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Forum: American Civil War Topic: Gettysburg- First Contact! |
| Richard Youngdahl |
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 11:40 am
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| I'm playing !BG 008- First Contact! against my reb opponent. A wonderful book covering this part of the action on the first day at Gettysburg is "The Devil's to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg" by the late great Eric J Wittenberg. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New Recruit (USA) |
| Richard Youngdahl |
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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2025 11:22 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 432
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Forum: American Civil War Topic: Second Manassas |
| Richard Youngdahl |
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2025 5:57 pm
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Views: 185
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| I'm playing one of the Groveton scenarios (Antietam) with Nick Kunz and it prompted me to pull "Return to Bull Run" by John Hennessy off the shelf and read through the part about that engagement and the fierce firefight at the Brawner farm. Hennessy's book is excellent. A good companion te... |
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Forum: American Civil War Topic: Weather and Gettysburg |
| Richard Youngdahl |
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 9:43 am
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| I just finished "The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign" by Jon Neese & Jeffrey Harding and highly recommend it. Very well researched by the authors, a historian and a meteorologist, it uses historic data and firsthand accounts to show how record-breaking heat & humidity wo... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Do You Remember Your First Battlefield? |
| Richard Youngdahl |
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2025 5:44 pm
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Replies: 26
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| Growing up in western Pennsylvania, it was a family trip to Gettysburg. Many visits since then, and it's still my favorite Civil War battlefield... although Shiloh is a close second. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New Recruit |
| Richard Youngdahl |
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2025 10:37 am
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Replies: 11
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| Richard, Welcome to the club. I only joined a few months ago and I've found it be very enjoyable. I'm wondering what your favorite games were back in the 80's and if you still ever hanker to play them. Regards Hi, loudscott- It started when my best friend's older brother taught us to play Avalon Hi... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New Recruit |
| Richard Youngdahl |
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Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:52 am
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| Hi, everyone. My name is Rich. I'm from Pennsylvania, but live in Colorado. I've been playing wargames since the early 80s but just recently picked up WDS Gettysburg and Antietam. I discovered the ACWGC when I was looking for videos on youtube about the games. I've enjoyed reading all the very helpf... |
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