Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Conitnuing our Shenandoah campaign

 After the battle at Dinasaur Junction ended in stalemate, bith sides settled in for a day's rest.
On the same day 8km to the north, the Union army that retreated from Mt Jackson received reinforcements from Winchester & took up a defensive positon at New Town.
Late in the day Jackson;s army cught up with them & immediately attacked.

I had had to pack up the Dinasaur Junction battel field for our ancient campaign, but re-instated it ina  different orientation on the table so I could also set out teh New Town battllefield.  The terain between the two battlefields is rough hilly wooded terrain with one good road.  The spacing shoudl be bigger, so the seam at the middle of the table will take 4 turns to cross.
In this pic the New Toan battlefield is at the far end.
At New Town the union army is deployed.  The Rebs column has just come on the trunoike at the other side of the table.
By night fall the Reb were deployed but the only action some artillery fire, skimishung in the woods & one charge & coumtercharge by cavalry on the near flank (which the Rebs lost).
Overnight the Union fell back & the Rebs consolidated.  
At dawn the Renbs began to advance & the Union fell back to make a full retreat towards Winchester.
Over at Dinasaur Junction action also recommnced at dawn.  The Union began to retreat on the oad to Winchester (behind their left flank), but they had to advance their right first to gain the road to allow the artillery & baggage of teh division that joined the battle from NewTown 2 days before to escape.
The Rebs made an attempt to cut off the retreat, but were unable to do much to stop it & the Union army got away towards Winchester woithout serious loss.

The Rebs gained control of both battlefields as the Union forces retreated to combine at their suply base at Winchester.
  




  

 

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