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I don't know but I have an opinion. A skirmish is a minor or small scale fight, usually out ahead of two opposing main bodies. I'm voting that an affair is of lesser volatility, maybe even with no shots fired or a fight wasn't even involved because one side overpowered the other (e.g. lynch mob or a newspaper office burned or ...). Now if you really want to muddy the waters, lets throw an engagement and/or action into this mix. They may be just the word that the author felt comfortable with at the moment.

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Gen Ned Simms
1/1/XIV Corps/AotC
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

May 4, 1864, exactly 150 years ago today, is the start date of the "Campaign Scenario" of Campaign Overland, which I worked on for over five years prior to publication. Although I worked intimately with the dates of May and Jun, '64, it gives me pause on this day to contemplate what will transpire between now and next month: The awful fighting of Wilderness and Spotsylvania, the intricate maneuvers through the Tidewater, culminating in the final bloodletting at Cold Harbor on June 5, only to be followed by the long march to Petersburg and more killing yet to come. I hope we have learned that once is enough for any country, and that our current difficulties can be solved by the ballot instead of the bullet.

John Ferry
Overland co designer
LTC 2/20th Corps.

Well done Ned <SALUTE> A big commitment in time and effort ,many thanks Although it is the first time I became aware the Confederacy lost the war - dang

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General Cam McOmish

Army Commander
Confederate Army of Tennessee
CSA

This is a thread for comments and discussions regarding General Simms excellent The American Civil War, Day by Day thread series.
The American Civil War, Day by Day 1861
The American Civil War, Day by Day 1862
The American Civil War, Day by Day 1863
The American Civil War, Day by Day 1864
The American Civil War, Day by Day 1865

Please do not post in those threads and instead post here for any kind of comment, question, discussion, etc. so that those threads stay clean.

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Lieutenant General Christian Hecht
Commander I Corps, Army of the Potomac

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