The first of the monthly meet ups with the North Riding mob . Today saw an early Civil War battle. The Union army under Mclellan has moved up the Virginia Peninsula and is split North and South of the Chickahomey river a days march from Richmond . Johnston sees his opportunity and attacks the divisions south of the swollen river .
All photos courtesy of Simon T as I forgot to take any .
The union command structure managed to cope with the attack initially and was able to re-organise itself. Importantly they managed to rally 5 of the 6 brigades broken on first contact and establish a second line .
The games went into a second day with reinforcements from both sides but the Union realised they couldn’t win , and fell back to defend the river line in one area and were trying for draw by not being hammered on the other side 9f the table . Johnston had joined Longstreet and they took the division forward overwhelming Keyes HQ and destroying brigades . Richmond was saved .
A good game from Jerry and Simon . The new rules tweaks worked well .
Lovely looking game.
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DeleteLovely work Dave …I need to have a look at seven pines sometime ?
ReplyDeleteCheers - yeah it one of those 1862 ones where the Rebs are generally better - but it’s possible to plat it
DeleteLooks a great game, Dave!
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