American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Gentlemen, Sirs! <salute>

It is my pleasure to announce the arrival of the first Cadet for the VMI Class of 1862!

Cadet Steve Griffith, "Sir, I come with just my horse, rifle and uniform to join the CSA. I hail from near Salt Lake City!"

He has JTS Campaign Chancellorsville & Gettysburg plus Forge of Freedom (FoF)!

Cadet Steve Griffith will get his training under the instruction of Deputy Commandant Lt Colonel Blake Strickler (#2).

Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant,
Vicksburg Military Institute

Cadet Griffith <salute>

Welcome to the ACWGC sir!

Best regards,

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Walter A. Dortch
Commanding -/4/V AotP
UA Cabinet Secretary
UA Operations Officer
UA Wolverine Team Leader

Cadet Griffith <salute>, welcome to the club and to the Confederacy. If you have hankering for adventure, womanising, drinking to excess and if you have the time, putting the odd yank to the sword, then point your horse towards the west when you graduate.

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General Cam McOmish

Brigade Commander
Alabama State Volunteers
Cleburne's Division
Hardee's Corps
(1/1/1)
Army of Tennessee
Confederate States of America

Gentlemen, Sirs! <salute>

It is my pleasure to announce the arrival of the 2nd Cadet of the VMI Class of 1862!

Cadet William Stewart, "I used to play the bg series, a lot!! had em all... would love to play again! I just bought John Tillers Shenandoah campaign and downloaded.... it is a huge change from the bg series and I see I have a lot of learning to do. I live in a small town just north of Kansas City, Missouri!"

Cadet William Stewart will get his training under the instruction of Deputy Commandant Lt Colonel Blake Strickler (#3).

Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant,
Vicksburg Military Institute

Gentlemen, Sirs! <salute>

It is my pleasure to announce the arrival of the 3rd Cadet of the VMI Class of 1862!

Cadet James Lander, comes to us from the United Kingdom! He brings with him all of John Tillers ACW campaign gaming titles and has the BattleGround series too!

Cadet James Lander will get his training under the instruction of Deputy Commandant Colonel Blake Strickler (#4).

Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant,
Vicksburg Military Institute

Welcome Cadet Lander!!

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Walter A. Dortch
Commanding -/4/V AotP
UA Cabinet Secretary
UA Operations Officer
UA Wolverine Team Leader

Gentlemen, Sirs! <salute>

It is my pleasure to announce the arrival of the 4th Cadet for the VMI Class of 1862!

Cadet Gary Houghtaling, Gary is a US Navy Veteran and if the name seems familiar that is because his brother is BG Daniel Houghtaling wearing the Union Blue! He has JTS Campaign Antietam!

Cadet Gary Houghtaling will get his training under the instruction of Deputy Commandant Colonel Blake Strickler (#5).

Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant,
Vicksburg Military Institute

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Paul Swanson
Lieutenant-General
First Division
First Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

It is great that we are getting more recruits, although you will find that the ones joining the CSA are a more refined handsome lot

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General Cam McOmish

Brigade Commander
Alabama State Volunteers
Cleburne's Division
Hardee's Corps
(1/1/1)
Army of Tennessee
Confederate States of America

...and by "refined" he means that they button both straps on their overalls.

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Colonel Jason "Skeedaddle" Campbell
The Mahoning 4th Brigade
3rd Division
2nd Corp
AoT
"Let's fill up our canteens, boys. Some of us will be in hell before nightfall and we'll need the water"

And they bathe more than once a month.

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Gen Lynn Newell
Army Of the Potomac
V Corp
Commander

Wow! That is refined for Confederate standards!

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Colonel Jason "Skeedaddle" Campbell
The Mahoning 4th Brigade
3rd Division
2nd Corp
AoT
"Let's fill up our canteens, boys. Some of us will be in hell before nightfall and we'll need the water"

Gentlemen, Sirs! <salute>

It is my pleasure and honor to announce the arrival of the fifth Cadet for the VMI Class of 1862!

Cadet Steffen van Nix, "I am a son of Alabama living in the swamps of North Florida. I am sure you have heard of the Battle of Olustee, I live not too far from there and have been there several times." He is a United States Marine Corps Combat Veteran, "did 5 years as Infantry and Security Forces (Fleet Anti-Terror). As for the Middle East, I spent nearly half of my five years there lol."

"I only recently in the last year began playing the HPS/JTS games, since it is the closest I have found to the old classic "Civil War Generals II" that I used to play til the disc gave out when I was a kid lol!"

He has JTS Campaigns: Antietam, Atlanta, Chancellorsville, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, Peninsula & Shiloh!

Cadet Steffen van Nix will get his training under the instruction of VMI's Sharpshooter Coordinator Colonel Paul Swanson (#1).

Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant,
Vicksburg Military Institute

Gentlemen, Sirs! <salute>

It is my pleasure and honor to announce the arrival of the sixth Cadet for the VMI Class of 1862!

Cadet Dave Spencer, found us through the JTS opponent finder FB page and lists himself as a Beginner with a little experience!

He has JTS Campaigns: Antietam, Atlanta, Gettysburg, Peninsula & Shenandoah!

Cadet Spencer will get his training at Corinth under the instruction of VMI's Deputy Commandant Blake Strickler (#6).

Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant,
Vicksburg Military Institute