ACW Game, Lerroy's Farm

 

I dusted off the cobwebs today for a small ACW game with Mat.

We had five infantry regiments, one cavalry and two guns a side. One of the infantry, on each side, was counted as elite. The rules owed a lot to Featherstone rules. Each six men had a die for average troops. each 4 for elite and each eight for militia.

Union forces

The reason some are apparently 'shooting to the side at their own side is most of the figures were four to a base so Mat tuned soe to indicate losses.

   Confederates

                                                          US cavalry held their left flank.

                                                         Early war Yanks in grey!

                                                                    Federal lines

   Confedrate cavalry were used as a deterrent for any attack on my right flank. However, once my infantry units weakened the cavalry, artillery and infantry withdrew to the centre.

                                                       Confederates on my right flank.

                                                Federal troops and wandering fowl...

                                           My Confederates occupied more table quarters.

                                  I should use the camera flash. Sorry some pics are blurred.

I had the Confederates whilst Mat was the Union. We were both initially, cautious. I slowly advanced on my left flank against the Federal right flank. My unit of elites did a flanking move and came out o the side of the enemy infantry and cannon. This led to the enemy units demise.

 Meanwhile, Mat placed pressure on the centre and advanced against my right. Casualties were mounting.

At the end of the three hours 13 move game I had two greatly diminished units retreating and a cannon had misfired and blown up. Mat had lost all his cannon crews and a few units.
 On territory held and destruction of units the Confederacy had a technical victory. However, with two units retreating Mat's Federals had inflicted slightly more casualties.

  Next week we will have another game, most likely on Tuesday.