1988

The Skirmish Line

1988

November-December 1988:

• 78th National Skirmish Results
• Skirmishin' Lightly

September-October 1988:

• Shooting for High Score
• N-SSA Return Visit to NMLRA

July-August 1988:

• North-South Skirmish Association Museum
• Why Do We Need a Dues Increase???

May-June 1988:

• BookShelf
  • Confederate General Service Accoutrement Plates
• 77th National Skirmish Results
• The Shooting of a Deserter

March-April 1988:

• Jackson Keeps the Sabbath
• N-SSA Committees
• Albert N. Hardin, Jr. N-SSA Past Commander
• Another CW Monument is Defaced - Literally
• Bristow Site Could Become Dump
• Long Arms of the Deep SOuth C.S.A.
• CWSA List Agenda for 22nd Nationals
• Personal Recollections of The Clean Firearm
• M-Thumb
• Monument Dedication
• Two Brave Fellows
• Manassas Mall?
• Skirmishin' Lightly
  • Fixing your leadpot

January-February 1988:

• Long Arms of the Deep South C.S.A.
• 3rd Work Skirmish
• Tidewater Regional Awards
  • Tidewater Regional Championship
  • W.B. Karnes Memorial Trophy
• Richmond Depot Jacket
• N-SSA Teams... Then & Now
  • Laurel Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
• Campfollowers Chatter
• Flint Conversions
• Skirmishin' Lightly

1989

The Skirmish Line

1989

November-December 1989:

• A Vignette From Pickett's Charge - 50 Years Later
• Being There
  • A National Skirmish
• 80th National Skirmish Results

September-October 1989:

• Campfollowers Chatter
• NRA Dispatches

July-August 1989:

• 79th National Skirmish Results
• Winchester (Fort Shenandoah)
• A Verse For Those of Us Over Forty

May-June 1989:

• NRA Dispatches
• Recruiting Woes (Why Good Shots Keep Missing Recruiting Targets)
• Lincoln's Funeral Procession
• Campfollowers Chatter
• Skirmishin' Lightly
  • Skirmishing with a Burnside or Where is the Angel of St. Mary's Heights when I need Him?

March-April 1989:

• NRA Dispatches
• N-SSA Historical Center
• A History of the Veteran's Skirmish
• The Fly
• Calculating Sight Corrections
• Campfollowers Chatter

January-February 1989:

• What Did You Do in the War Daddy?
• How to Keep Your Sharps Shooting
• Skirmishin' Lightly

Where is That New Member?

1990

The Skirmish Line

1990

November-December 1990:

• N-SSA Historical Center Update
• 82nd National Skirmish Results
• Recruiting Revisited
• Campfollowers Chatter
• The Badge of Northern Virginia (Concluded)

September-October 1990:

• Salute to Happy Taylor
• NRA Young Skirmisher Award
• Union Commanders - The Post War Years
• Open Military Black Powder Cartridges
• Being There...
  • The Ticks of Summer
• The Badge of Northern Virginia
• Campfollowers Chatter
• I've Seen the Elephant

July-August 1990:

• Three Generations
• 81st National Skirmish Results
• Small Time Skirmish
• A Family Team (The Laurel Brigade)
• The Land We Love...

May-June 1990:

• Shooting the Henry Rifle
• Union Volunteer from Dixie
• NRA Dispatches
• Recruiting and Authenticity - Myth and Reality
• Happy Taylor
• Campfollowers Chatter
• Skirmishin' Lightly
  • Tips For the Lee Target Minie

March-April 1990:

• Irish Brigade
• "Buckshot TELLS"
• Being There
• Gramma's Peace Quilt
• The Henry Rifle
• Campfollowers Chatter
• The 2nd Day at Gettysburg - A Family Story

January-February 1990:

• The Drummer Boy
• Son of Veteran Cuts Up Gettysburg Reunion
• Last Man to See Lincoln
• Campfollowers Chatter

1991

The Skirmish Line

1991

November-December 1991:

• Caveat Emptor!
• Tips on Buying
• 84th National Skirmish Results
• Uniform of the Day
  • Uniforms
• The Land We Love

September-October 1991:

• Arts and Letters of War
• Veterans Pay Homage
  Jack Rawls
• So You Bought a Henry, Uh?
• Historical Center Update
• Memorial Park Monument to Have Facelift
• Campfollowers Chatter
• 83rd National Artillery Results

July-August 1991:

• Am I a Veteran?
• 83rd National Skirmish Results
• Joe Sansone - Provost Marshal
  Two Past N-SSA Commanders Remember
• "We Are Going to Have a Fight"
• The Land We Love
• Skirmishing Families
• General James Ripley

May-June 1991:

• John Leftwich Rawls, 1914-1991
• Tribute to a Founding Father
• NRA Dispatches
• Being There...
• Uniform of the Day
  • Inclement Weather Gear
• Happenings in the Black Powder World
• Stone's Brigade at Gettysburg
• Campfollowers Chatter

March-April 1991:

• The M-2 Musket Cleaner
• New Jersey and The Greek Cross
• Hardtack
• The Land We Love...
• "The Soldiers' Friend"
• Campfollowers Chatter

January-February 1991:

• N-SSA Members in the Gulf
• From The Recruiting Office
• Uniform of the Day
  • Underwear
• Defending Rochester
• Present Arms
  • Colt Rifle
• Bucktail Reunion - 30 Years of Skirmishing
• Gettysburg: The Importance of July 1

1992

The Skirmish Line

1992

November-December 1992:

• 86th National Skirmish Results
• Skirmishing... Italian Style?

September-October 1992:

• Profile - By an Admirer
  • Robert H. (Doc) Hughes
• Secret Skirmish Event Introduced in New England Region?
• Skirmishin' Lightly
• Campfollowers Chatter

July-August 1992:

• ...There you will go also...
• 85th National Skirmish Results
• Is the N-SSA Safety Minded?
• N-SSA Units... Then & Now
  • Seventh Maryland Volunteer Infantry
• Blue Rifles Trio Set National Milestone

May-June 1992:

• What a Set of Coward There is in New Jersey
• The Left Flank
• What is The Ruritan?
• Campfollowers Chatter

March-April 1992:

• Soldiers West (A Rogue's Gallery of Veterans)
• What's Happening in the Black Powder World?
• Being There...
• Campfollowers Chatter

January-February 1992:

• The Prodigal Father
• Grand Opening of N-SSA Historical Center
• N-SSA Units... Then & Now
  • 1st Rifles "Bcuktails"
• Campfollowers Chatter

1993

The Skirmish Line

1993

November-December 1993:

• 88th National Skirmish Results
• Deputy Commander's Report
  • Civil War in Winchester
• Campfollowers Chatter

September-October 1993:

• N-SSA Membership to Vote on By-laws Amendments at October Meeting
• Deputy Commander's Report
  • Civil War in Winchester

July-August 1993:

• 87th National Skirmish Results

May-June 1993:

• Idle Thoughts about Skirmishing
• Rifle Matches for Veterans

March-April 1993:

• More than You Ever Wanted to Know about Paperwork in the N-SSA
• Present Arms
  • The Ballard Rifle

January-February 1993:

• 86th National Skirmish Results
• So You Bought a Henry, Uh? - Part II
• The Enfield...

1994

The Skirmish Line

1994

November-December 1994:

• Gettysburg "Friends" Succeed in Burying Pickett's Charge Utility Lines
• 90th National Skirmish Results
• Zach and Me (a parable from a National Skirmish)
• The Ballard Rifle
• Getting it Done
  • Setting up a Fixed Peep Sight in the Field
• Recruiting for your N-SSA Team
• Culture Shock: When Civil War World Collide
• Critics Corner
  • Reminiscences of Confederate Service, 1861-1865; Francis W. Dawson
  • American Swords and Sword Makers

September-October 1994:

• Creation of N-SSA Western Region Highlights August Board Meeting
• Odds and Ends
• NRA Opposes EPA Lead-Sinker Ban

July-August 1994:

• Special Achievement Honored at 89th National Skirmish
• Dance with the One What Brung Ya!
• 89th National Skirmish Results
• Shooting the Percussion Sharps - Part Three
  • Making the Paper Cartridge and Completed Round

May-June 1994:

• Shooting the Percussion Sharps - Part Two
  • Ammunition for the Sharps
• Mississippi - The Percussion Rifle, Model 1841
• Before You Pull The Trigger
• 1994 Snowball - One for the History Books
• Critics Corner
  • Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Cartobibliograhy of the Northern Daily Press
  • The Civil War Cookbook
  • The Pioneer and the Lawyer: Boone and Lincoln Family Heritage, Biographical and Historical, 1603-1985
  • The Civil War at a Glance
  • Before Antietam: The Battle for South Mountain and Antietam: The Soldier's Battle

March-April 1994:

• Shooting the Percussion Sharps
• Company Classification
• Jerome Pierce - 130 Year-Old Mystery Unsolved
• Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation Appeals to N-SSA Members
• Ladies of the N-SSA
  • The Serious Business of Frivolite
• Team Leadership in the N-SSA

January-February 1994:

• Inspector General's Report
  • On Shooting Arms Other Than teh Rifle Musket
• Electrical Distribution to Ft. Shenandoah Campsites Considered
• Ode to the 88th Nationals
• My Enfield Rifle
• Ladies of the N-SSA
  • Putting on a New Head, Not Just a New Hat
• Tribute (Vincent LoGerfo)
• Critics Corner
  • The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War
  • A shield and a Hiding Place: The Religious Life of the Civil War Armies
  • Mapping for Stonewall

1995

The Skirmish Line

1995

November-December 1995:

• 92nd National Skirmish Results
  • 92nd National Skirmish Set New Record for Fall Participation
• Civil War Battlefield Threatened by Highway Project
• The Long Road to Richmond - The Second North-South "Shoot," October 1950
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • The .69 Rifled Musket
• The Coehorn Mortar, Model 1841
• Critics Corner
  • Thunderbolt: Revisit Southeastern Indiana with John Hunt Morgan
  • Swamp Hogs - The Civil War Journals of Johnny Brendel
• Curing Your Rogers & Spencer of its Ills
• To a Friend - Edward Walsh

September-October 1995:

• They Stole the Show at Muirkirk - The First North-South "Shoot"
• Muirkirk, Md., 1950 - The North and The South Do Battle Once Again
• 91st National Skirmish Dress Competition Results
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Civil War Smallbores - .54 Minies
• Skirmishing as a Family Affair
  • The Bob Trost Family
• Critics Corner
  • Three Rousing Cheers, An Irishman in the Iron Brigade
  • Shenandoah: Daughter of the Stars
  • Still More Single Shot Rifles

July-August 1995:

• How it All Began - Arranging the First "Military Shoot"
• 91st National Skirmish Results
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • The .575 Old Style Minie
• Tribute to a Founding Father
• Where Did it Come From
  • Balckpowder in the Civil War
• Thoughts on Organization for N-SSA Units
• Critics Corner
  • Return to Bull Run, The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas
  • How to Make Historic American Costumes

May-June 1995:

• How Skirmishing Began...
• Wanted: Your Memories
• Some Tips for the Recruit Musket Shooter
• Where We Shoot
  • Fort Ross, Pennsylvania - Home of the Middle Atlantic Region
• Maynard Carbine
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Old Favorites for the Maynard Carbine
• Musical Musket Weekend
• Critics Corner
  • An Introduction to Civil War Civilians
  • Reminiscences of Confederate Service, 1861-1865; Francis W. Dawson
  • Decision in the West The Atlanta Campaign of 1864

March-April 1995:

• Skirmishing as a Family Affair
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • The 315-Grain Wadcutter Minie
• Critics Corner
  • Lion of the South: General Thomas C. Hindman
  • Civil War in the Ozarks
• Where We Shoot
  • * Fort Mahone - Home of the Southampton Greys
• Present Arms!
  • The Burnside Carbine

January-February 1995:

• Ernest Wilson Peterkin: December 1920 - January 1995
  In Memory of a Founding Father
  A Teammate Remembered
Is it Time to Pull the Trigger Yet?

1996

November-December 1996:

• Fran vs. Ft. Shenandoah
• 94th National Skirmish Results
• Sights and Sighting in the N-SSA
  • Sight Alignment and Placement
• Hall-North Carbine
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • Going to War with the Smith Carbine
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Rifling Twist, Part 1 - Solid-Based Skirmish Bullets
• The Development of Virginia Militia
• Critics Corner:
  • Iron Men, Iron Will: The 19th Indiana Regiment of the Iron Brigade
  • A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie: Civil War Letters of James K. Newton

September-October 1996:

• Sights and Sighting in the N-SSA
• Spencer's Repeaters - Some History and Shooting Tips
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • The Saga of William Lloyd
• Uniform Competition at the 93rd National Skirmish
• N-SSA Veteran Serves Aboard U.S.S. Kearsarge

July-August 1996:

• 93rd National Skirmish Results
• Food for Thought... (Reflections on the Olympics)
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Lapping a Rifle Barrel
• Provost Guard - Who do they think they are?
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • "Remember, You are Jerseymen"
• Critics Corner
  • General John A. Logan: His Life and Times
  • Reminiscences of Confederate Service, 1861-1865: Frances W. Dawson
  • Hannibal: The Life of Abraham Lincoln's First Vice President

May-June 1996:

• May 1951 - 61st and Final Reunion of Confederate Veterans
  The Third "North-South Shoot"
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Shootin' Smoothbores
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • Josiah Gorgas - Confederate Chief of Ordnance
• Critics Corner
  • The Comparative Value of Rifled and Smoothbore Arms
  • Remember Fontenoy, the 69th New York and the Irish Brigade in the Civil War
  • The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865: Including a Brief Sketch and a Narrative of his Service in the War with Mexico, 1846-1848
  • Rebel Sons of Erin, A Civil War History of the Tenth Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Irish), Confederate States Volunteer

March-April 1996:

• Skirmishers and Families Turn Out in Force to Repair Flood Damage
  Battalion of Skirmishers Gives "Cooperative Effort a New Meaning"
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • Smoothbores and Sharpshooters
• Growing Pains of the "US-CS League" (The Early Days of the N-SSA)
• Where did it Come From?
  • The "State-of-the-Art" Percussion Cap
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Ballistic Coefficient of Skirmish Bullets
• Hands Across the Mason-Dixon Line
• Critics Corner
  • The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865: Including a Brief Sketch and a Narrative of his Service in the War with Mexico, 1846-1848
  • Remember Fontenoy, the 69th New York and the Irish Brigade in the Civil War

January-February 1996:

• Ft. Shenandoah Devastated by Post-Blizzard Flood
• Shooting Merrill's Carbine
• Present Arms!
  • P.S. Justice Musket
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • The 505-Grain New Style Minie
• Paperwork in the Old Army - and the N-SSA

1997

November-December 1997 (articles marked with * are online)

• Union Guards Capture First Nationals Victory at 96th!
• Rewarding Excellence on the Firing Line, Part 2: Second Virginia Infantry Mortar Crew sets New National Record!
• 96th National Skirmish Results
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • *1997 Smoothbore Update
• Sights and Sighting in the N-SSA
• *Skirmishers and Vision Problems
• *Tyler Texas Rifle
• *The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • *Burnside's Carbine and the Mowry-Cross Affair
• *The Life and Times of a Skirmisher; or, "Honey, Can I Go Out and Play?"
• *The Second Amendment and the Judiciary

September-October 1997:

• Dismal Swamp Rangers Win May National Skirmish
• Keeping Your Henry Rifle Alive and Well
• Rewarding Excellence on the Firing Line
• Thoughts on Magazone-fed Firearms
• Return to Rummel's Farm
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Tuning up the Replica Musket Lock - Part 2
• Critic's Corner
  • Enlisted for the War - The Struggles of the Gallant 24th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Infantry, 1861-1865
  • Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865

July-August 1997:

• "...Like One Who Wraps the Draperies of His Couch about Him, and Lies Down to Pleasant Dreams..." - Erwin R. "Doc" Chambers
• 95th National Skirmish Results
• 95th National Skirmish Dress Competition Results
• Civil War Wedding
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Tuning up the Replica Musket Lock - Part 1
• Critic's Corner
  • Corporal Si Klegg and His "Pard"
  • My Life in the Irish Brigade: The C.W. Memories of Private William McCarter
  • The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville, June 10-27, 1863

 May-June 1997:

• There Be, of Them, Some That Have Left a Name Behind Them..." - William C. Goble
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • The Second New Jersey Cavalry at Brice's Crossroads
• Skirmish Line Schedules
• Sights and Sighting in the N-SSA
  • Sighting-in and Making Sight Adjustments
• The Potomac Region After 50 Years
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Trigonometry
• Critics Corner
  • Confederate Rifles and Muskets
  • Mosby's Rangers
  • On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years in the Iron Brigade
  • Morgan's Raiders

March-April 1997:

• In Memory of A Friend - James P. McAleer
• A Recommendation for Traffic and Parking Policy for Ft. Shenandoah
• The Round Ball Bias - and How to Handle It
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Old Time Lock Repairs
• Sights and Sighting in the N-SSA
  • Common Sighting Problems (Part2)
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • The Arming of the Huckleberry Guard
• Critics Corner:
  • "The Men Stood Like Iron:" How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name

January-February 1997:

• New N-SSA Board of Directors Takes Office Jan. 1
• Guest Editorial - Land Preservation at Gettysburg
• Sights and Sighting in the N-SSA
  • Sights and Ballistics
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • Rifling Twist, Part 1 - Twist and Minie Balls
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • Supporting the Guns
• Critics Corner:
  • Civil War Firearms: Their Historical Background, Tactical Use and Modern Collection and Shooting

1998

May-June 1998:

• Union Guards is the Team to Beat at the 97th National Skirmish
• Going Home... A Civil War Tale
• Northeast Region Holds First Blue-Gray Ball
• 97th Nationals Skirmish Staff
• Spring Tour Time
• Invitation to a Shootout - The First Skirmish in England
• N-SSA Personality Profile
  • Ellsworth B. Rapine - Mould Maker
• Midwest Region Skirmish Schedule
• History and the N-SSA
• Civil War "Firsts"
• Skirmishing - It's in the Genes
• Critic's Corner
  • The Secret Six: The True Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown

March-April 1998 (linked articles marked by *):

• Things Heat Up at the N-SSA 1998 Winter Board Meeting
• *How Taps Originated
• The Montresors
• 96th National Skirmish Dress Competition Results
• N-SSA Unit Histories
  • *15th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
• Work Weekends Set for Ft. Shenandoah
• A Note About Memorial Park Plaques
• The 1999 World Long Range BlackPowder Championship
• Guidelines for Submission of Materials to the Skirmish Line

January-February 1998:

• "Doc's Place" Dedicated at 96th National Skirmish
• Present Arms!
  • *The Enfield Rifle Musket: Part 1 - The Southern Contract
• Sights and Sighting in the N-SSA
  • *Tints and Tips
• The Way it Was... Remembering America's Civil War
  • *James Henry Burton "The Man Who Armed The Confederacy"
• Profile
  • Alfred "Red" Taylor, Dismal Swamp Rangers
• *Confederate Non-Uniformity
• Skirmishing Ballistics
  • *The Supreme Importance of Practice
• Critic's Corner
  • Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville
  • Written In Blood: A History of the 126th New York Infantry in the Civil War