This is a set of twelve non-game specific scenarios for the three days of Gettysburg. Three are from day one, and seven are from day two. Two are from day three, but neither is from Pickett’s Charge (which is hardly surprising, given how unbalanced the historical outcome was). Most of the scenarios are historical, although one, “Opportunity at Culp’s Hill,” is a what-if that presumes a much larger Confederate attack than was historically the case. The scenarios are scaled to 1 inch = 33 yards, which the author feels are better for the scale of the miniatures, which are assumed to be 15mm. The figure scale is calculated for 20, 30, 40, 50, and 100 men per figure. Where the number of men in the regiment is known precisely, it is given in black type; where is had to be estimated, it is given in red type. Similarly, the type of weapon carried by the soldiers is given in black type where known, and in red type where a guess had to be made.

The book ends with orders of battle for both sides. Here there is some room for puzzlement. Unit strengths are given as “present for duty” and “engaged strength”. One would expect that “engaged strength” would always be less that “present for duty” strength, or at least no more. Ordinarily that is true, but occasionally it is the reverse, as with the 7th Wisconsin, which is credited with 370 men present for duty, but 384 men engaged. In addition, some strength numbers are given in black type, as “known”, but obviously are estimated — for example, the 14th, 35th, and 45th Georgia regiments, listed one after the other as members of Thomas’ brigade, are each credited with a present for duty strength of 324 and an engaged strength of 305. ( )