Battleground Antietam (PC)

Description: Unmatched historical accuracy. Vivid maps and videos. Select Yankee or Rebel command. Command all or part of the army. ... more

Battleground Antietam (PC) ... Wide range of scenarios. Record your battles.

Newest Review: ... had perhaps the greatest stroke of luck ever to befall a general when a full copy of Lee's plan of march was misplaced by ... more

... one of his officers and ended up on McClellan's desk. McClellan could see that Lee had split his force dangerously, and if McClellan could strike vigorously he could destroy the Southern army peicemeal. He set off and managed to confront Lee's force (which was dangerously depleted with over 15,000 men detached to capture Harper's Ferry) along Antietam creek. If McClellan had attacked with all his force he could have destroyed Lee's army, but his excessive caution took over and he held almost 1/2 ...more

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Battleground Antietam (PC): Long and bloody (732 words)
by - written on 03/04/02 (Very useful, 120 readings)
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The battleground series of hex-grid turn-based wargames has been around for getting on for a decade. During that time it's been used to recreate conflicts as different as the Napoleonic wars, World War II and, like here the American Civil War. First a quick (and I promise painless) history lesson. The battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg to the South) took place in 1862. The North had had a disastrous year in Virginia, being beaten back from Richmond in the 7 days battles and then whipped out of North Virginia at Second Manassas. The South's Army of Virginia had one of the most brilliant commanders ever to walk the earth in Robert E Lee while the ... Read the complete review

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by - written on 01/07/01
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hijos de escocia, habeis venido a luchar como hombres libres, y hombres libres sois, ¿qué haríais sin libertad?, ¿lucharéis?, luchad, y puede que murais, huid, y vivireis, un tiempo al menos, y al morir en vuestro lecho, dentro de muchos años, no estareis dispuestos a cambiar, todos los dias desde hoy hasta entonces, por una oportunidad, ¡de volver aquí a matar a nuestros enemigos!, puede que nos quiten la vida, pero jamás nos quitarán... ¡La Libertad! hijos de escocia, habeis venido a luchar como hombres libres, y hombres libres sois, ¿qué haríais sin libertad?, ¿lucharéis?, luchad, y puede que murais, huid, y vivireis, un tiempo al menos, y al morir en vuestro ... Read the complete review