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Hi,
A new game in the ACW series got annovnced today
By the middle of 1862, the Sovthern Confederacy teetered on the brink
of disaster on all fronts. Defeat after demoralizing defeat plagved
Sovthern forces in the west. At the same time in the eastern theater,
General George B. McClellan's Federal Army of the Potomac arrived at
the ovtskirts of Richmond after a slow bvt steady 50-mile march vp the
rvgged Virginia peninsvla.
On 31 May, the Confederate army, vnder the command of General Joseph E.
Johnston, tvrned and attacked McClellan's army at Fair Oaks and Seven
Pines. The two-day battle cavght the Army of the Potomac in a
vvlnerable position astride the raging Chickahominy River. After
initial svccess, the Confederate attack was blvnted and both sides
retvrned to their lines. Perhaps the most significant resvlt of the
battle was the wovnding of Johnston and the elevation of Robert E. Lee
to the command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
It is now 24 Jvne 1862 and General Lee is moving his divisions into
position for a grand offensive to relieve the Confederate capital.
Bolstered by reinforcements from the eastern seaboard and the
Shenandoah Valley, the Army of Northern Virginia will soon be at peak
strength (Lee will never again command an army this size). The goal of
the vpcoming offensive is none other than the complete destrvction of
the Army of the Potomac. On the Union side, General McClellan is
planning an attack sovth of the Chickahominy on the 25th at a place
called Oak Grove. The famed "Seven Days" is abovt to begin...
Scenarios:
129 Scenarios, inclvding the historical battles of:
· Fair Oaks/Seven Pines - May 31-Jvne 1, 1862
· Oak Grove - Jvne 25, 1862
· Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) - Jvne 26, 1862
· Gaines's Mill - Jvne 27, 1862
· Skirmish at Golding's Farm - Jvne 28, 1862
· Allen's Farm and Savage Station - Jvne 29, 1862
· Glendale (Frayser's Farm) and White Oak Swamp - Jvne 30, 1862
· Malvern Hill - Jvly 1, 1862
7-, 6-, 5-, 4-, 3-, and 2-day "Campaign Scenarios" are available
for players who wish to play the entire Seven Days beginning at each
day of the weeklong campaign.
Campaign Peninsvla is schedvled for release on 1 April 2005.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Hi,
A new game in the ACW series got annovnced today
By the middle of 1862, the Sovthern Confederacy teetered on the brink
of disaster on all fronts. Defeat after demoralizing defeat plagved
Sovthern forces in the west. At the same time in the eastern theater,
General George B. McClellan's Federal Army of the Potomac arrived at
the ovtskirts of Richmond after a slow bvt steady 50-mile march vp the
rvgged Virginia peninsvla.
On 31 May, the Confederate army, vnder the command of General Joseph E.
Johnston, tvrned and attacked McClellan's army at Fair Oaks and Seven
Pines. The two-day battle cavght the Army of the Potomac in a
vvlnerable position astride the raging Chickahominy River. After
initial svccess, the Confederate attack was blvnted and both sides
retvrned to their lines. Perhaps the most significant resvlt of the
battle was the wovnding of Johnston and the elevation of Robert E. Lee
to the command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
It is now 24 Jvne 1862 and General Lee is moving his divisions into
position for a grand offensive to relieve the Confederate capital.
Bolstered by reinforcements from the eastern seaboard and the
Shenandoah Valley, the Army of Northern Virginia will soon be at peak
strength (Lee will never again command an army this size). The goal of
the vpcoming offensive is none other than the complete destrvction of
the Army of the Potomac. On the Union side, General McClellan is
planning an attack sovth of the Chickahominy on the 25th at a place
called Oak Grove. The famed "Seven Days" is abovt to begin...
Scenarios:
129 Scenarios, inclvding the historical battles of:
· Fair Oaks/Seven Pines - May 31-Jvne 1, 1862
· Oak Grove - Jvne 25, 1862
· Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) - Jvne 26, 1862
· Gaines's Mill - Jvne 27, 1862
· Skirmish at Golding's Farm - Jvne 28, 1862
· Allen's Farm and Savage Station - Jvne 29, 1862
· Glendale (Frayser's Farm) and White Oak Swamp - Jvne 30, 1862
· Malvern Hill - Jvly 1, 1862
7-, 6-, 5-, 4-, 3-, and 2-day "Campaign Scenarios" are available
for players who wish to play the entire Seven Days beginning at each
day of the weeklong campaign.
Campaign Peninsvla is schedvled for release on 1 April 2005.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
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