Montacacy 1864: ACW

This is a scenario from the Black Powder supplement Glory Hallelujah!
Union defenders: Mark & Sean
CSA attackers: Jim & Steve
The Union have 2 brigades of 5 inf, 1 of 2 inf, 1 of 2 cav & 1 gun. 
The CSA have 4 brigs of 4 inf, 1 orf 4 cav & 2 guns.
The Union are outnumbered 22 to 15, but win if not broken within 7 turns. They break if losing the 2 big brigades or 1 big & 2 small.

The Union deployed first with some defences facing the creek.
The CSA must have at least 1 brigade & their artillery on this side of the creek, the remainder of their force come on from the table edge right of pic.   They chose to put the minimum force this side of the creek

The Union plan was to pin down the Union right with the troops this side opf teh creek, overlap their left with dismounted cavalry & punch through their centre.
The plan was somewhat disrupted by the poor command dice slowing the advance to the creek & the union dismounted cavalry in the woods armed with repeating carbines.  

The initial Union attack stalled, but the reserve brigade behind their left centre wheeled right & smashed through their centre. 

By the end of turn 7 the CSA were on the verge of breaking.  The small inf brig on the far flank is broken, the cavalry & the centre large brigade are are verging on it, but not quite.  So it is a Union victory.

The morning after I played on another turn & the CSA broke, but too late!.  Both sides had sound plans.  The CSA were hampered by poor command on the left flank preventing their left from helping much at all.  They also probably dismounted their cavalry too soon.  The deployment of the Union troopers with repeaters in the woods worked well for the Union.