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  • Scott Mingus’ Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign Now Available

    Award winning Johnny Reb III scenario designer Scott Mingus has a new book coming out entitled Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign. It weighs in at 104 pages and was released by Colecraft Industries on November 21, 2006. I believe this is Scott’s first non-wargaming effort, as he has released scenario books for Antietam […]

  • From Gettysburg

    Gettysburg, PA Your Special Correspondent I am in Gettysburg attending a reunion of my old Vietnam unit, Second Squadron, First US Cavalry. It’s been great except for the nearly constant rain, which has made battlefield touring difficult. I’ve occupied the extra time by touring the book store at the visitor’s center. I was overwhelmed by […]

  • Book Purchases: July 1 – July 31, 2006

    Books Purchased: July 1-July 31: Richard S. Shue. Morning at Willoughby Run: The Opening Battle at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Thomas Publications (PA); Revised edition (January 1995). I don’t know too much about this one other than that it depicts the fighting between Heth’s Division and Buford’s Cavalry Division, with the later arrival of the […]

  • Civil War Times, July 2006

    Civil War Times Volume 45, Number 5 (July 2006) Civil War Times Web Site Page 6 Turning Points: Crossing the Mississippi by Jeffry D. Wert The crossing of the Mississippi by Grant’s Army of the Tennessee at Bruinsburg, Mississippi is the focus of this issue’s Turning Points column. Jeffrey Wert discusses Grant’s plan to have […]

  • America’s Civil War, July 2006

    America’s Civil War Volume 19, Number 3 (July 2006) America’s Civil War Web Site Page 6 Editorial Page 8 Dispatches Page 12 Men and Materiel by Doug Adams The LeMat revolver is discussed in this edition of Men and Materiel.  This typically .44 caliber pistol had nine cylinders and also packed the added punch of […]

  • Charge! Issue 11

    Charge! Issue 11 (Spring 2006) Charge! Web Site Page 1 From the Editor’s Desk by Scott Mingus Editor Scott Mingus discusses Johnny Con, the first all Johnny Reb gaming convention, which was held on May 20-21, 2006 in New Albany, Indiana. Page 2 Missed Opportunity? Trimble’s Attack on Cemetery Hill: Wednesday, July 1, 1863 by […]

  • 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 […]