American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

So I was looking at all the great ACW Artists to try to find a color picture of Joe Johnston, whom I style myself after in the Club, being CSA Western Theater CO and all. [:D]

I came to this very conclusion while doing so. The ACW was won and lost in the Western Theater (the important one) but is remember in the East....

Almost all painters paint the majority of the topics on Eastern, AnV and AoP actions....occasionally Forrest and Cleburne....

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<b>Lieutenant General Scott "The Mad Prussian" Ludwig</b>
Commanding Officer, Western Theater, CSA
"The Army Commissary" and "The Traveling Blowhard of Virginia"
Retired ANV Commander 2004-06

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Well Gen. Scott, you'll just have to paint one your self........[:D]

Respectfully,
Maj. Gen. Gery Bastiani
III Corp
AotM CSA



"If there is a shell or bullet over there destined for us, it will find us" - General James Longstreet

http://images.google.com/images?hl=EN&q ... a=N&tab=li

Google images is about the best place that I have found for specific photos or pictures. There are apparently no color paintings of Gen. Joe Johnston in action or leading men.

I suspect that Joe Johnston is not portrayed as a dashing combat commander because... he wasn't.



Nevertheless, I also admire Joe Johnston for his defensive campaign against Sherman and his personal courage and integrity.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Johnston, like Lee, never forgot the magnanimity of the man to whom he surrendered, and would not allow an unkind word to be said about Sherman in his presence. When Sherman had died, Johnston was a pallbearer at his funeral; during the procession in New York City on February 19, 1891, he kept his hat off as a sign of respect in the cold, rainy weather. Someone had some concern for the old general's health and asked him to put on his hat, to which Johnston replied "If I were in his place and he standing here in mine he would not put on his hat." He caught pneumonia and died several weeks later. He is buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
The only known public monument to Johnston was erected in Dalton, Georgia, in 1912. During World War II, the United States Navy named a Liberty Ship in honor of Johnston. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">


BG Ross McDaniel
2nd Bde, 3rd Div, III Corps, AoG, CSA

"I am with the South in life or in death, in victory or in defeat . . . I believe the North is about to wage a brutal and unholy war on a people who have done them no wrong, in violation of the Constitution and the fundamental principles of government. They no longer acknowledge that all government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. They are about to invade our peaceful homes, destroy our property, and inaugurate a servile insurrection, murder our men and dishonor our women. We propose no invasion of the North, no attack on them, and only ask to be left alone." -General Patrick Cleburne


"The Government of the United States has in North Alabama any and all rights they may choose to enforce in war, to take their lives, their homes, their lands, their everything . . . because war does exist there, and war is simply power unrestrained by constitution or compact . . . Next year their lands will be taken; for in war we can take them, and rightfully too; and in another year they may beg in vain for their lives." ". . . To the . . . persistent secessionists, why, death is mercy, and the quicker he or she is disposed of the better." - Gen. W. T. Sherman (Union Army)

Thanks Ross and Gery. I admire him as well for it...

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<b>Lieutenant General Scott "The Mad Prussian" Ludwig</b>
Commanding Officer, Western Theater, CSA
"The Army Commissary" and "The Traveling Blowhard of Virginia"
Retired ANV Commander 2004-06

http://www.networkforgood.org

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I've enjoyed most getting to know more about the Western Theater operations - something that probably would have escaped me if not for the interest in these games...


General Jeff Laub
Union Chief of the Army
ACWGC Cabinet Member
http://www.geocities.com/laubster22/UnionHQ/

Hi Scott,

Were I live here in NC. the county is named after General Dorsey Pender and in the county courthouse is a large picture of him, in fact it's the one used by HPS in their games.

Respectfully,
Lt.Gen. Gery Bastiani
III Corp
AotM CSA



"If there is a shell or bullet over there destined for us, it will find us" - General James Longstreet

Cool Gery! Yeah Jeff, for me it was an ACW seminar I took in college. Tenneessee is the key state to the whole war too. Without it, no Shiloh, no Donelson and Henry, no Memphis means no Vicksburg, no Chattanooga/Chickamuaga, Grant doesn't go East, Sherman doesn't go to Atlanta, the Sea and the Carolinas....no Franklin and Nashville...so much depends on what took place there...

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<b>Lieutenant General Scott "The Mad Prussian" Ludwig</b>
Commanding Officer, Western Theater, CSA
"The Army Commissary" and "The Traveling Blowhard of Virginia"
Retired ANV Commander 2004-06

http://www.networkforgood.org

[url="http://napoleonicwargaming.com"]Napoleonic Wargaming - INWC[/url]</center>