American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

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Gen. Blake Strickler
Confederate General-in-Chief
El Presidente 2010 - 2012

I went through VMI when I joined in 99.

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MG Mike Mihalik
Forrest's Cavalry Corps
AoWest/CSA

Not sure if it was started with the club in '97 but the UMA was called West Point when I joined in '99, don't recall when the name was changed.

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Gen. Ken Miller



The McKeesport Union Guard

3/1/II
Chief of Staff
AotP

I recall hearing the name was changed to UMA. Not sure when either.

Joe Meyer's old UMA site only has UMA class files going back to 2000. But it did exist before that then? Interesting. Much like the early days of any grand undertaking it appears our earliest files were "lost in a fire".

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Gen. Blake Strickler
Confederate General-in-Chief
El Presidente 2010 - 2012

Union training was first called WEST POINT, but there was a complaint and it was changed around 2004ish to UMA. It is STILL called West Point Training in the DOR.
I don't know (remember) when training was formally established, but I do not remember going through formal training.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

2008 UMA was changed to. I thought it was more recent, but here's the thread on it: https://wargame.ch/board/acwgc/viewtopi ... 4&t=12187&

Not sure about when the academies were setup, 1999 seems to be the records for VMI as well. I'll Rich H. if he knows in my next game exchange with him.

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General Scott Ludwig
4/II/ANV

Prior to the DoR club records were kept by the people handling admin, I believe it was done by keeping spreadsheets.
I remember sending and getting emails to register and end games when I first joined.
There was a big blow up in the club and a lot of records were lost.
I had started my own webpage to track my promotions and games, back in those days many isp and email providers offered free websites.
Eventually moved to my current provider when those phased out.
According to my personal records 24 of my club games prior to 2001 are not included in the DoR.

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Gen. Ken Miller



The McKeesport Union Guard

3/1/II
Chief of Staff
AotP

[quote="krmiller_usa"According to my personal records 24 of my club games prior to 2001 are not included in the DoR.[/quote]

The actual game records were not transferred to the DOR, from the spreadsheets, but game points and admin points (between club start to around Sept 2005) were adjusted in the DOR in a lump sum amount.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

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Gen. Blake Strickler
Confederate General-in-Chief
El Presidente 2010 - 2012

I remember the reporting requirements for games were more onerous when I joined. I forgot the name of the officer over reporting at the time or when it changed.

Today it is a lot more streamlined. The same could be said for club resposibilities in general.

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MG Mike Mihalik
Forrest's Cavalry Corps
AoWest/CSA

Don Adams, if I recall correctly, managed the submission forms prior to the DoR, which was his creation I believe.

I remember tracking the OBD's/points longhand, it wasn't fun. I agree with Mike, much more streamlined these days.

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General Scott Ludwig
4/II/ANV

Don Adams developed the DOR.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

Ernie,

I thought Don Adams did some of the final DoR work at Tiller Con I, seemed to recall him working on his laptop there during gaming breaks and did a search on the forum and I was correct.
Here is the announcement of the activation of the DoR at the forum.

https://wargame.ch/board/acwgc/viewtopi ... t=dradams2

This con was actually my favorite of the three, the site was not fancy but all three clubs were running games with ACWGC, NWC and the PzC Clubs all represented.
Also the performance by Thomas Hook was great.

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Gen. Ken Miller



The McKeesport Union Guard

3/1/II
Chief of Staff
AotP

Yes that was a fun one as were them all. I remember Don sitting at one end the long table and my wife sitting at the other end. I think it was at Mechanicsburg for that one.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

Yep, Tiller Con I in Mechanicsville, just north east of Richmond. Event venue was a bit rough, but it served our purposes well and kept the cost down.

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LGen. Hamilton
II Corps
ANV, CSA