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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Three New Swords Drawn in Defense of the Union! |
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Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:31 pm
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Replies: 7
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| Well the Union has gained three new horse thieves into their ranks. But at least they have hard currency so lets drink up! |
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Forum: Battery McOmish Tavern Topic: Please Welcome Fld Lt Ray Struder to our fine Army |
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 7:31 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 572
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: How do you say Rosecrans? |
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:23 am
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Replies: 5
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Having listened to numerous audio books, battlefield tours, and heard historians discuss this famed general I have yet to really understand how to pronounce his name. Maybe there is no right answer as all seemed to be used.
I have heard:
Rose-crans
Ros-ic-rans
Rosscrans |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Improvement Wish List for the Civil War Battle Series |
| Blake |
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Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:28 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 43890
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| There never seems to be a reason to place a commanding officer above a brigade command level in the "front line". Often I see, and use, brigade commanders for the additional 10% bonus they give to either attackers or defenders but otherwise they are the only ones I ever even catch a glimps... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New Updates Needed |
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:28 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 3247
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| Playing the HPS Antietam game the latest update has quite a few OOB errors as far as unit boxes go. There are "infantry" units displaying the unit picture of the opposing side and others that have an ironclad picture on an infantry regiment. Probably about a dozen or so overall at the Batt... |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) and John Tiller Software (JTS) Campaign Games Topic: Battle of Murfreesboro Historic |
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 1:11 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I thought about giving it a go but have to agree with your assessment. The problem isn't that the battle is unwinnable on paper but that because we all know exactly the enemy's position at the start, their numbers, and their release schedule, we can plan and react accordingly. Much like a Shiloh or ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: A Victory for the CSA |
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:39 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Thank you, sirs. I wish I could say it was skill but I think my boys just cut through the Wilderness a mite faster than did Bill's. We came upon their rear wagons and t'werent nothing left he could do. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Terrain Modifiers |
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:50 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I was playing a game and had a modifier of 100. I began to wonder if I could even harm the enemy if they had a modifier of 100%. I didn't stick around to find out and retreated. I was wondering if it meant my fire value was reduced by 100% and I couldn't hit anything. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Terrain Modifiers |
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:24 am
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Replies: 4
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| Can anyone explain terrain modifiers to me and how they effect fire and melee modes exactly? |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: What does this mean? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:17 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 4781
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: What does this mean? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:30 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 4781
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When I play games sometimes I see a percentage in parenthesis like this in the strength menu.
1667 2nd Bde (Crook) (67%)
What would the 67% refer to? |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Shelby Foote and Ulysses S. Grant |
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:47 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 11485
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| Well what is true and what not? General Whitehead seems correct with his statement: But in the cases mentioned he was probably right and it is a good generals responsibility to identify why a failure occurred and hopefully taking steps to fix it. Lee tented to accept responsibility almost to a faul... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Shelby Foote and Ulysses S. Grant |
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:08 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Excerpt in question: Grant was furious. "This last attack only served to increase our casualties without giving any benefit whatever," he wrote some twenty years later, still chagrined. Quick as ever to shift the blame for any setback or evidence of shortcoming: at Belmont it had been over... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Shelby Foote and Ulysses S. Grant |
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:01 pm
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Replies: 9
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| I was listening to The Civil War Part II on audiobook today and a sentence Foote wrote about Grant struck me as interesting. In reference to his failure to take Vicksburg with an all out assault Foote commented that Grant, "once again, as was his habit, looking for a scapegoat to blame." H... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Monster Overland Campaign Ends with Evacuation of Richmond |
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:36 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 23877
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One heck of a battle it sounds like. What would them Yankees do without their big guns?  |
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