November 2013 Web Mailbag
These are the left over letters to the editor from the November 2013 Issue of Armchair General.
Read MoreThese are the left over letters to the editor from the November 2013 Issue of Armchair General.
Read MoreCivil War gamers should definitely take a look at "Scourge of War: Brandy Station." There's a learning curve, but the game does a good job of modeling the battle in which Union cavalry of the Eastern Theater came into its own.
Read More"Lee's Army during the Overland Campaign: A Numerical Study" by Alfred C. Young III taps previously unused period sources to re-examine the strength of Lee's army in the summer of 1864 and finds that some long-accepted numbers are seriously skewed.
Read MoreTactics 101 returns to the Operational Art of War in the second part of a special series. This installment examines the instruments of national power, the levels of war, and the elements of the operational art.
Read More"Civil War Battlegrounds – The Illustrated History of the War’s Pivotal Battles and Campaigns" covers 18 key battles. Clearly written and easy to follow, t is a good starting point for readers just beginning to study the war, but serious Civil War historians are unlikely to find new information here.
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