Web Site Page 1 From the Editor’s Desk by Scott Mingus Editor Scott Mingus discusses his attendance at the annual Gettysburg Anniversary Reenactment, noting that author John Michael Priest “demonstrated a new 54mm skirmish wargame at Greystone’s American History Store.” Mingus also announced that his book Undying Courage: Antietam in Miniature […]
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Charge! Issue 7
Charge! Issue 7 Charge! Issue 7 Charge! Web Site Page 1 From the Editor’s Desk by Scott Mingus Editor Scott Mingus discusses John Zabawa’s Gettysburg Miniature Soldiers in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, gives a recap of his presentation on John Gordon’s Brigade to the Gettysburg Civil War Round Table, mentions his book Enduring Valor: Gettysburg in Miniature, […]
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The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864
With my intense interest in the Petersburg Campaign, I would be remiss if I did not mention the anniversary of Day 1 of the four day Battle of Petersburg. General Beauregard defended the eastern portions of the Dimmock line surrounding Petersburg, and his troops hung on by the slimmest of margins while the general tried […]
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English Match Rifles
English Match Rifles Last week I did a post on Sir Joseph Whitworth and how he changed long range shooting. It’s hard to exaggerate the effect his innovations had on rifle technology, and I’d rate them together as one of the major “revolutions in arms” such as the breech loader, the repeater, and smokeless powder. […]
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Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 10
Shock Troops of the Confederacy, Part 10 Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia by Fred L. Ray ISBN-10 0-9649585-5-4 ISBN-13 978-0-9649585-5-5 6 x 9 inch hardback – 450 Pages 43 Maps, 59 Illustrations Footnoted / Indexed / Complete Bibliography Publication date: Winter 2005 Price $34.95 In my […]