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Category: Civil War Wargames

  • Interview with Campaign Chancellorsville Designer Rich Walker

    Rich Walker, designer of the new HPS Civil War computer game Campaign Chancellorsville, was kind enough to answer a few questions about his work as a designer and the new game via email.  Rich has designed multiple Civil War games for HPS Simulations at this point, including Campaign Franklin, Campaign Atlanta, Campaign Shiloh, Campaign Antietam, […]

  • Three Civil War Computer Games Patched

    Recent patches have come out for three Civil War computer games.  Forge of Freedom from Western Civilization and Matrix Games has been updated to version 1.12.2.  Campaign Atlanta from HPS Simulations has been updated to version 1.03.  HPS’ newest Civil War game, Campaign Chancellorsville, is now at version 1.01. Check out more Civil War computer […]

  • Review: Crisis of Command in the Army of the Potomac

    Simson, Jay W. Crisis of Command in the Army of the Potomac: Sheridan’s Search for an Effective General.  McFarland (August 14, 2008). 245 pages, maps, illustrations, index. ISBN: 978-0786436538 $39.95 (Paperback). As a Civil War general, how would you go about avoiding the wrath of Union Major General Phil Sheridan?  The three generals Sheridan sacked, […]

  • Joseph R. Reinhart Responds to Chancellorsville and the Germans Review

    I recently received a long and interesting email from TOCWOC reader Joseph R. Reinhart about my review of Christian Keller’s book Chancellorsville and the Germans: Nativism, Ethnicity, and Civil War Memory.  Mr. Reinhart has been researching German-American involvement in the Civil War for over 15 years.  He is the editor of August Willich’s Gallant Dutchmen: […]

  • HPS Campaign Chancellorsville Scenario List

    I recently noticed someone had searched for “Campaign Chancellorsville Scenario List” here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog and I thought it’d be a good idea to provide that information for those looking for it.  After the typical historical and variant scenarios in Campaign Chancellorsville, 85 in all, there are also weather variants, scenarios […]

  • Review: Identification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War: A Complete Classification Guide and Illustrated History

    Maier, Larry B. and Stahl, Joseph W. Identification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War: A Complete Classification Guide and Illustrated History.  McFarland (August 15, 2008). 222 pages, many illustrations, index. ISBN: 978-0786433100 $55.00 (Hardcover). Did Civil War soldiers have dog tags?  Surprisingly, yes they did, and they are referred to today as “identification […]

  • Review: The 14th South Carolina by Robert K. Krick

    This is the second of four reviews scheduled for Tuesdays in March.  Each review will cover one of the first four volumes of the South Carolina Regimental-Roster Set series from Broadfoot Publishing Company.  A significant portion of each review will show you how this particular volume compared to the others in the series in terms […]