I think most battles in the ACW show at least some characteristics of a meeting engagement type of affair, except for Fredricksburg, Mufreesboro, assaualts on...
Hello, Speaking of repeaters, would you or anyone know if any Yankee Regts. were wholey or partially equipped with with Colts at Antietam?? I think there may...
Wars are not always won by winning every battle. In a "Grand Tactical" situation - the movement of a single unit or group of units plays a part in the...
Another good example is Gen. Green's (or is it Greene's?) southern campaign in the American Rev., where every major battle but one was lost by the Americans...
Seems there weren't any units with Colt repeating (revolving repeaters) at Antietam. Perhaps the 5th Conneticut (I think that may be the regt.) had some, but...
hello everyone i am into 54mm civilwar gameing i am going to start my mortar work i am wondering how they moved these around from battle area to a new area....
During this period I have always considered the division/corps level to be grand tactical. Tactical would be regimental/brigade. operational would be corps(if...
... campaign in the American Rev., where every major battle but one was lost by the Americans and the brits had to eventually withdraw because of attrition of...
I try to stay away from the wall to wall troops whenever possible. sometimes at conventions it is hard to do a lot of maneuvering from a time and temperment...
It is my understanding that in this era of warfare "tactics" usually meant one of two things: One, the interior evolutions and maneuvers of companies,...
... my ... battle ... input ... The first consideration is how big a mortar? A two man crew could move a 24# Coehorn and even easier with the standard four...
I would never call it easy to move a mortar under any circumstance, they're pretty solid at the base, and since the tube is metal it tends to be a little top...
As part of my quarterly update of the JR scenario database, I have added a half dozen or so scenarios from various magazine, including a few from Greg Novak...
depending on the size of the mortar some were transported on regular wagons and some had special built carts. from personal experience moving even a small...
He did lose every major battle except for Cowpens, and lost = having your army defeated on the field of battle and leaving the field of battle by being forced...
... they're ... a ... weight for ... Easy is a relative term. I have worked a mortar about three times and worked a 3" Rifle, 10# Parrott, 6#, or 12# Nap for...
An 81mm mortar is much, much more cumbersome than the Coehorn Mortars used in the ACW, and these little Coehorns were meant to be moved easily and they were...
Good points; you can have grand tactics in the tactical sense on the battlefield and in the grand tactical manuevering sense as part of a strategy or...
Hello Norris, Thanx for the name of that book. It can be found at Amazon now in used condition and a 1973 reprint for $29. http://tinyurl.com/nhlc4 I have the...
An adage about Greene goes something like this: 'The General that never won a battle but never lost a campaign.' From readings over many years, some good book...
I generally agree as well, however, the question as framed in the original post led me to believe that he meant maneuver on a scale above the size of the...
Hello, Can I ask you somethings; how good are the maps in VG's The Civil War, and is the Trans Miss down to the Mexican border on one of the maps, and are the...
Each Strength point (I have a copy) is about 5000 men; I recommend it for mini campaigns limited to one state where players maneuver small armies (1-3 corps). ...
Id buy it for that, its out of print and really the best civil war board game ever made IMHO I would love to find a way to convert it to miniatures for...
OK, thanx fellows. I can deduce that if you can use one state for a campaign then the maps are fairly detailed. But can someone please look and see if the...
The Civil War by VG has maps that cover from most of the New Mexico Territory in the West, to the South; all of Texas (and some of Mexico all the way to...
I appreciate all the thoughtful responses. I've been away for a bit because I took my family to Gettysburg and other locations in the vicinity. Talk about...
The latest issue of CHARGE! has been mailed to all members of record. It should arrive this week. We are accepting articles for CHARGE! #13 - please feel free...
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