I had to dig these up from a very old archive. This is PROOF that back in the 1860's Scourge of War Gettysburg was being played!!!

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Michael Slaunwhite
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I had to dig these up from a very old archive. This is PROOF that back in the 1860's Scourge of War Gettysburg was being played!!!

Post by Michael Slaunwhite »

So this should make Norb at least 150 years old...At least!

Here is my PROOF!!!
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Here is another set of photo's buried beneath a pile of old 1860's newspapers.
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Ingles of the 57th
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Post by Ingles of the 57th »

Love them, Mike.

They look a damned sight more 'authentic' than some of those 'artist's impressions' in the newspapers.

Geoff Laver Late of Her Britannic Majesty's 57th Regiment of Foot.
"Die hard, my men. Die hard the 57th."
Last words of Col Ingles commanding His Majesty's 57th Regiment of Foot at Albuhera 1811
Marshal Beresford wrote in his despatch "Our dead, particularly the 57th Regiment,were lying as they fought in the ranks, every wound in front"
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Re: I had to dig these up from a very old archive. This is PROOF that back in the 1860's Scourge of War Gettysburg was being played!!!

Post by Michael Slaunwhite »

Love them, Mike.

They look a damned sight more 'authentic' than some of those 'artist's impressions' in the newspapers.

Geoff Laver Late of Her Britannic Majesty's 57th Regiment of Foot.
Haaaa.... The first photo could fool some people into thinking that it is authentic.
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I thought it was!
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Marching Thru Georgia
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Well done. What software did you use?
I can make this march and I will make Georgia howl.
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Post by Chamberlain »

Outstanding Mike,

They look really good !!! :cheer: :cheer:

:woohoo:

Chamberlain
-Col. Joshua Chamberlain, 20th Maine

We cannot retreat. We cannot withdraw. We are going to have to be stubborn today
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Re: I had to dig these up from a very old archive. This is PROOF that back in the 1860's Scourge of War Gettysburg was being played!!!

Post by Michael Slaunwhite »

You could use Adobe Photoshop but it doesn't even come close (hard than heck to get it right), and I wasn't all that impressed, so I gradually crawled my way through the brambles until I came across this link...
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Post by JTolliver »

Priceless! Great stuff man...great stuff indeed!
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