American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

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

Growing up in Santa Monica, California, I didn't have any battlefields nearby. And as my grandparents lived in London, I'd have to say my first battlefield was Bosworth. And Richard III was innocent!

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Brigadier General Richard Walker
II Corps, 4th Division, 6th Brigade
Army of Tennessee
(JTS/WDS Scenario Designer)

Battle of the Brandywine with Chris Sanderson, local historian, as a guide. Gettysburg for the centennial celebration in 1963.

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Lt. Col. Jim Pyle
3rd Div
XVII Corps
Army of the Tennessee

The only real battlefield I have visited is Bohus Fortress in Sweden which was besieged fourteen times between the 1400s to 1700s but never taken in the near constant wars between Sweden and Denmark during that time period.

It nearly feel one times when the Swedes managed to get into one of the towers but a Danish soldier sacrificed himself and blew up the gunpowder storage beneath the tower.

His family got a nobility title and some land which still belongs to the same family after his sacrifice.

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

Braver than I dear sir. I don't risk mosquitos, so it would have been a no go from the start. If my memory serves, my first was Fort Pulaski down by Savannah. More a civil war site than battlefield I guess but it was my first. I have been to it a couple of times since, and always enjoyed it.

But when I was young I had no idea about Fort Jackson that was so nearby. It has become my favorite spot in the area. One visit I was allowed to participate in a group that loaded and fired a cannon. There is also the wreck of that Ironclad Atlanta I believe in the water just out beyond Fort Jackson which has not yet been recovered but has been located.

Fort Jackson was captured by Sherman's army when they occupied Savannah. Truly a unique site to visit and much less a tourist spot than Fort Pulaski.

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Major Kent Scarbrough
5th Brigade
Swanson's 1st Division
Isgro's 1st Corp
Army of Northern Virginia

Love many, trust few, do harm to none.

Mine was also Brandywine. I was living at my grandmothers in Chester PA at the time. Don't remember too much about except that I really enjoyed. Second was a class trip in 6th grade to Gettysburg. Really loved the electric map. Since those days I visited many others as an adult.

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MG. Ed Blackburn
4th (Early's) Division
II (Jackson's) Corps
Army of Northern Virginia (ANV)
VMI Instructor

FT Davidson Pilot Knob Missouri, Prices 1864 raid Next was Wilsons Creek

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COL. R.T Coyne
7th Brigade 4th Division" Coyne's Cavalry Rangers"
1st Corp Army of Northern Virginia

Fort Donelson. It was 10 degrees with 3 inches of snow on the ground, McClernand's men were firing minie balls over our heads all night, and we just barely escaped on the road to Nashville the next morning. I learned that it was necessary to carry a second pair of britches with me at all times. Little did I know that we were on the road to Shiloh.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

River Raisin Park in southern Michigan. War of 1812.

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Gen. Mitch Johnson
GENERAL IN CHIEF

Gettysburg in 1961. Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, it was an obvious choice for my parents to take the family there. I was hooked immediately to Civil War history. And, it was then and there that my father bought me my first military "simulation", Avalon Hill's "Gettysburg". We've come far since then, but my copy is still in my game closet. My friends and I, of course, expanded the rules to our liking.

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General Richard Whipkey
Commanding Officer
Army of the Potomac

REMEMBER THE ALAMO!! School field trip.

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BG Thomas "Tex" McSwain
Kansas Raiders

Welcome Sir................

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Karl McEntegart
Lieutenant General
Officer Commanding
Army of Tennessee





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

My first battlefield visit was Kennesaw Mountain near Atlanta. I don't remember a lot but I do know the climb up was fun for us kids. We had a mock battle using pine cones and sticks.

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Capt. Adam Brookes
Georgia Volunteer

My first battlefield as a kid was Fort Necessity, the battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French and Indian War.
Also known as the Battle of the Great Meadows, took place on July 3, 1754, near present-day Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
It is located on the National Road, Route 40.
I think I was about 6-7 and our parents took me and my brother there on a Sunday.

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Gen. Ken Miller



The McKeesport Union Guard

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