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General Robert E. Lee - Patriot or traitor?	223	03 Dec 2022 4:08 p.m. PST
12lb Napoleon barrels	21	01 Dec 2022 4:09 p.m. PST
Has anyone played the "Epic" rules?	11	01 Dec 2022 7:51 a.m. PST
Does ACW Cavalry pull its own wargaming weight?	56	28 Nov 2022 12:20 p.m. PST
uncanceled Robert E. Lee	4	25 Nov 2022 3:16 p.m. PST
Confederate Infantry Texas Troops Review	7	25 Nov 2022 6:59 a.m. PST
What if the Union won the first Battle of Bull Run?	20	24 Nov 2022 2:57 p.m. PST
Help Preserve Land At Gettysburg ...	15	21 Nov 2022 11:56 p.m. PST
Hotz Mats?	13	18 Nov 2022 6:20 a.m. PST
Lee Surrendered, But His Lieutenants Kept Fighting	5	18 Nov 2022 5:58 a.m. PST
Lincoln bust and Gettysburg address removed	42	17 Nov 2022 5:14 p.m. PST
Anglo-American relations during the Civil War	9	16 Nov 2022 10:31 a.m. PST
ACW bridges	17	14 Nov 2022 3:11 p.m. PST
Shiloh: Snake Creek Bridge	1	13 Nov 2022 8:00 a.m. PST
Best glue for XPS foam?	27	11 Nov 2022 10:13 a.m. PST
Britain's American civil war in the 60s	16	11 Nov 2022 4:48 a.m. PST
Cavalry tactics...	19	09 Nov 2022 9:06 a.m. PST
Warlord Games article on Gettysburg 160th Mega Game project	3	08 Nov 2022 10:51 p.m. PST
The Myth of Reconstruction	48	08 Nov 2022 5:37 a.m. PST
John Michael Priest Lectures At HMGS War College	2	02 Nov 2022 2:01 p.m. PST
WL Epic battles hack	4	01 Nov 2022 10:17 p.m. PST
Western Armies: Painting info?	21	01 Nov 2022 7:28 a.m. PST
Officers in Zoave regiments	8	29 Oct 2022 8:36 p.m. PST
How did small groups of soldiers maneuver?	20	29 Oct 2022 2:38 p.m. PST
Even “Honest Abe” is unsafe	26	27 Oct 2022 6:46 a.m. PST
Healing a Divided Nation	6	26 Oct 2022 3:29 p.m. PST
Favorite hill? Avalon Hill!	8	25 Oct 2022 3:58 p.m. PST
Of tokens and left overs	13	22 Oct 2022 8:06 p.m. PST
A veteran solo Wargamer's Perspective on...	5	17 Oct 2022 2:54 p.m. PST
Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth	4	13 Oct 2022 7:47 p.m. PST
A failed raid on Richmond drives fleeing Union cavalrymen	1	11 Oct 2022 8:28 p.m. PST
Best movies set during the Civil War	24	10 Oct 2022 11:00 a.m. PST
It Took a Century to Get His Headstone	2	08 Oct 2022 9:52 a.m. PST
Canada’s connections	12	08 Oct 2022 7:42 a.m. PST
Overland campaign numbers and effectiveness.	50	06 Oct 2022 8:22 a.m. PST
Book: Alan Guelzo’s Robert E Lee: a Life	7	27 Sep 2022 11:08 a.m. PST
Surrender in the American Civil War	5	26 Sep 2022 8:23 a.m. PST
"Longstreet at Gettysburg - A critical Reassessment"	19	26 Sep 2022 7:47 a.m. PST
Embattled Banner: The True History of the Confederate	7	20 Sep 2022 9:00 a.m. PST
Arlington’s Confederate Memorial Should Go, Commission Says	56	19 Sep 2022 11:06 a.m. PST
VA Considering Change to Lincoln Motto	23	15 Sep 2022 4:58 p.m. PST
Re-enactors: Do They Eat 'Period' food at Home?	33	15 Sep 2022 11:16 a.m. PST
Culp's Hill - Gettysburg 2./3. July 1863	1	10 Sep 2022 8:05 p.m. PST
Friendship Formed at Rutgers Torn Apart in the Civil War	1	10 Sep 2022 7:50 p.m. PST
West Point & Naval Academy Should Scrub Confederates	28	10 Sep 2022 5:06 p.m. PST
Good Board Game for an ACW campaign?	12	10 Sep 2022 11:02 a.m. PST
Bonnie Blue Flag...	9	08 Sep 2022 3:03 p.m. PST
Favorite 15mm ACW Figures	52	07 Sep 2022 4:58 a.m. PST
29th Infantry Division Keeps Historic Patch	49	06 Sep 2022 7:26 a.m. PST
Cavalry regiment strengths?	6	02 Sep 2022 4:13 p.m. PST
Squares	28	31 Aug 2022 5:26 p.m. PST
A New Kind of Firepower that gave Union Soldier a...	12	29 Aug 2022 5:39 p.m. PST
What if General E. Lee had sent Troops to Vicksburg?	19	28 Aug 2022 3:09 p.m. PST
Union general Lew Wallace	4	27 Aug 2022 1:50 p.m. PST
Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign	4	25 Aug 2022 3:49 a.m. PST
Pickett´s Charge : Is Everything we think we know wrong?	8	24 Aug 2022 10:18 p.m. PST
Fenians, Brits, Mexicans, Canucks and Frenchies....OH, MY!	1	23 Aug 2022 3:46 p.m. PST
Strange but True Stories about Tennessee’s Bloodiest Battle	7	20 Aug 2022 3:50 p.m. PST
Audio of veteran talking about the Civil War	3	19 Aug 2022 6:08 a.m. PST
Land of Hope Young Readers Edition	7	18 Aug 2022 2:27 p.m. PST
Charging Uphill vs Charging Downhill	46	17 Aug 2022 9:54 a.m. PST
Storied Military Unit to Lose 7 Battle Streamers	111	15 Aug 2022 3:12 p.m. PST
Anyone make running/trotting 28mm horses with saddle?	5	10 Aug 2022 12:18 a.m. PST
Flying the Confederate Battle Flag in the North is a...	43	08 Aug 2022 1:55 p.m. PST
What makes ACW wargaming more enjoyable than other periods?	73	05 Aug 2022 9:00 a.m. PST
ex-Confederate soldiers enlisting in post-bellum U S Army?	21	04 Aug 2022 9:47 a.m. PST
August 21, 1863: The Lawrence Massacre	4	04 Aug 2022 7:24 a.m. PST
Hypothetical Trent Affair research	4	03 Aug 2022 7:55 a.m. PST
The Civil War heroism of a 16-year-old Scott County girl	3	02 Aug 2022 7:56 p.m. PST
Cigar Box and Osprey's Gettysburg	7	01 Aug 2022 2:19 p.m. PST
Praise for Doug Kline	11	01 Aug 2022 6:08 a.m. PST
Can you suggest an ACW game / rule set?	21	31 Jul 2022 4:08 p.m. PST
Gettysburg and Pickets Charge ???	29	30 Jul 2022 8:46 a.m. PST
New names recommended for 9 Army bases that	11	29 Jul 2022 2:30 p.m. PST
The easiest period to get started with is...	6	27 Jul 2022 8:23 a.m. PST
Manoeuvre of Gatlin Guns	8	25 Jul 2022 6:58 a.m. PST
Cavalry brigades?	14	23 Jul 2022 4:15 a.m. PST
Salem Church 1863 (with Regt F&F)	5	22 Jul 2022 2:41 p.m. PST
Slow Death of Attrition: The Third Corps	10	21 Jul 2022 2:28 p.m. PST
Why Ulysses S. Grant May Receive a Promotion...	13	19 Jul 2022 10:31 a.m. PST
To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for	3	18 Jul 2022 3:03 p.m. PST
Advice for someone starting out	24	13 Jul 2022 7:12 p.m. PST
Civil Sniper/Bushwacker	4	13 Jul 2022 5:03 p.m. PST
Looking for a 15mm Choctaw ironclad model	6	13 Jul 2022 4:44 a.m. PST
Altar of Freedom and 3d Printing	8	11 Jul 2022 8:25 a.m. PST
During the Civil War, Gen. Ulysses Grant Began Expelling	13	09 Jul 2022 4:14 p.m. PST
Gettysburg - alternative battle sites	13	06 Jul 2022 2:41 p.m. PST
Civil War Earthworks wayside marker	3	06 Jul 2022 2:13 p.m. PST
An app for ACW games	2	06 Jul 2022 1:48 p.m. PST
Rediscovering York County’s “lost” Civil War/UGRR sites	1	05 Jul 2022 8:07 p.m. PST
Gettysburg - Day 2 - Union Art Reserve ???	3	04 Jul 2022 9:38 a.m. PST
Suggestions? Very small unit rules for ACW?	16	03 Jul 2022 5:09 a.m. PST
Presidential Pox, 1863	4	02 Jul 2022 2:38 p.m. PST
Gettysburg battlefield walks on PCNTV.Com	12	02 Jul 2022 3:18 a.m. PST
the disgraceful Howard Zinn	113	29 Jun 2022 7:13 p.m. PST
Cracker Line, Pendraken, Pithead 10mm ACW compatible?	3	29 Jun 2022 2:29 a.m. PST
Some rules for the ACW could be also...	13	27 Jun 2022 1:12 a.m. PST
Some rules for the ACW could be ...	24	26 Jun 2022 2:18 a.m. PST
Pickett´s Charge: Is Everything we think we know wrong?	12	25 Jun 2022 2:47 p.m. PST
Regimental artillery...any?	13	25 Jun 2022 7:52 a.m. PST