American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Gentlemen,

Please join me in congratulating Lt.Gen. Mike Dean on receiving his third star. Gen Dean provided outstanding service as commander of the 1/VIII for several years and after a brief hiatus recently returned to the command ranks taking over the XIX Corps allowing me to recommend him for his third star which the cabinet recently approved. Congratulations Mike.



Gen. Ken Miller



Army of the Shenandoah

Thanks Ken. It has been a while since I web-searched "Chickamauga" and found Battleground 9. My first wargame was the paper version of Chick, from Strategy and Tactics magazine. That was around 1980, and I continued collecting SPI's paper games, including Terrible Swift Sword, the grand-daddy of the games we play today. I never finished a large battle back then due to cats, etc., so I figured the computer version would be even more fun. Thanks to my fellow officers in the ACWGC who have shared this hobby with me, it's better than just fun. Barkeep, a round for the house on me!

Maj. Gen. M.G. Dean XIX, AoS

I remember all those Great Battles of the American Civil War games of which TSS was the first. Still have most of them.

Back in the early '80's a group of us played one double blind (EFOW) with myself as the referee. We had two copies of the game (it was Pleasant Hill from the Red River campaign) set up on a ping pong table in my basement with a screen between the two and I kept track of what was visible for both maps during movement.

That was novel for the time. No morale, BCE levels or leaders where known. It was amazing how cautious everyone became.

Gen. Doug Burke

Congratulations, Mike, well-earned.

And how about those Pats, eh?

Gen. Matt Perrenod
<i>The Blue Ghost</i>
Commandant, United State Military Academy at West Point
5th Brigade, 2nd Division, VIII Corps, Army of the Shenandoah

Congrats LT General![8D]


General Jeff Laub
Union Chief of the Army
ACWGC Cabinet Member
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Congratulations, old friend.

Gen. Walter, USA
<i>The Blue Blitz</i>
3/2/VIII AoS

alright Mike, now you are buying right?[:D]

Lt. Gen. Ed Blackburn
I/I/VI/AoS

"Forward Bucktails"

Congrats!!

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<b>Lieutenant General Scott "The Mad Prussian" Ludwig</b>
Commanding Officer, Western Theater, CSA
"The Army Commissary" and "The Traveling Blowhard of Virginia"
Retired ANV Commander 2004-06

http://www.networkforgood.org

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Congratulations Mike!

Maj. Gen. Mike Smith
Army of Georgia
Commanding
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Well done Mike. Congrats.

General Jeff Bangma
Commander, Eastern Theater
Union Army