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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: has the forum participation level slowed down |
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2025 5:14 pm
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| Definitely quieter. I've often wondered how 250 or so amateur Civil War historians/gamers could be so quiet in the forums. Chances are if we were all in a Civil War Roundtable or something we would talk endlessly. Maybe the Club made an error long ago in promoting the main forum as a gaming forum wi... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Civil War Talk Radio Reviews |
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:53 pm
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| EPISODE 1.06 - October 29, 2004 The Election that Won the War Guest: David Long Dr. David Long discusses Lincoln's reelection in 1864 and its impact on American history. Blake's Review: This is the first episode with the Gerry Prokopowicz who would become the show's regular host. They begin with th... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Civil War Talk Radio Reviews |
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 10:47 pm
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| EPISODE 1.05 - October 22, 2004 Navies of the Civil War Guest: Jim Janke Professor Jim Janke brings us the strategy and drama of naval warfare between the Union and the Confederacy. Blake's Review: This was the first "non-professional historian" on CWTR. Janke, like so many of us here, ha... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Civil War Talk Radio Reviews |
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2025 12:54 pm
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| EPISODE 1.04 - October 15, 2004 Filmmaker, Visionary Guest: Ken Burns Ken Burns discusses his Civil War insights with historian Harold Holzer. Blake's Review: The guests in Season One of CWTR continue to be the "A-List" of historians. Getting Ken Burns as a guest was surely a thrill as hi... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Civil War Talk Radio Reviews |
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2025 12:39 pm
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| EPISODE 1.02 - October 2, 2004 Library of Congress Guest: John Sellers Learn about the Library of Congress's resources and hear the stories behind them from curator John R. Sellers. Blake's Review: To be honest, I couldn't get through this episode. I listened to about 10 minutes and turned it off. ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Civil War Talk Radio Reviews |
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2025 3:37 pm
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| The following is just for fun. I am currently listening to the Civil War Talk Radio podcasts https://impedimentsofwar.org/ while out jogging and decided to "start at the beginning" of the series and write up some quick episode reviews here for anyone interested. I will add a new post to t... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New Member |
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 10:56 pm
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mobile Campaign Reviews |
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 10:55 pm
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| Paul Brueske was entertaining and obviously knew his stuff about the Mobile Campaign and the people associated with it. He is a good speaker. He is President of the Civil War Round Table in Mobile and the track and field head coach for the Univ of South Alabama. I could have gotten you a signed cop... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The High Water Mark? |
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 1:57 pm
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A general question for those visiting the MDT -
At which battle was Lee's ANV at its zenith? When were they the toughest, meanest, best led, and most unbeatable army?
Feel free to vote in the poll and post your reasons as well. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mobile Campaign Reviews |
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 12:25 pm
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He knows the subject matter and is likely one of the authorities on the Campaign, that's for sure. It'd be interesting to hear him give a lecture on the topic.
Let us know how the Round Table goes. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Abridged vs. Unabridged |
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:58 pm
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| I see Timothy B. Smith's five-part series on Vicksburg and all I can think is... that's a lot of reading on a campaign that could probably be summed up in one decent sized volume - two volumes at most. Gordon Rhea's series on the Overland Campaign was very well done and I have no problem reading al... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Club Mustering Factoids |
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 8:48 pm
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Richard Whipkey wrote: Gents,
I'm proud to announce that the Army of the Potomac mustered at 100% in July.
Excellent! High mustering rates are a sign the members of our club are actively checking their inboxes and responding to their Army Commanders. Hopefully it means they are playing more games as well  |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mobile Campaign Reviews |
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:26 pm
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| A few more of my book reviews for anyone interested. I recently read two books on the Mobile Campaign of 1865. One title was on sale on Kindle for $2.99 and the other I had bought about six months ago. I figured I'd read both because each was pretty short. Why not? I didn't realize until after I st... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Do You Remember Your First Battlefield? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2025 1:18 pm
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| The first "battlefield" I recall was when I was about 10 years old. We were driving to St. George Island, Florida, for vacation and dad decided to take a detour. This was long before GPS or cell phones of course. As were driving through Apalachicola (the panhandle of Florida) we enter an ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Do You Remember Your First Battlefield? |
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 8:13 pm
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Replies: 15
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How many of you remember the first Battlefield you visited as a kid? Where was it?
And didn't the battlefields seem huge when you were a kid. |
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