<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I'm blown away by the battle books that BaB has provided. Most games have historical notes but you've gone a step beyond. If you keep doing this they will comprise a Civil War library of sorts. Congrats to Bill Battle. Is that a pen name, somebody on the BaB staff, or Matrix...

How about:
USS John Sevier
USS Watauga
USS Ramsour's Mill
USS Daniel Morgan
USS Nathanael Greene
USS Jethro Sumner

I, too, am predisposed to the Southern theater.

Good luck,
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<t> I, too, have the Pearl Harbor guided torpedo problems. <br/> Every single time, the battleships get blasted, mainly by torps. I have played it several times CPU vs. CPU and get the same results. And then the game crashes on Dec. 8, but that's a different story! <br/> I can't get how the ships hi...

<t> Japanese Homing Torpedoes at PH<br/> Every time I run the game with historical first turn or read an AAR in this forum, it seems that all battleships are being hit by torpedoes.<br/> As we know, the historical setup that some battleships, such as the Tennessee and Maryland were moored inboard ot...

<t> I would guess that is the Tora, Tora, Tora group. I haven't been able to find out where they were going and where they were going. I do know they flew over my hometown, Washington, MO, because our photo editor got a shot of them flying over her parents' house.<br/> Thanks!<br/> <br/> The really ...

<r> Was covering an American Legion game when I shot this very intesting photo of five Japanese planes flying over St. Charles County Missouri Sunday.<br/> Thought you might enjoy.<br/> Battleline<br/> <br/> <IMG src="https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/22472/D7E26D3394EC46DBA73CB0F0910136F5....

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Note: This bio originally was done a L-O-N-G time ago, near the start of the project. It is being revisited after the recent release and acquisition of “The Last Confederate General; John C. Vaughn and his East Tennessee Cavalry” by Larry Gordon, 2009.<e>[/b]</e></B><br/> <br/> <B><...

Kingmaker,
Thanks!
The original bio was twice as long. It was tough to whittle it down to what you see here.
I really got the idea when I saw Thomas' grave in Waynesville, North Carolina, last year while trying to find ancestors in the same cemetery.
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Also, Sturgis, South Dakota (home of the annual motorcycle rally which has drawn as much as 750,000) was named after him as well!

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>For your reading pleasure. Thomas commanded a unit of Cherokee Indians and western North Carolina mountain men during the war. He is buried near the site of the Battle of Waynesville, one in which the victors surrendered. I just found him to be a very interesting character with a st...

Joram and jkBluesman,
Thank you for the praise. jkBluesman, I'm looking forward to seeing you get back into the bio-writing business!
And everyone else out there, still plenty of blue generals to write up!
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<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Brig. Gen. William H. Emory (b. 1811, d. 1887)<e>[/b]</e></B> While William Hemsley Emory won every brevet to major general of both volunteers and in regular service, he was not appointed to the full rank of major general of volunteers until Sept. 25, 1865, well after the Civil War ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Maj. Gen. Silas Casey (b.1807, d. 1882)<e>[/b]</e></B> The highlight of Silas Casey’s Civil War career came at the Battle of Seven Pines (May 31-June 1, 1862). There, Casey led a division in the IV Corps of Maj. Gen. Erasmus Keyes in fending off the first attack of the fight at what...

Thank you!

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Maj. Gen. Philippe R.D.dK. de Trobriand (b. 1816, d. 1897)<e>[/b]</e></B> Contender for the prize for longest name of any Civil War general, Philippe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand entered the world June 4, 1816, in Tours, France. His father held a general’s commission and sup...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Maj. Gen. John J. Peck (b. 1821, d. 1878)<e>[/b]</e></B> Defense of Suffolk, Virginia, during the spring (April and May) of 1863 was the highlight of John James Peck’s military service during the Civil War. Peck, a major general commanding troops south of the James River, fought off...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Maj. Gen. Hiram G. Berry (b. 1824, d. 1863)<e>[/b]</e></B> Hiram Gregory Berry wanted to make up for lost time. After missing the Second Manassas Campaign, Berry had ascended to division command and the major general’s grade in November of 1862. Operations near Chancellorsville gave...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Maj. Gen. David B. Birney (b. 1825, d. 1864)<e>[/b]</e></B> David Bell Birney was on the fast track to higher command when malaria knocked him out of the war and eventually caused his death Oct. 18, 1864. Birney was known for his ability to step into situations of duress and restori...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Brig. Gen. Charles D. Jameson (b. 1824, d. 1862)<e>[/b]</e></B> During the Peninsular Campaign, Charles Davis Jameson declared his troops could have been “in Richmond in less than two hours had (he) not been recalled” during the Battle of Seven Pines (May 31-June 1, 1862) That prove...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Brig. Gen. Francis E. Patterson (b. 1821, d. 1862)<e>[/b]</e></B> “An accidental discharge of his own pistol” was the official cause of death of Brig. Gen. Francis Engle Patterson, who died near Occoquan, Virginia, or at Fairfax Court House. Patterson was the son of Maj. Gen. Robert...