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Where to put the examples and options???	3	10 May 2024 9:36 a.m. PST
Confederate names restored to two public schools	4	10 May 2024 9:29 a.m. PST
Confederate or federal ?	80	10 May 2024 9:08 a.m. PST
Artillery deployed in woods?	13	09 May 2024 9:28 a.m. PST
structures on Gettysburg battlefield open to the public.	3	09 May 2024 9:09 a.m. PST
25mm Rifles	8	08 May 2024 9:30 p.m. PST
15mm ACW cav -- riders only?	2	08 May 2024 8:28 a.m. PST
What was the Battle of Allatoona Pass?	4	07 May 2024 3:34 p.m. PST
Corps insignia on the kepis and hats ?	39	05 May 2024 1:50 p.m. PST
What do ACW era haystacks look like?	10	04 May 2024 3:50 p.m. PST
15mm Guerilla/bushwackers/border ruffins	4	04 May 2024 5:49 a.m. PST
Ratio in 1862 of bad, vs good vs great brigades	26	03 May 2024 5:46 p.m. PST
Lost access to YOUTUBE and all my wargaming content!	30	03 May 2024 10:22 a.m. PST
Best 15mm ACW Flags?	10	02 May 2024 3:09 a.m. PST
Bronze Guns and Iron men, major John Pelham	5	30 Apr 2024 3:36 p.m. PST
Favorite ACW Authors?	25	30 Apr 2024 10:11 a.m. PST
medals to buy or print?	11	28 Apr 2024 8:37 p.m. PST
ACW "The Little Regiment" a piece from Natl Archives	2	25 Apr 2024 2:51 a.m. PST
Getting Pickett's Charge Game Ready for Little Wars	18	24 Apr 2024 1:26 p.m. PST
Copperheads	3	22 Apr 2024 3:38 p.m. PST
Optimum table height?	14	17 Apr 2024 3:26 p.m. PST
Major Dundee--what happened to him afterwards?	35	16 Apr 2024 6:50 p.m. PST
Sherman’s Personal Items to Go to the Highest Bidder	3	16 Apr 2024 5:59 p.m. PST
ACW Legions	14	15 Apr 2024 2:55 p.m. PST
Shiloh Battlefield Visit	14	15 Apr 2024 2:45 p.m. PST
Washington - Richmond Track Line Question.	9	15 Apr 2024 6:33 a.m. PST
ACW Orders of Battle	14	14 Apr 2024 8:21 a.m. PST
Thoroughbred Figures Update and Delayed Reopening	8	13 Apr 2024 4:35 a.m. PST
Anyone paint some of their CSA troops in white uniforms?	21	10 Apr 2024 4:01 a.m. PST
Dropping usable weapons and running away	44	05 Apr 2024 6:12 p.m. PST
The Hanging of Captain Nathaniel Gordon of the	4	04 Apr 2024 7:24 p.m. PST
New ACW Video for Pickett's Charge Game	10	02 Apr 2024 3:52 p.m. PST
2,000 Acres of Data Centers to Be on Manassas Battlefield	8	01 Apr 2024 10:06 p.m. PST
Warlord Epic Scale - Casualty Markers	4	01 Apr 2024 11:27 a.m. PST
Battlefield Trust Joins Suit vs Data Center At Manassas ...	14	29 Mar 2024 1:49 p.m. PST
ACW Dahlgren Boat Howitzer in 28mm	9	28 Mar 2024 12:03 p.m. PST
Lee can't be the only one??	47	28 Mar 2024 6:34 a.m. PST
CSA Alabama cemetery records question.	9	26 Mar 2024 3:45 p.m. PST
ACW Basing of 54mm Figures	5	25 Mar 2024 7:00 a.m. PST
What is a good simple set of rules for 10mm civil war?	24	22 Mar 2024 2:11 a.m. PST
Map of the day surrender of Lee????	7	19 Mar 2024 6:02 a.m. PST
Could Kentucky have stayed neutral??	18	16 Mar 2024 10:52 p.m. PST
New Effort to Include More Black History	11	15 Mar 2024 11:47 a.m. PST
Cannon carriages during the ACW.	37	15 Mar 2024 1:21 a.m. PST
Sherman's March to the Sea, 1864 A Southerner's	9	10 Mar 2024 3:18 p.m. PST
PA College at Gettysburg Model in 15mm	14	06 Mar 2024 4:10 a.m. PST
Were the streets of gettysburg paved?	5	02 Mar 2024 5:31 p.m. PST
Army Foraging???	14	02 Mar 2024 9:52 a.m. PST
Western Armies: Painting info?	29	27 Feb 2024 3:10 p.m. PST
Best US President as Commander-in-Chief: Lincoln!	20	27 Feb 2024 10:49 a.m. PST
Expendable: Eight Soldiers From Massachusetts ...	3	26 Feb 2024 3:51 p.m. PST
If America's Civil War Were Today,	38	23 Feb 2024 2:56 p.m. PST
4 US Presidents Who Were War Heroes	13	22 Feb 2024 8:28 p.m. PST
Gettysburg using Warlord games Epic	10	22 Feb 2024 4:46 p.m. PST
Battle of Gattysburg (open game)	10	21 Feb 2024 5:47 a.m. PST
Fritz's Fence Tutorial for ACW	7	20 Feb 2024 2:22 p.m. PST
Blockade effectiveness over time???	5	19 Feb 2024 7:23 p.m. PST
Artillery Across Three Wars	1	15 Feb 2024 5:13 p.m. PST
Ships vs Forts 1861: Off to the Races	5	13 Feb 2024 3:05 p.m. PST
The Color of Dirt Roads at Gettysburg?	25	12 Feb 2024 7:15 p.m. PST
thinking about Lincoln	3	12 Feb 2024 11:30 a.m. PST
10mm siege/naval guns models	8	11 Feb 2024 11:13 p.m. PST
What’s in a Name? Solving the Mystery of an ...	3	07 Feb 2024 3:10 p.m. PST
why talk about slavery in 2024?	21	05 Feb 2024 10:25 a.m. PST
Preserve the Union	65	05 Feb 2024 9:15 a.m. PST
John Michael Priest Lectures At HMGS War College	4	30 Jan 2024 2:41 p.m. PST
McClay on cause of CW	195	28 Jan 2024 6:18 a.m. PST
What Was The Range Of CW Field Artillery? It Just Depends...	3	26 Jan 2024 3:21 p.m. PST
Redoubt vs 1st Corps	5	26 Jan 2024 11:50 a.m. PST
The Battle of Wauhatchie, 1863	1	24 Jan 2024 5:23 p.m. PST
Fire & Fury: Commanders Rated as Poor	13	24 Jan 2024 2:46 a.m. PST
ACW vs AWI buildings. Whitewashed buildings.	7	22 Jan 2024 7:04 p.m. PST
Civil War stories your teacher never told you	5	22 Jan 2024 3:37 p.m. PST
A Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery	56	20 Jan 2024 12:21 p.m. PST
Advice for ACW Newbie	33	20 Jan 2024 11:21 a.m. PST
Large linear infantry formation vs modern small unit...	30	19 Jan 2024 6:22 p.m. PST
Levi Miller and JJ McBride, 5th Texas	38	16 Jan 2024 6:37 p.m. PST
Confederate presidents after Davis?	10	16 Jan 2024 3:40 p.m. PST
grand tactical ACW rules	39	14 Jan 2024 9:11 p.m. PST
For a change, who's the worst??	27	14 Jan 2024 8:49 p.m. PST
There was nothing to be learned from the American Civil War	10	11 Jan 2024 8:56 a.m. PST
As embedded artist with the Union army, ...	3	10 Jan 2024 3:26 p.m. PST
20mm metal ACW--stateside?	8	09 Jan 2024 1:55 p.m. PST
“Many of these families are suffering”	1	06 Jan 2024 4:55 p.m. PST
DeSantis on Civil War and slavery	53	04 Jan 2024 9:13 p.m. PST
Field Fortifications during the American Civil War...	3	30 Dec 2023 3:32 p.m. PST
black powder rules	3	30 Dec 2023 1:42 p.m. PST
black powder rules	5	30 Dec 2023 11:27 a.m. PST
Medal of Honor: A Long and Epic History	5	26 Dec 2023 7:37 p.m. PST
Question about rule format preference	7	24 Dec 2023 9:25 a.m. PST
The Significance of Milliken's Bend in the Civil War	1	23 Dec 2023 9:14 p.m. PST
'So much lost potential': For Memorial Day, the	3	22 Dec 2023 2:43 p.m. PST
Californians in The Civil War	1	21 Dec 2023 9:09 p.m. PST
Peninsula Campaign - orders of battle	5	19 Dec 2023 8:13 a.m. PST
American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg - East...	1	18 Dec 2023 9:11 p.m. PST
Was General Grant a Glory Hound?	21	16 Dec 2023 12:54 p.m. PST
Robert E. Lee statue melted in secret, 'symbolic' ceremony,	95	15 Dec 2023 7:22 a.m. PST
Troops dedicated to logistics	7	15 Dec 2023 6:47 a.m. PST
Hear the “Rebel Yell,” Described by Samuel Gibbs French	4	12 Dec 2023 3:34 p.m. PST
Confederate Zouave colours	10	11 Dec 2023 7:31 a.m. PST