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Storied Military Unit to Lose 7 Battle Streamers	81	11 Aug 2022 10:02 p.m. PST
Anyone make running/trotting 28mm horses with saddle?	5	10 Aug 2022 1:18 a.m. PST
29th Infantry Division Keeps Historic Patch	23	09 Aug 2022 5:43 p.m. PST
Flying the Confederate Battle Flag in the North is a...	43	08 Aug 2022 2:55 p.m. PST
Charging Uphill vs Charging Downhill	37	06 Aug 2022 1:29 p.m. PST
What makes ACW wargaming more enjoyable than other periods?	73	05 Aug 2022 10:00 a.m. PST
ex-Confederate soldiers enlisting in post-bellum U S Army?	21	04 Aug 2022 10:47 a.m. PST
August 21, 1863: The Lawrence Massacre	4	04 Aug 2022 8:24 a.m. PST
Confederate Infantry Texas Troops Review	6	03 Aug 2022 3:19 p.m. PST
Hypothetical Trent Affair research	4	03 Aug 2022 8:55 a.m. PST
The Civil War heroism of a 16-year-old Scott County girl	3	02 Aug 2022 8:56 p.m. PST
Cigar Box and Osprey's Gettysburg	7	01 Aug 2022 3:19 p.m. PST
Praise for Doug Kline	11	01 Aug 2022 7:08 a.m. PST
Can you suggest an ACW game / rule set?	21	31 Jul 2022 5:08 p.m. PST
Gettysburg and Pickets Charge ???	29	30 Jul 2022 9:46 a.m. PST
A New Kind of Firepower that gave Union Soldier a...	6	30 Jul 2022 9:31 a.m. PST
New names recommended for 9 Army bases that	11	29 Jul 2022 3:30 p.m. PST
Britain's American civil war in the 60s	8	27 Jul 2022 3:35 p.m. PST
The easiest period to get started with is...	6	27 Jul 2022 9:23 a.m. PST
Manoeuvre of Gatlin Guns	8	25 Jul 2022 7:58 a.m. PST
Strange but True Stories about Tennessee’s Bloodiest Battle	5	23 Jul 2022 9:29 p.m. PST
Cavalry brigades?	14	23 Jul 2022 5:15 a.m. PST
Salem Church 1863 (with Regt F&F)	5	22 Jul 2022 3:41 p.m. PST
Slow Death of Attrition: The Third Corps	10	21 Jul 2022 3:28 p.m. PST
Why Ulysses S. Grant May Receive a Promotion...	13	19 Jul 2022 11:31 a.m. PST
To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for	3	18 Jul 2022 4:03 p.m. PST
Advice for someone starting out	24	13 Jul 2022 8:12 p.m. PST
Civil Sniper/Bushwacker	4	13 Jul 2022 6:03 p.m. PST
Looking for a 15mm Choctaw ironclad model	6	13 Jul 2022 5:44 a.m. PST
Altar of Freedom and 3d Printing	8	11 Jul 2022 9:25 a.m. PST
During the Civil War, Gen. Ulysses Grant Began Expelling	13	09 Jul 2022 5:14 p.m. PST
Gettysburg - alternative battle sites	13	06 Jul 2022 3:41 p.m. PST
Civil War Earthworks wayside marker	3	06 Jul 2022 3:13 p.m. PST
An app for ACW games	2	06 Jul 2022 2:48 p.m. PST
Rediscovering York County’s “lost” Civil War/UGRR sites	1	05 Jul 2022 9:07 p.m. PST
Gettysburg - Day 2 - Union Art Reserve ???	3	04 Jul 2022 10:38 a.m. PST
Suggestions? Very small unit rules for ACW?	16	03 Jul 2022 6:09 a.m. PST
Squares	26	02 Jul 2022 11:10 p.m. PST
Presidential Pox, 1863	4	02 Jul 2022 3:38 p.m. PST
Gettysburg battlefield walks on PCNTV.Com	12	02 Jul 2022 4:18 a.m. PST
Lincoln bust and Gettysburg address removed	39	01 Jul 2022 11:32 a.m. PST
the disgraceful Howard Zinn	113	29 Jun 2022 8:13 p.m. PST
Cracker Line, Pendraken, Pithead 10mm ACW compatible?	3	29 Jun 2022 3:29 a.m. PST
Some rules for the ACW could be also...	13	27 Jun 2022 2:12 a.m. PST
Some rules for the ACW could be ...	24	26 Jun 2022 3:18 a.m. PST
Pickett´s Charge: Is Everything we think we know wrong?	12	25 Jun 2022 3:47 p.m. PST
Regimental artillery...any?	13	25 Jun 2022 8:52 a.m. PST
Rule specifically for the ACW	22	22 Jun 2022 2:18 a.m. PST
I made a boo-boo...	7	21 Jun 2022 1:16 p.m. PST
Fort Bragg as Fort Liberty?	53	20 Jun 2022 9:23 a.m. PST
Pondering yet another ACW project	15	17 Jun 2022 8:18 p.m. PST
Rules for ACW clashes among brigades?	12	16 Jun 2022 5:08 p.m. PST
which C19th wars do you wargame ?	52	15 Jun 2022 11:59 p.m. PST
The Battle of Cherbourg — When Union and Confederate	1	15 Jun 2022 9:08 p.m. PST
Look to Lincoln's Interactions with Black Americans to	49	15 Jun 2022 3:45 p.m. PST
ACW scenarios for Fire and Fury.	6	14 Jun 2022 11:39 a.m. PST
Gettysburg battle orders?	14	12 Jun 2022 3:29 a.m. PST
1st Louisiana Native Guard (Confederate)	11	12 Jun 2022 3:17 a.m. PST
The Irish Regiment that Ended “Pickett’s Charge”:...	3	11 Jun 2022 3:25 p.m. PST
28mm Spanish/Mexican Adobe Style Church not quite The Alamo	4	11 Jun 2022 4:01 a.m. PST
Which acw system is used in Wisconsin?	12	10 Jun 2022 8:33 p.m. PST
Uniforms, armaments and equipment worn at Gettysburg?	9	09 Jun 2022 5:37 a.m. PST
Army of Northern Virginia - all the infantry in 2mm	2	08 Jun 2022 3:56 p.m. PST
Eads' ironclads question	9	08 Jun 2022 3:42 p.m. PST
Specifically for this or that ACW battle?	7	08 Jun 2022 6:40 a.m. PST
Monument Honoring Black ACW Unit Rededicated	64	07 Jun 2022 10:03 a.m. PST
Regimental F&F - Anyone using the 2014 modifications?	14	06 Jun 2022 2:22 p.m. PST
Using Napoleon by Columbia Games as a Campaign	7	02 Jun 2022 9:28 a.m. PST
All had the same carriage?	6	02 Jun 2022 5:49 a.m. PST
Great Quote	3	31 May 2022 3:45 p.m. PST
How 900 Maine Soldiers Lost Their MoHs	3	31 May 2022 9:05 a.m. PST
Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Company	1	30 May 2022 8:53 p.m. PST
Douglas MacArthur's Father in the ACW	1	26 May 2022 3:13 p.m. PST
giving credit where credit is due	22	26 May 2022 1:50 p.m. PST
The Cervical Wound of General James Longstreet	17	26 May 2022 8:47 a.m. PST
14th Brooklyn Zouaves conversion for Epic Scale	14	26 May 2022 5:19 a.m. PST
3rd Rank: firing or not? HELP!	49	25 May 2022 1:59 a.m. PST
Glenn Loury speech on blacks and America	48	24 May 2022 1:12 p.m. PST
Ty Seidule On Exposing Robert E. Lee, Lost Cause Myths...	361	23 May 2022 3:25 a.m. PST
Visit to Fort Donelson worth it	17	21 May 2022 7:26 a.m. PST
Thoughts on "Across a Deadly Field" by John Hill?	6	19 May 2022 4:31 p.m. PST
paying for the war	4	19 May 2022 8:30 a.m. PST
Remembering the Battle of Hagerstown	1	17 May 2022 9:40 p.m. PST
Corps Insignia	13	17 May 2022 6:05 p.m. PST
A Teacher's Guide to Civil War Movies	32	16 May 2022 11:47 a.m. PST
Need 20mm 3" Rodman rifled guns. Suggestions needed.	8	16 May 2022 10:30 a.m. PST
15mm ACW Figures - Identity?	22	10 May 2022 3:11 a.m. PST
Grant to be Promoted Soon?	20	09 May 2022 8:41 a.m. PST
Wargaming the Vicksburg Campaign	3	07 May 2022 4:30 p.m. PST
In June 1864 Two of the Civil War´s Fierest Cavalry...	7	07 May 2022 3:21 p.m. PST
Harriet Tubman led military raids	9	07 May 2022 3:33 a.m. PST
Lee at the Wilderness	2	06 May 2022 11:40 p.m. PST
Confederate Veterans Taught Doughboys the Rebel Yell	8	06 May 2022 7:28 a.m. PST
12 Pound Napoleon Guns Service Life	18	01 May 2022 3:34 p.m. PST
How did small groups of soldiers maneuver?	16	01 May 2022 3:30 p.m. PST
Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant Complicated	19	30 Apr 2022 1:38 a.m. PST
Attacked at Midnight	4	28 Apr 2022 3:33 p.m. PST
Flags for New Market?	9	26 Apr 2022 10:57 p.m. PST
Looking for public domain period art for ACW card game	15	24 Apr 2022 4:22 a.m. PST
When Washington, D.C. Came Close to Being Conquered by	9	23 Apr 2022 5:44 a.m. PST