tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post773843204661007943..comments2024-02-21T12:43:58.833-08:00Comments on MurdocK's MarauderS: Minnesota Civil War visitMurdocKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-85191294075767415002013-08-07T17:02:11.988-07:002013-08-07T17:02:11.988-07:00yes John it never ends.
Great that we have this...yes John it never ends.<br /><br /><br /><br />Great that we have this little hobby in common?<br /><br />I shall PM you email address?MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-28118743309750170232013-08-07T08:21:52.331-07:002013-08-07T08:21:52.331-07:00Mike,
I've had your blog in my feed for someti...Mike,<br />I've had your blog in my feed for sometime.<br /><br />The comment "then Nevada for business networking" made me look a little closer at this post.<br /><br />Imagine my surprise when I saw the picture of "yours truly" and I said "I know that guy!!"<br /><br />John Hollier (908)John Hollierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04227304147298707499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-8881197073446777592013-08-06T19:06:56.291-07:002013-08-06T19:06:56.291-07:00Ross,
Some thoughts that come to mind involve run...Ross,<br /><br />Some thoughts that come to mind involve running the 'campaign' of the ACW battles via cyberboard.<br /><br />There are boxes for it here:<br />http://www.limeyyankgames.co.uk/lyg/cyberboard/bobby-lee<br /><br />and here:<br />http://www.limeyyankgames.co.uk/lyg/cyberboard/sam-grant<br /><br />covering the east and west theater(s) of the war.<br /><br />... just a thought.MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-30040169657780602702013-08-06T19:00:29.919-07:002013-08-06T19:00:29.919-07:00of course Ross, you have been on the opposite side...of course Ross, you have been on the opposite side of the continent while I was seeking such games.<br /><br />not to mention the decade off-set and different branch while in military.<br /><br />Maybe something like Jeff has done with VWQ could be done for you to get out the ACW troops more?MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-26333707125349936902013-08-06T15:54:30.873-07:002013-08-06T15:54:30.873-07:00Thanks for the tour of the museum.
I've neve...Thanks for the tour of the museum. <br /><br />I've never been able to stay away from the ACW for long. Not an obsession though, I've only done it in 3 scales so far (20mm then 15mm then 54mm (plastic + homecast) then 20mm).Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-76600223056688963492013-08-06T15:28:56.489-07:002013-08-06T15:28:56.489-07:00Yes Jeff, the bullet is a minnie ball. The rifled...Yes Jeff, the bullet is a minnie ball. The rifled barrels and use of the new cartridges caused a weight of fire shift that made the use of large formations of men impossible to be effective. Both sides refused to learn this lesson...<br /><br />Mike, there were a few good games of Johnny Reb and, I think, a Volley and Bayonet game; the trouble was the fickle nature of the gamers in continuing the games.<br /><br />There was one very keen ACW 15mm fan, and Dennis and I kept in contact after I moved out from the Lower Mainland of BC. My trouble was in consistently finding any players that wanted to take on ACW. So I concentrated on an era I could find the players and lots of low cost minis (mostly home casts) that had lots of color and was easy to teach: NAPOLEONIC.MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-33679048564074759972013-08-06T13:46:49.897-07:002013-08-06T13:46:49.897-07:00Sorry to hear your ACW gaming has been so disappoi...Sorry to hear your ACW gaming has been so disappointing. I have played in many, many great ACW games using Johnny Reb and Volley and Bayonet for most of them. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959234679802481723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346082.post-75163270580740382912013-08-05T15:49:57.093-07:002013-08-05T15:49:57.093-07:00The standard "Minie ball" bullet which i...The standard "Minie ball" bullet which is pictured was .58 caliber (just under 1.5 cm across at base) . . . and these slugs were soft lead and tended to flatten upon impact so that if they hit bone the limb was already mostly amputated . . . and that's why so many limbs had to be cut off.<br /><br />By the way, the other common musket size was for the smoothbore muskets. It was .69 caliber (1.75 cm) but was a round ball. It was far less accurate than the Minie ball (which was fired from a rifled barrel instead of a smoothbore). But it too was pretty lethal if it hit anything.<br /><br /><br />-- Jeff<br /> Bluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com