American Civil War

[Tomus]

ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

I may well do, Arsan thx http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Civil- ... 222&sr=8-1

Excellent series, I have it as well.

Shelby Foote had an incredible way of speaking. He talked as if he had met the generals and personalities in real life. Fantastic historian and a great series. Up there with the World at War.

[Jeffrey H.]

ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd

It's funny that I find that surprising that it doesn't interest you when I have little interest in the English Civil War (although I feel the need to point out that that is partly due to the fact I am Scottish and not English).

I just bought the John Tiller Battleground Civil War based on what I picked up from the series and a book I am reading The American Civil War : This Mighty Scourge of War.

I do have Forge of Freedom and GG War Between The States, but I wanted something that afforded me the ability to replay the battles and give me the tactical element.

Yeah, it's always felt a little odd to me that I don't have any interest in the ACW, like I should be under some patriotic obligation to be interested. I just can't muster the interest. Even though many distant relatives were directly involved, it still doesn't interest me much.

One thing I have enjoyed is visting a civil war battlefield park in Mississippi, that was a nice way to spend the day and learn a bit about history.

[decaro]

ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock

Generals on both sides of the Civil War tried costly attacks: Sherman at Kennesaw Mountain, Lee at Malvern Hill and again at Gettysburg, John Bell Hood perhaps worst of all at Franklin. It took everybody some time to realize that the switch from smooth-bores to rifles (and later to repeating rifles) had drastically changed the equation of attack versus defense ...

These officers were all trained in obsolete Napoleonic tactics, even emulating the Emporer by posing for photos w/one hand in their jackets.