I was thinking of RTS games actually, of which there is only one that I know of - Histwar. I exclude Total War since it didn't cover Napoleonic Warfare in its title "Napoleon: Total War".

i read someone was playing a different game so i thought i'd tell ppl about a game i've been playing for well over a year now . its called world of tanks , its free to play , you can buy gold, very easy to learn to play . just a mouse and keyboard . 15 tanks against 15 tanks , 2 flags . many maps . no blood no , gore .
just blown up tanks live action . online only. you work your way up to bigger and better tanks . many histoircal and many tanks that were proto types . every tank every built and some from old designs .its has become extremely popular . the whole family can play and many do .

I think that Perryville is a good choice; I also think the battle of Monocacy, "the 3rd invasion of the north", under Jubal Early, would be anb interesting choice. My first choice, however, would be for Vicksburg, a campaign that was only touched tangentially in TC2M. I play both TC2M & SOW. & Iam in favor of battles/campaigns that were not well done in TC2M or not touched at all.

Armchair General wrote:


Not to mention The Wilderness (fought just a couple miles west) and Spottsylvania. Just map the whole ten or so mile area, and you can get three major battles in with one big punch. It would also be a huge change tactically for us compared to the largely areas of open terrain and farmland of Gettysburg and Antietam. A great deal of fog of war and generalship by the seat of our worn-out trousers.

heh heh heh

Recent changes made by Garnier to the last map release Can't remember the name has given us three maps that have varying levels of woods( the Elpine or whatever its called map)

Large Random Map 1 Less woods
Large Random Map 2 Normal woods ( whateve normal woods means)
Large Random Map 3 More woods( this map provides a huge wooded area with few walls and open fields)

This map makes flanking marches and such amazing and provides massive fog of war issues.

But I must add the real map TheWilderness would be amazing fun to play.

When I retire I will return to Missionary Ridge to see if this house is for sale.



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NY Cavalry wrote:


It looks awesome NY Cavalry !

Great looking house.... I would have no problem moving into that



Chamberlain

You'll need to reposition the artillery.

Marching Thru Georgia wrote:


Nope, thats where the Chattanooga Police department want them when he moves in.

2nd Texas Infantry wrote:
Maintaining the police dept crews for them will eat into local taxes...

Where else would I have to trim around a couple of cannon while doing my front lawn.

I'm sure at some point my son would try to fire one off.

2nd Texas Infantry wrote:


But is this particular house in Chattanooga or East Ridge?

www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38744

As long as the cannons come with the house lol but I'd live in it anyways.

I'm curious - the cannons that dot so many ACW preserved battlefields as monuments - how original are they? I would have thought the wooden carriages would have long rotted away and I'm presuming all the woodwork is modern, with just the barrels and some of the ironworks being original.

Most were put in during the 100th anniversary of the war. On some cannons at Gettysburg in particular, you can find stamps showing they were made in Italy. Behind the PA mounument in G-burg is where the Park Service repairs and maintains all of the cannons in a big warehouse.

I can't speak for all NPS battlefields, but at Gettysburg the carriages are metal reproductions. They are currently well along being refurbished (repaired/repainted). Most of the tubes are original but there are some reproduction tubes on the field.

Here's a follow up to the posts about the artillery pieces currently on display around the Gettysburg battlefield. Specifically, an archived Gettysburg Daily article about the cannon restoration shop, part 1. Gettysburg Daily may be no more, but it still has good information archived.

www.gettysburgdaily.com/?p=12979

HOI3 is great. I have all versions and played it for a full year. Absolutely love it.

As for SOW releases, I'd buy any one made to be honest, unless they didn't actually happen (like I have no interest in Pipe's Creek).

Being that my ancestors all fought in the Army of Mississippi and Army of Tennessee I would love to see Shiloh, Vicksburg Campaign, Franklin and Nashville, Atlanta campaign and so on. Really, you make it and you can count on my money being there.

Today is the anniversary!!