HPS Simulations and John Tiller are proud to announce the
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The Age of Rifle & Musket
CIVIL WAR BATTLES:

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Grant
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It is the end of April 1863 on the
Mississippi River. After disastrous Union campaigns at Chickasaw Bayou,
Steele Bayou and Greenville, General U.S. Grant now elects to bypass the
Confederate fortress city of Vicksburg. Instead, he will take his Army
of the Tennessee and march down the Louisiana side of the Mississippi
River.
Anxiously expecting a Union thrust somewhere across the river into
Mississippi, Lt. General John C. Pemberton and his Confederate army occupies
a strongly fortified position extending both north and south of Vicksburg.
With Grant’s crossing of the mighty river there will be no turning
back...for either side.
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$49.95
HPS’s new Campaign Vicksburg has 57 scenarios, including the historical
battles of
 | Chickasaw Bayou |
 | Port Gibson |
 | Raymond |
 | Jackson |
 | Champion Hill |
 | Big Black Bridge |
 | Milliken’s Bend and the |
 | Vicksburg Assaults of 19 and 22 May 19 |
 | What-if” battles include
 | Grant Assaults on Snyder’s Bluffs |
 | Redbone Church |
 | Grindstone Ford |
 | Ingraham Heights |
 | July 6 Final Assault on Vicksburg |
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Additional Features |
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Large maps and inclusive orders of battle offer unlimited possibilities
for user-created scenarios. Maps covering the following areas, and
smaller areas in between, are included with Campaign Vicksburg:
 | Big Black River to Raymond |
 | Bolton-Clinton-Jackson |
 | Vicksburg to Snyder’s Bluffs |
 | Grand Gulf |
 | Hankinson’s Ferry to Warrenton |
 | Milliken’s Bend |
 | Port Gibson |
 | Port Gibson to Hankinson’s Ferry |
 | Redbone Church |
 | Vicksburg itself at various stages of the siege |
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CAMPAIGN GAME |
The campaign is played over a large area from Snyder’s Bluff south
to Port Gibson, and from Vicksburg east to the state capital of
Jackson. On the advance, the Union player can choose among several
strategic pathways with the ultimate goal of capturing Vicksburg.
The Confederate guardians of the “Hill City” can elect to act purely
on the defensive or counterattack instead. The choices are yours.
At each stage of the campaign, players choose operational
decisions that will result in a tactical battle to be played out on
an expansive map, providing room for maneuver. The campaign is
non-linear, with both offensive and defensive operational options
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Minimum
Requirements |
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Pentium-based
133mhz+ PC |
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32 megabytes of
RAM |
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280 megabytes
disk space |
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Windows XP or greater
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$49.95 |
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