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Re: 3rd Arkansas Infantry "Elite"

Len,

When I was in my early twenties (early 70's) I manufactured and marketed a hexagonal grid wargame titled, "The Battle of Stones River; First Step to Atlanta". This was a brigade-level recreation of the battle that occurred between December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863. I sold a thousand "boxed" and another thousand "bagged" copies of the game. The experience of researching the terrain, the units, playability was an interesting undertaking. I didn't make any money off the thing, ultimately, but I'm glad I did it and know from personal experience the hundreds, if not thousands of hours, I spent researching and developing the game.

I started this thread by asking a simple question. Could anyone think of a reason, someone would differentiate the fighting qualities of the 3rd Arkansas versus other units of the Texas Brigade in September of 1863? I could have left out the source of the differentiation, namely a wargame / wargame designer. The question is still valid.

Regarding, classifications of troops, I can't imagine anyone saying that there were not differences in the reliability, quality or capabilities of different Civil War units. You may not think certain units were considered "elite" or "green", but I promise you the commanders did. In fact, in my opinion, one of the great errors of many commanders was that they used up their best troops by throwing them into the most desperate situations time after time, because they did consider them so reliable or effective.

Len, we have a number of wargame players on these message boards. We even have a few wargame designers that are outstanding contributors and historians on these sites. I guess I just wanted to speak up for these "uninformed wannabes" and let them know that you don't have to be "Rambo" to be welcomed on these sites.

Jim

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