
Name your favorite Civil War videogame. All right, I’ll give you something easier. Name any Civil War videogame. Today is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Sharpsburg, or the Battle of Antietam Creek; the name typically depends on where the speaker was born. It was the single bloodiest day in American military history, one on which more than 23,000 Americans were killed or wounded. Despite the advent of the machine gun, napalm, and aerial bombardment, no single day cost more American lives than this minor strategic Union victory. Thousands died in an indecisive and incompetently prosecuted battle, and almost [Read more…]