Category: Civil War Wargames
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HPS Simulations Releases Campaign Chancellorsville
I noticed today (hat tip to Chris Dean at the Historical Wargames Usenet group) that HPS Simulations has released Campaign Chancellorsville, the 11th game in their Civil War Battles series of computer wargames. The game covers the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Campaigns with other smaller cavalry battles thrown in as well. Here’s an initial screen shot […]
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ACW Miniature Wargaming
Hello. I am John Michael Priest, veteran high school history teacher, Civil War historian and avid wargamer. As a member of the HMGS – East I have had the honor of hosting a number of games at its conventions over the past several years. This year I will be attending Cold Wars in Lancaster to […]
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NorbSoftDev Announces War 3DII: Gettysburg!
I am pleased to announce a new Civil War computer game I played a major role in creating, War3d II: Gettysburg! The game is a real time tactical simulator dedicated to the Battle of Gettysburg. I was in charge of creating the Order of Battles for each of the three days, which is worthy of […]
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John West—Hero or Blowhard?
Every war produces heroes, but also a number of blowhards, who somehow always seem to outnumber the heroes. Sometimes it’s hard to tell who’s who. One such case is John West, who claimed to be a “noted sharpshooter” in Virginia armed with a Whitworth rifle. I first ran across West’s account in John Morrow’s The […]
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Slope Dope
Whaaa? Bear with me, we’re not talking about something really exotic here. Consider the following account from the Battle of South Mountain (Boonesboro for you Confederates). The report is from the the 107th Pennsylvania, part of Duryea’s brigade, which was attacking up a steep slope toward Turner’s Gap against Robert Rodes’ Alabama brigade. in compliance […]
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The Lone Marksman
As a followup to my previous post about a present-day marksman in Afghanistan, I am posting (with his kind permission) Gary Yee’s article about a lone marksman at the Battle of New Orleans and the effect he had. Gary, who will be coming out with a sharpshooting book of his own shortly, is one of […]
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Google Settles Suit
I use Google a lot, both for searches and for research on Civil War topics. Google book search is now an immense and impressive repository of 19th Century books, including a great many on military matters. I’ve found some very scarce regimentals as well as many books on rifles. The other big advantage of the […]