Enduring Valor: Gettysburg in Miniature is a series of two popular scenario books written for miniature wargaming

Miniature wargaming

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 the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...

 in regiment

Regiment

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al scale. It is based upon the Johnny Reb gaming rules developed by veteran game designer John Hill

John Hill (game designer)

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Inspired by the scenarios in the classic board game

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 Terrible Swift Sword, Volume 1 of Enduring Valor was first published in 2002

2002 in games

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 by Marek/Janci Design of Wheaton, Illinois

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, and debuted at the Historicon

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 gaming convention

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. It covers the Gettysburg Campaign

Gettysburg Campaign

The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia moved north for offensive operations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...

 from the June 26, 1863, skirmish at Witmer Farm to the July 2 fighting at Little Round Top

Little Round Top

Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg....

. Digitally reprinted numerous times, Enduring Valor ranks among the best selling Gettysburg scenario books of all time. The second volume was published in 2004 and covers the rest of the battle through Falling Waters

Battle of Williamsport

The Battle of Williamsport, also known as the Battle of Hagerstown or Falling Waters, took place from July 6 to July 16, 1863, in Washington County, Maryland, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War....

, including Pickett's Charge

Pickett's Charge

Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Its futility was predicted by the charge's commander,...

. A third scenario book, Crossed Sabers: Gettysburg in Miniature, covers the cavalry during the campaign, from Brandy Station

Battle of Brandy Station

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 through Gettysburg.

Certain scenarios left out of the original books have appeared in past issues of CHARGE! magazine

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