American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Just a reminder guys.....if you know of a member who has passed on, the ACWGC Memorial Page is a place we can list them to honor our members who have passed on. No doubt as the years go on, the friends we make here will pass on too and this is a way that we all can remember & honor them.

The page is: http://www.wargame.ch/wc/acw/sub/vmi/Ao ... morial.htm

You can post additions here or email them to me: eric2900@aol.com or sludwig2900@gmail.com

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General Scott Ludwig
4/II/ANV

To make sure it isn't missed till the page is updated:
Passing of Captain Jay Hightower, 4/2/VIII/AotS http://wargame.ch/board/acwgc/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20984
Rob ("Festus") Harney Has Passed Away http://wargame.ch/board/acwgc/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21041

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Lieutenant General Christian Hecht
Commander I Corps, Army of the Potomac

"Where to stop? I don't know. At Hell, I expect."

I also reminded Scott that Douglas Strickler, designer of Campaign Gettysburg and a member of the club, passed away earlier this year. I sent Scott a link to his online obituary article.

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Optional Rules I Use in WDS ACW Games:
(by column from left to right)
Column 1: All ON except for Man. Def. Fire; Column 2: All ON except for Alt Fixed Unit Rel.; Column 3: All ON except for Art.Capt. & Prop.Op.Fire

You've got to be kidding, Bill! Doug Strickler, the designer of Campaign Gettysburg, gone? I found the obituary which indicated that Doug was a 5th Judicial Circuit Public Defender for South Carolina. The guy was both brilliant and prolific. I was able to privately question him over his deep work with Campaign Gettysburg a few years ago and I intend to publish some of his answers in our forum.

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General Jos. C. Meyer, ACWGC
Union Army Chief of Staff
Commander, Army of the Shenandoah
Commander, Army of the Tennessee
(2011-2014 UA CoA/GinC)

Yes, sad to say but Doug is no longer with us.

Others from John Tiller Software design team that passed away over the last few years include:

Greg "Mo" Morgan
Dave "Blackie" Blackburn

Both were great guys. Both will be sorely missed.

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Optional Rules I Use in WDS ACW Games:
(by column from left to right)
Column 1: All ON except for Man. Def. Fire; Column 2: All ON except for Alt Fixed Unit Rel.; Column 3: All ON except for Art.Capt. & Prop.Op.Fire

Gentlemen of the ACWGC:

John Tiller himself was never a member of our club (that I know of), but I thought it appropriate that we honor him here.

https://georgiacremation.com/obituary/j ... FYN6KP5H9U

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General 'Dee Dubya' Mallory

Of course!

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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."

Wow! What a punch in the gut!

Thanks for passing this on, Dave! I had no idea.

I owe John BIG TIME for all the pleasure I have gotten from the games he created over 25+ years. He will be missed.

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MG Mike Mihalik
Forrest's Cavalry Corps
AoWest/CSA

I obviously never met Mr Tiller, but he has been a part of my life for 25 years with his games, simply the best tactical games on the computer market. I have made many friends around the world through them.

RIP

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Lt. Colonel Kirk Allton
Commanding 4th Cavalry Division
I Corps
Army of Tennessee

Without John Tiller there probably would not be an ACWGC as we know it.
He definitely deserves to be remembered.

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Gen. Ken Miller



The McKeesport Union Guard

3/1/II
Chief of Staff
AotP

Truly sorry to hear of this. None of this club would exist and for as long as it has without the games and the company & staff he led. Our hobby and the wider world are better for the games he gave us and the friendships we've formed are a benefit of that. I'm very appreciative of all he's done.

My sincerest condolences to his wife & family and to all those who work or have worked with him over the years. He'll certainly be honored & remembered for a longtime to come.

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General Scott Ludwig
4/II/ANV

Sadly, Chet Guiles is at end of life. If you care to post support for his family you can do so on his Facebook page. From the post yesterday it's not clear if Chet is able to acknowledge messages sent & read to him though. https://www.facebook.com/chet.guiles

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LGen. Hamilton
II Corps
ANV, CSA

I remember John Tiller from our "ComCons" in Kansas City and Mechanicsville. I got to chat with hin several times at both. I (and we) all owe him a world of gratitude!

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Jim Gleason LTG
LTG 3-3-II AoP

Jim,

I have to agree with your closing sentence, if it were not for John Tiller, his legacy and indeed WDS we would not be doing and enjoying that which we do today. A world of gratitude probably does not entirely do it justice, but we, who derive so much pleasure from what John created and initiated understand. Well said Sir,

<salute>

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Karl McEntegart
Major General
Officer Commanding
Army of Tennessee





Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed.

It looks like this is the appropriate page but perhaps someone could transfer if I've got it wrong!

It is with very great regret that I inform you of the passing of Major General George Denney of the Army of the Potomac, through cancer. George and I have battled for nearly fifty years, first across the board and then he persuaded me to try this new fangled thing, the computer game. He introduced me to the club and we have played hundreds of games. A Navy vet from the Vietnam War, his play style was the embodiment of David Farragut's dictum: Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! We visited the Gettysburg battlefield several times and it was a rare year in which he did not return there. I know he visited many of the other battlefields as well, particularly in the East. He was an honourable and gallant opponent and a true friend.

Salute!

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Owen Evans. Army of the Mississippi