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Antietam Map Rediscovered	3	24 Sep 2020 6:33 a.m. PST
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OG 2nd Edition size comparison to Perry plastic	6	20 Sep 2020 11:36 a.m. PST
British intervention to secure cotton.	20	20 Sep 2020 10:31 a.m. PST
Dromedaries At The Civil War?! The Forgotten Story	13	17 Sep 2020 6:07 p.m. PST
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'Doc' Holliday's father and adopted brother served...	1	14 Sep 2020 3:23 p.m. PST
Fritz Kredel: Versatile illustrator and wood-cut artist ...	1	14 Sep 2020 12:56 p.m. PST
French Intervention in Mexico and the American Civil	1	14 Sep 2020 12:46 p.m. PST
Before Vicksburg	3	14 Sep 2020 12:44 p.m. PST
The Return of the Revolver!	25	13 Sep 2020 5:31 p.m. PST
Ral Partha true 15mm	11	13 Sep 2020 4:16 p.m. PST
Civil War Dioramas	4	13 Sep 2020 3:13 p.m. PST
The Pope's Irish Soldiers and the Civil War	1	12 Sep 2020 9:35 p.m. PST
Long After Civil War’s End, Rebel Raiders Fought On	6	12 Sep 2020 4:09 p.m. PST
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Tracking Down a Confederate Deserter after Gettysburg	5	10 Sep 2020 1:09 p.m. PST
Firearms as a Melee Weapon	37	08 Sep 2020 3:36 p.m. PST
Asian-americans in the acw?	1	07 Sep 2020 9:31 p.m. PST
If the Civil War Had a Different Ending	16	07 Sep 2020 12:53 p.m. PST
Lee items, a bullet, horse hair and more were in a ...	2	06 Sep 2020 4:55 a.m. PST
Is it Just Me?	12	05 Sep 2020 1:02 p.m. PST
Cherokee Stand Watie	4	05 Sep 2020 11:51 a.m. PST
Native Americans in the Civil War	10	04 Sep 2020 12:58 p.m. PST
‘Cowards of the Army’: Straggling in the Civil War	1	03 Sep 2020 9:54 p.m. PST
Cotton and the Civil War	5	02 Sep 2020 8:06 p.m. PST
Battle of Shiloh	1	01 Sep 2020 9:31 p.m. PST
Black Troops in Union Blue	3	01 Sep 2020 12:14 p.m. PST
Confederacy's Biggest Gamble: Gettysburg!	14	31 Aug 2020 4:39 p.m. PST
Civil War Food	11	30 Aug 2020 9:48 p.m. PST
Multiple uprisings during the Civil War	6	29 Aug 2020 4:36 p.m. PST
Cannonballs galore: They were turning earth for condos	6	27 Aug 2020 12:43 p.m. PST
Facts: California during the Civil War	12	26 Aug 2020 6:25 p.m. PST
Civil War Flags	3	26 Aug 2020 12:20 p.m. PST
In Magnificent Style Deluxe Edition	6	26 Aug 2020 11:30 a.m. PST
Conversion SHAKO 2 Napoleonic Rules to ACW	2	26 Aug 2020 7:53 a.m. PST
Battle of Wilson’s Creek Facts and Trivia	1	25 Aug 2020 3:19 p.m. PST
Union Artillery at Pickett's Charge	6	24 Aug 2020 4:25 p.m. PST
Pea Ridge in Miniature	6	24 Aug 2020 12:25 p.m. PST
Broadcasting 1/72 ACW games on the internet (Youtube live)	8	24 Aug 2020 6:59 a.m. PST
The Aftermath of Chickamauga	6	22 Aug 2020 8:29 p.m. PST
Unusual Civil War Weapons	4	22 Aug 2020 2:30 p.m. PST
The Start of It All	9	22 Aug 2020 11:09 a.m. PST
"Mount Up!": Cavalry Operations of the Gettysburg Campaign	4	22 Aug 2020 10:42 a.m. PST
The Evolution of Union Cavalry 1861-1865	7	21 Aug 2020 12:45 p.m. PST
What was the biggest naval battle of the ACW?	11	20 Aug 2020 7:42 p.m. PST
A Civil War Pilgrimage	3	20 Aug 2020 11:54 a.m. PST
ACW Battlefields: Next Target In The War On History	39	19 Aug 2020 8:00 p.m. PST
The Cavalry Service; Detaiils of the Operations of ...	1	18 Aug 2020 1:06 p.m. PST
Civil War Sniper	4	18 Aug 2020 12:04 p.m. PST
Who makes 25/28mm railroad workers?	11	18 Aug 2020 11:57 a.m. PST
Recommended Reading	9	17 Aug 2020 4:11 p.m. PST
Civil War Gen. George McClellan: Deemed a savior, then	1	17 Aug 2020 3:54 p.m. PST
ACW question: How much damage did Lee's small staff do	18	17 Aug 2020 12:13 p.m. PST
U.S. Grant was the great hero of the Civil War but lost	14	16 Aug 2020 8:35 p.m. PST
Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination	7	12 Aug 2020 1:15 p.m. PST
Rediscovered Civil War Shipwreck Gains International	3	12 Aug 2020 12:53 p.m. PST
Confederates: Were they traitors?	123	10 Aug 2020 8:54 a.m. PST
Confederate Cavalry Weapons 1863-64	6	10 Aug 2020 7:31 a.m. PST
Slavery to Freedom	4	08 Aug 2020 12:40 p.m. PST
The Most Lethal Fighting Unit of the Civil War	4	07 Aug 2020 3:15 a.m. PST
Non-Combat Branches in the Civil War	4	06 Aug 2020 1:06 p.m. PST
In the Civil War, Surrendering Was Often an Act of Honor	3	06 Aug 2020 1:03 p.m. PST
Battle of Shiloh: Shattering Myths	10	05 Aug 2020 12:29 p.m. PST
Lone Warrior Blog Update - 05/06/2020	3	05 Aug 2020 5:29 a.m. PST
Army honors highly decorated Civil War Soldier	1	04 Aug 2020 12:58 p.m. PST
Was Texan Independence a fore-runner of the Confederacy?	14	03 Aug 2020 5:39 p.m. PST
Gettysburg Photographers	1	03 Aug 2020 3:24 p.m. PST
Answering the Call: The Personal Equipment of a Civil	8	03 Aug 2020 2:57 p.m. PST
Woo Hong Neok	1	03 Aug 2020 12:43 p.m. PST
Waterloo Games takes on Langton line from Waterloo Minis	7	03 Aug 2020 8:09 a.m. PST
General Grant - master strategist, or simply used all the	9	02 Aug 2020 4:34 p.m. PST
Picketing, Skirmishing, and Sharpshooting	3	01 Aug 2020 11:56 a.m. PST
Chance Cards...Suggestions needed	24	01 Aug 2020 9:48 a.m. PST
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877	7	31 Jul 2020 8:57 p.m. PST
The Backdoor to the Confederacy	8	30 Jul 2020 2:00 p.m. PST
Interactive Gettysburg Wargame	2	29 Jul 2020 12:29 p.m. PST
First Sight - Altar of Freedom ACW rules	9	28 Jul 2020 3:08 p.m. PST
Recommendation Needed for Figures 15-18mm	15	28 Jul 2020 11:16 a.m. PST
Rules to Stick With!	7	27 Jul 2020 10:59 a.m. PST
Old-school ACW skirmish, help with init?	20	27 Jul 2020 5:41 a.m. PST
Col. John Lemmon – A Colonel at War with his Men	5	22 Jul 2020 12:19 p.m. PST
For Want of a Shoe – Henry Burden keeps the Union.....	3	22 Jul 2020 12:11 p.m. PST
Animals of the Armies	4	22 Jul 2020 11:52 a.m. PST
Road Transportation: Wagons & Mules	1	21 Jul 2020 9:36 p.m. PST
How to Construct your Limber Teams and Guns	1	21 Jul 2020 1:16 p.m. PST
Minisoldiers 1/35 Union Infantryman	5	20 Jul 2020 8:36 p.m. PST
Eisenhower on Robert E. Lee	31	20 Jul 2020 9:56 a.m. PST
Featherstonia: ACW Rules	4	17 Jul 2020 11:56 a.m. PST
I love to fight and live on hard bread and pork	3	17 Jul 2020 11:55 a.m. PST
The Main Stream Media’s take on Military History	104	16 Jul 2020 10:04 p.m. PST
Religion in the Civil War: The Northern Perspective	3	16 Jul 2020 10:02 p.m. PST
Re: Brother Versus Brother Rules	6	15 Jul 2020 12:47 p.m. PST
‘To the Last Desperate Inch’ – Inside John Bell Hood’s	8	15 Jul 2020 12:30 p.m. PST
The Lincoln-McClellan Relationship in Myth and Memory	4	15 Jul 2020 12:29 p.m. PST
Making Sense of Robert E. Lee	4	15 Jul 2020 12:29 p.m. PST
Not a Review but more a Reminder of "Gone with the Wind"	7	15 Jul 2020 2:31 a.m. PST
On To Richmond Regimental	17	14 Jul 2020 9:33 p.m. PST
Reconnaissances by our cavalry…without cessation	1	14 Jul 2020 9:32 p.m. PST
A History of Civil War Drummer Boys (Part 1)	3	14 Jul 2020 11:38 a.m. PST