American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

I grew up driving through through at least three separate battlefields being driven to school everyday. Skirmish at Jackson Crossroads, Port Hudson/Battle of Plains Store, and the the Battle of Baton Rouge. First battlefield outside of Louisiana had to have been Fredericksburg in Virginia.

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Respectfully, your obedient servant,

Maj. Gen. L.P. Smith
Division Commander - II Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

My first Battlefield, was not a battlefield, it was a castle. In 1965, I took a class field trip to see the Alcazar in Segovia, Spain.

I'll never forget it!

In 1970, my family and I were driving to JFK, in New York to catch a flight to Ethiopia, via Athens, Greece and driving through Pennsylvania I got to see a sign pointing to Gettysburg.

Since then, I have been to Gettysburg, Antietam, Harpers Ferry, Vicksburg and vicinity twice, [including Champions Hill (met Sid Champion who allowed us to walk the privately owned battlefield), Port Gibson, Black River Bridge, Raymond, Grand Gulf and Rodney]. Also Fort Pillow, Shiloh, Wilson Creek, Pea Ridge, Pilot Knob, Mansfield, Fort Donelson, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga, and Kennesaw Mountain. Even drove over Missionary Rdge and didn't even know it as it is covered by residences. It was easy to do when I worked for the an airline for $10 a ticket. I'm not bragging, but most of the battlefields are hallowed ground and they give you serenity and comfort, when you are aware of what happened there. One of the blessings and best times of my life .

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Maj. Gen., L. D. Drummond,
Commanding, 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps
Army of the Potomac, U.S. Army

"We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it."
William Tecumseh Sherman