Thursday, November 18, 2021

American Civil War 15mm

Renfrey's Confederates v. Jim's Union
Both sides had 6 infantry brigades of 6 regiments & a cavary brigade of 4 regiments.
The Union had 6 batteries, the CSA 4.
Rules: Our M2M house rules, ACW 15mm variant.
The CSA troops are rated stubborn so theri brigades can take an extra casualty before breaking. 

The CSA are defending & deployed first.
The Union came on in columns & deployed to attack.
As the Union deployed to attack the CSA fell back a bit to reduce the length of their line & to anchor both flanks on woods.
On the left the CSA didn't quite fall back far enough & the Union has a small overlap on the end of the line.  On the right Union skirmishers have covered the advance of the main body.  In the cntre the Union have deployed their artillery in two batteries in gaps in their infnatry line. 
On the far flank the Union attack on the flank supported by artillery has broken the end CSA brigade & swpt away one of theri batteries. A fire fight is happening on the right.
On the far flank the CSA reserve brigade has counterattacked.  In the cnetre the CSA brigade in front of the church has been broken by a combination of musketry & artillery.  The fire fights continue on the rest of the line.
On the far flank the CSA counterattack is outnumbered & beginning to falter. The Union artillery dominates the centre. A desperate CSA charge on the near flank has been beaten off.  The CSA concede defeat.
  

 

1 comment:

James Fisher said...

That looked and sounded like a grand game. Playing long-wise down the table gave plenty of space and time to deploy. The effect of a 'blue tide' is quite stark in the photos!
Regards, James