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Showing posts with label campaign rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label campaign rules. Show all posts
Monday, 3 August 2026

The Restoration of the Grand Wargaming Project - Some Life Changes (Skip the First Half Please if you have Strayed Here !)

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  It has been a long time since I posted here. Nobody reads this blog which is good so I will self indulge. I like it as a record of a big h...
Monday, 4 December 2023

Union Order of Battle for First Manassas or Bull Run

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I am back into planning mode for the next tabletop encounter in my American Civil War Campaign. Above I have laid out the counters for the u...
Saturday, 2 December 2023

Week 1 August 1861 (Union Turn) - First Major Clash in the East

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  Above : Henry Halleck ( see site footer )  " I will not attempt to hamper you with any minute instructions" Henry Halleck to Joh...
Saturday, 4 November 2023

A Postscript to the Battle of Rolla on Logistics

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  Above : Civil War Wagon Supply Train (see site footer)  I have come back to the strategic table and map to update one or two items before ...
Thursday, 24 August 2023

War Strategy 1861 - Scott's Annaconda Plan and the Victory and Political System for the Campaign

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  Above : Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan  Before I dive into the minutiae of the July 1861 strategic turn for my campaign (essentially s...
Saturday, 12 August 2023

The Confederate Deployments in the East - July 1861

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  Into the home straight now for the initial deployments. I am wondering whether (a) anyone will ever see or read this or (b) make a comment...
Thursday, 10 August 2023

(1) Polk at Memphis - The "Sword over the Gown" (2) Remaining Confederate forces in the West and (3) the Volunteer Call Ups and Supply

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  Above : Leonidas Polk - Bishop and slave owner (see site footer)  Leonidas Polk the Episcopalian Bishop when asked if he was giving up his...
Tuesday, 18 July 2023

Overall attrition and Union Order of Battle for St Louis and Missouri under Nathanial Lyons - July 1861

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  Above : Union Parade (see site footer)  I have probably seen off any potential readership with the level of detail in respect of deliberat...