<s>
North	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
South	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Great	I-Application
American	I-Application
Civil	I-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1999	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Erudite	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
March	O
1998	O
release	O
of	O
developer	O
Erudite	O
Software	O
's	O
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Caesar	I-Application
,	O
rumors	O
spread	O
inside	O
the	O
game	O
industry	O
that	O
publisher	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
intended	O
to	O
reuse	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
game	O
engine	O
for	O
another	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
by	O
S	O
.	O
Craig	O
Taylor	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
produced	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
designed	O
the	O
board	O
wargame	B-Application
Wooden	B-Application
Ships	I-Application
and	I-Application
Iron	I-Application
Men	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
Civil	O
War-era	O
computer	B-Application
wargame	I-Application
with	O
a	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
October	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
using	O
an	O
upgraded	O
version	O
of	O
Great	B-Application
Battles	I-Application
technology	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
marketed	O
under	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
name	O
for	O
legal	O
reasons	O
:	O
while	O
Erudite	O
's	O
earlier	O
titles	O
were	O
adaptations	O
of	O
GMT	O
Games	O
board	O
products	O
,	O
Rally	O
was	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
July	O
,	O
Rally	O
Round	O
the	O
Flag	O
was	O
renamed	O
North	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
South	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Eastern	O
Campaigns	O
of	O
the	O
Civil	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Erudite	O
created	O
only	O
the	O
art	O
and	O
code	O
for	O
North	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
South	I-Application
;	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
researched	O
,	O
designed	O
and	O
published	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Taylor	O
was	O
a	O
Civil	O
War	O
history	O
enthusiast	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
eight	O
physical	O
games	O
set	O
during	O
the	O
period	O
,	O
North	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
South	I-Application
was	O
his	O
first	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
topic	O
since	O
designing	O
the	O
1988	O
version	O
of	O
Gettysburg	O
.	O
</s>
