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Missing Leader: Francis Barlow

Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:46 pm

Here's another fairly important leader to be considered for future versions of the game....

Francis Barlow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_C._Barlow

Historically, Barlow doesn't make his way up to division command until 1863. However, once he did get to that level, he was a pretty important figure. During Day 1 at Gettysburg, his division was in a pretty bad spot on the flank of the XI Corps, and once his troops were routed the entire Federal line began to crumble. Barlow did redeem himself during the rest of the war. Commanding a division in the II Corps during the 1864 Overland Campaign, he is famous for using some nifty tactics to make a break through at Spotsylvania.

Dispite looking like he was 12 years old, Barlow had a reputation as a tough disciplinarian, who was very agressive on the attack.

I would think ratings like this would make sense: 3/3/1 and "Reckless"

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