American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

My Brother and I (and sister and her husband) did a 4-day whirlwind tour of Nashville-Murfreesboro-Chattanooga-Chickamauga-Corinth-Shiloh and back to Nashville just last month. My brother flew in from Texas and the rest of us from California - it was a real treat to finally get out and do something. All of the visitor centers were open and even the theater was showing the battle movie. I always wanted to get that view from Lookout Mountain down on Chattanooga, the "battle above the clouds". It was pretty cool I must say.

Got pulled over by a Alabama State Trooper for speeding but he let us go with a warning when we told him we were touring the great battlefields of the South and my brother correctly identified General Joe Wheeler's house as coming up a few miles down the road. Most of the small town courthouse statues were still intact that we saw, and even a few 'stars and bars' flying in the front yard of peoples homes. All around a marvelous experience for some California Yankees. I've done most of the battlefields in the East, north of Richmond and it was a nice change to tour the West.

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Brigadier General Richard Simonitch
SIXTH BRIGADE (Artillery)
1st. Div. / V Corps
Army of the Potomac

Hope to get there some day, your full description sounds awesome!

One of the first battles you & I fought as well.

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General Scott Ludwig
4/II/ANV

Great story Richard!!

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General Scott Ludwig
4/II/ANV

Made it out to Antietam today and snapped a photo of the 16th Connecticut's monument at sunset.

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General Scott Ludwig
4/II/ANV

I just returned from the Fredericksburg area, and met up with John Ferry, and Ken Jones. We tramped the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. One of the best battlefields trips ever. I also live in middle Tennessee, between Nashville, and Knoxville, so Stones River, and Chattanooga/Chickamauga are each about 90 minutes from me. Shiloh about 4 hours.

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Brigadier General Richard Walker
4th Brigade,3rd Division
Hardee's Corps
Army of Tennessee
(JTS/WDS Scenario Designer)