Product FeaturesScenes from the epic motion picture Gettysburg in high-quality, full-motion video. Hear the musical score from Gettysburg and sounds from the battle. Plan the strategy and give the commands that make history. Mini-documentaries highlighting topics such as choosing artillery, weather, terrain, rifles of 1863. Prologue and epilogue detailing historical events. Field notes featuring up-to-the-minute battle commentary. Product DescriptionFeaturing scenes from Turner Pictures' acclaimed epic Gettysburg and special narration by Civil War authority Shelby Foote. Experience the Battle of Gettysburg or assume command and change the course of history. Issue orders to engage the enemy. Charge the enemy or dig in and defend. Assess losses and health of troops. Aim artillery and infantry fire- selecting from a variety of ammunition. Fight from historically accurate coordinates. Reinforce or abandon positions- ordering a new victory or sudden defeat. See historic photos of the officers who made life and death decisions. Zoom from strategic battle map to full-motion video of the fighting. Access up-to-the-minute field reports. A wealth of historic notes and anecdotes are instantly available. With Gettysburg, the choice is yours: Relive America's most significant battle, or take command and alter history. While fighting for the Union or the Confederacy experience the valor and the heartbreak of those who gave their lives for their beliefs. The two great options that players can exercise in the CD-ROM game are not to have Pickett charge and to pursue Lee after Pickett's charge collapsed. There were dozens of engagements during the battle pitting various brigades and divisions against one another and each skirmish consisted of one side entrenching and the other side attacking. Using the mouse, a player can move troops to attack from different points of the compass than in the actual battle. . And as you play there are extensive help features that both guide you through which moves you can make and teach you about the actual battle. For example, clicking on the right mouse button after selecting a group of troops calls up a video clip about that unit's history, composition and actual fate at Gettysburg. Among the variables that a player can change are battle-terrain, morale, stamina, ammunition and even how well the troops in a given unit aimed their weapons. `4g,RcmdId ViewItemDescV4,RlogId p4%60bo7%60jtb9%3Fuk.rp*f%603%3E%604g-13c669c1080-0xf5-->
