American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Oh, oh! There was evidently an earthquake just south of Emmitsburg sometime between June 27th, 1863 and June 30th, 1863! Take a look at the Tom's Creek area in HPSCG #294 and then HPSCG #78. Prior to the event Tom's Creek lazily makes its way eastward as a gentle stream with fords at the crossings. Three days later, after the quake, Tom's Creek has turned into a full fledged creek and the good, industrious citizens of Emmitsburg have rushed out and quickly built some bridges for the crossings. There are also some new landforms pushed upwards here and there, providing excellent artillery positions where none were before.

These are just the first sketchy reports of the changes. There may be more, dependent upon the size of the quake! Our cartographers are scratching their heads and trying to figure out if the Rebs had anything to do with this!

General Jos. C. Meyer
Commander, Army of the Tennessee
Union Army Chief of Staff

So: When is a Creek a Creek and not a River? ...and at what point does a Creek become a River and vice-versa? I guess the difference between a Stream and a River is better understood but what exactly is a "Creek"? The term doesn't seem to be in common usage outside the United States.

I'm off to Google and Wiki the subject...

Brigadier-General Jim Wilkes.
2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, XX Corps.
AoC. U.S.A.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream

Apparently the terms are all interchangeable, but some terms have to do with how smoothly a section runs, or some-such.

One of those weird idiosyncrocies in the English language.

Col. Nick DeStefano
IV "Wolf-Pack" Corps, AoM