The thin 64 page hard-cover book contains ACW rules for wargaming. Written by a well respect wargamer, Terence Wise, for potential wargamers. Chapter 1) Basic Principles (scales available, terrain, time, figure representation, vertical scale); 2) Organization (how infantry, cavalry, and artillery were organized); 3) Tactics (skirmisher screens, cavalry tactics, artillery strengths and weaknesses, Confederate Indian surpise); 4) Fighting (movement, infantry firing, infantry & cavalry & artillery weapon ranges, scatter of artillery, canister, counter battery fire, indirect fire, machine gun ranges, infantry and cavalry melees, morale); 5) Rules summary (scale, weather, fog of war, ranges, cover, prisoners, etc.); 6) Information (other sources); and 7) The Peninsular Campaign.