Periods - American Civil War Periods - Nineteenth century

Lessons from the American Civil War in European Warfare?

by Rob Morgan Website manager’s note: Please see the original post and comments for context. George ponders on lessons learned in the American conflict which were applied by European armies in 1870? It’s a big question, though many European nations sent observers to America while the war lasted. There were three substantial wars which could, […]

Periods - American Civil War

A Sample Article for December

This month’s sample article from previous issues of Lone Warrior is by Graham Empson and is titled “American Civil War: A Veteran Solo Wargamer’s Perspective on Tactics”. The author presents a thoroughly researched look at a variety of factors and their impact on tactics in the American Civil War. Contains an extensive bibliography. It’s on […]

Naval gaming Periods - American Civil War

Seeking Information About the CSS St. Patrick

Rob Morgan writes:  One of my fellow naval wargame enthusiasts in the Naval Wargames Society is ‘desperately seeking’ a little information about a submersible, more accurately an ‘awash’ boat called the St. Patrick built in the Confederacy. It was used, or at least present, in Mobile Bay. Anyone have any information on her overall design, […]

Naval gaming Periods - American Civil War Periods - Nineteenth century

The blockade runner ‘Mars’

By Rob Morgan The very thorough comment on what colour blockade runners were painted means I’ll have to repaint my small 1/1200th collection of them, after 30 years of, well, admittedly fairly infrequent use on the wargames table! Thorough, very, and many thanks indeed. But Robert Walker’s revelation that he designed the original deserves something […]