American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox

aka: American Civil War: Von Sumter bis Appomattox

Moby ID: 1683

Released

1996 on Windows

Credits

20 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1996 (Windows)
1996 (Windows 3.x)

Publishers

Interactive Magic, Inc.

Developers

Adanac Command Systems

Moby Score

6.4

#19,367 of 25.6K

Critics

53% (12)

Players

(30)

Review Ranking

#138 on Windows 3.x
#7,309 on Windows

Collected By

9 players

Genre: Simulation
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Educational: History
Setting: Historical events

Windows Specs

USK Rating: 16

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: CD-ROM
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Mouse
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

Description official descriptions

American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox is a historical war game centered around the Civil War. The game plays out on a strategic level with an emphasis on the logistics of troop movements, economic consequences of various actions, foreign affairs and the quality of military leadership offered by the North and South. The troops and units are represented by abstract symbols on an overhead map of the United States; most settings are changed in windows reached from pull-down menus. It also includes a variety of historical settings and victory conditions.

Groups +

Historical conflict: American Civil War

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Credits (Windows version)

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Design	Frank Hunter
Programming	Frank Hunter
Art	Scott Martin Robert Stevenson
Music	Donald S. Griffin
Music Research	Ellen Sorstokke
Audio Support	Robert Stevenson
Multimedia/Tools Support	Robert Stevenson
Design Support	Arnold Hendrick Brian K. Davis VII B. C. Milligan
Quality Assurance Lead	Brian K. Davis VII
Quality Assurance Testers	Ismini Boinodiris Roby Shane Brewer Arnold Hendrick David G. Pastula Michael Subelka Ted Wagoner
Manual	Lorraine B. Elder Heather Hesketh Brian K. Davis VII Sarah O'Keefe
Executive Producer	Joe Rutledge
Producer	Doug Kubel Ray Rutledge
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 53% (based on 12 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 30 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Multimedia CD

American Civil War also includes an additional multimedia CD entitled Fateful Lightning full of narrative historical information, detailed maps, and imagery about the War.

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Identifiers +

MobyGames ID: 1683

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Game added by Patricia Semul.

Additional contributors: Patrick Bregger, Rainer S.

Game added June 20, 2000. Last modified September 19, 2023.