Ken,
Congratulations on your victory at Chickamauga! That is a toughy for the Union.
I have only forayed twice into the Georgia woods in my time in the ACWGC. My very first game was a Union Major Victory in one of the smaller scenarios. Which one escapes me. The second was versus the formidable Gene Nix (General, of course). It was the Full Battle and we beat each other about for the first day (well, actually, Gene just pounded on me). It was CSA Minor at end of day 1. At that point Gene left on an 8-week maritime mission. We agreed to suspend the game and pick it up when he returned. My Union boys were bloodied, but far from out of it. The Rebs were going to have a tough go on day 2, even if they ultimately won.
Well, Gene and I returned to the battle at the end of his hiatus. I noted that Gene had spent 8 weeks in the Pacific and that continuance of the battle would remind us both of another landmark in that large body of water: Iwo Jima. Rather than destroy half the next generation we decided that the honorable thing was to recognize a CSA Major Victory. Chivalry is not dead.
BG Robert Frost
Army of Cumberland
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