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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Two Books on Bull Run - Which is Better? |
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 10:06 pm
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| Good to hear you enjoyed it :) The author convinced me that you can't use Patterson as a scapegoat for the Union defeat as he was led to believe the battle was already fought and done before he retreated back to Pennsylvania (and since Johnston was still in his front he had succeeded in his role). P... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Astounding New Insights from AI |
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 4:42 pm
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Somewhere a college student is using this map and passing it off as his own to a very confused history teacher  |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: ROUT LIMIT |
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 5:20 pm
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Replies: 18
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| The issue with artillery and ammunition isn't so much that the Confederates "didn't have enough" but that what they had was often defective. There was also a huge mixture of weapons in each unit. For Lee this was always a supply nightmare. Lee gave up trying to arm all his men with rifled ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: ROUT LIMIT |
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:31 am
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Replies: 18
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| My point is, you spend dozens of posts trying to promote rules that clearly and transparently change the balance of the game under the guise of wanting more "realism." Here's someone above that, like me, has played a lot of games as both armies saying it's evident the rule destroys nearly... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Asking for Your Opinions on Promotions! |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:36 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Club Members, This is an informal thread in which we, the Cabinet, are asking for your input about a topic which has been discussed around the Club for a long time now. The comments made here will give us a better idea of what the Membership of the ACWGC feels about this topic and whether or not th... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Grant's Final Victory |
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:14 pm
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| Just another book review... I just completed "Grant's Final Victory - Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year" today. It was just 250 pages and was a very easy and enjoyable book to read quickly. I heartily recommend it to anyone wishing to know more about Grant's final year and how and why h... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse |
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:10 pm
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| Just another book review... I just completed Joseph Glatthaar's book on the ANV. Overall, I really enjoyed it. The author sought to examine the ANV in every way possible. How did the ANV come to exist and what made up its parts? What kind of men formed the army? What were their inherent strengths a... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Stuart as Infantry Corps Commander? |
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:11 pm
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Replies: 1
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| I was just reading a book on the ANV and the author ventured an opinion which I had not heard before. He wrote that Stuart's death in May 1864 came at a very unfortunate time for Lee and the ANV as it robbed Lee of a potential infantry corps commander to replace the wounded Longstreet, the incompet... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Questions/Comments Concerning Update 4.05.4 |
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:31 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Embankments are a hexside modifier and therefore after one turn in the hex you will enjoy the benefits of the embankment in combat and in melee. Terrain Hexes do not affect melee probabilities just fire combat. But hexside modifiers affect both fire combat and melee combat. With guns... the system s... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: ACWGC Rule Proposal |
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 8:08 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 9992
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| I think that members that don't reply to musters , or in any other ways cease to be active participants in the ACWGC , should be " discharged " so that in the future , if they request to be reinstated , they may do so . Their game records should also be archived so that if reinstated they... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Club Rule Proposal Vote |
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 11:22 pm
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Replies: 0
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| (I post this on behalf of President Boling who remains on his overseas trip with his work) Gentlemen, The recent Rule Proposal regarding changes to Section 2 will now come to a vote for a period of one week ( July 2 - July 8 ). Every member of the ACWGC is eligible to vote. The Cabinet made three c... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Land Saved at Gettysburg |
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 10:15 pm
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| With so many challenges to preservation these days it is always nice to hear of a victory! https://www.battlefields.org/preserve/celebrate-our-victories/14-acres-gettysburg Our resident Gettysburgian(?) Michael Barycki will have to head over and take some photos of the new battlefield land sometime... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Club Mustering Factoids |
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:45 pm
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| Everyone in the Club is getting very good at mustering ASAP each month! On July 1 alone there have been 146 Musters submitted out of 250 Members (nearly 60%). I am sure all the Army Commanders appreciate the prompt responses :D Last month the Club had a total of 229 Musters out of a possible 249 fo... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Preparing for the 4th of July |
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 2:00 pm
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| My Wife: Why do you need such a giant American flag? Me: There's no such thing as an American flag that's too large. Wife: What are you even going to do with it? Me: Oh, I have plans! IMG_7502.JPEG I still have more decorating to do before the 4th of July but I am getting there. Kind of wishing I g... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Confederate Medals for 2Q 2025 |
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 12:59 pm
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Replies: 1
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5,000 total turns played is no small feat! Congratulations, Tim!
Keep up the excellent work Johnny Rebs! |
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