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Offline Harry Faversham

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Big Battalions at First Light...
« on: November 17, 2014, 10:25:47 PM »
Yanks and Rebs go head to head in the Emporium...

 :)

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Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2014, 10:27:06 PM »
Advance...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2014, 10:29:00 PM »
Forward boys...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2014, 10:30:07 PM »
OK...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2014, 10:31:08 PM »
Let's go...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2014, 10:32:22 PM »
The Cavalry will advance...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2014, 10:33:33 PM »
Wot's The Boy General doing here in that get up?...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2014, 10:35:20 PM »
At least Major Hampton Gayblade of the 4th. Virginia Cavalry's in the right uniform...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2014, 10:37:05 PM »
Battle will be joined at first light tomorrow...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2014, 10:43:12 PM »
 :-* Spencer Smith, Hinton Hunt and Atlantic figures from the early dawn of wargaming!  :-*

Offline Phil Robinson

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2014, 11:41:24 PM »
Splendid bit of nostalgia, don't know why but ACW looks just right like this. Don Featherstone' s  "War Games" perhaps, I don't know.

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2014, 11:45:55 PM »
:) Phil, kind of wot we sort of grew up wiv... innit?  :)

Offline Calimero

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2014, 11:54:02 PM »

ACW sure is the perfect period for that "classic toy soldiers" look! 8)
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Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2014, 06:35:16 PM »
Major Hampton Gayblade lead the 4th. Virginia Cavalry in a gallant charge to try and whittle down the Yank's vast Cavalry force...

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Big Battalions at First Light...
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2014, 06:37:34 PM »
It all ended a tad badly for the Rebs...

 

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