American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Discovered in TOCWOC blog

http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2010 ... ewspapers/

Here is actual site. Check it out

http://www.newsinhistory.com/

They are featuring an article about Pea Ridge.

Major Elkin
Chief Engineer AoT

“I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. . . . Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves. Let us look before us, and not behindâ€

Also, The New York Times began publishing in 1852 and reported on the Civil War. Major city libraries may have the NYTimes available in microfilm as may some local college libraries. As well, the NYT has finished its digitalization project and is available as the Historical NYTimes as an electronic database. Databases such as these are accessible through libraries; for example, The Boston Public Library and the Minuteman Library system in the greater Boston area carry this database.

Lt. Col. Neal Carney
AoT/XVI/2/1

Try http://www.archive.org/stream/regulatio ... 1/mode/2up
to read a copy of an 1862 Confederate regulation for the military. Or better yet, the archive.org site can lead to fantastic overload if you experiment with it. Careful or it will eat into your gaming time.

Another valuable site is www.footnote.com and it's especially great if you are chasing ancestory type questions.

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

Hey Ned, I think I found your birth notice in one of those issues. [:o)]

General Mark Nelms

4/2/XIV/AoC "Blackhawk Brigade"
Union Military Academy Instructor

Mark, I should look for that. I kept trying to find Ernie's but the site only goes back to the Revolutionary War.

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