The ACW game this month was a small game with 4 players.

A Union command were holding a position unaware the Confederates were advancing to destroy them before they could be reinforced.

The Union had 3 brigades with 2 deployed on their left and one in the centre right. They had no Division commander, and one of the 3 brigades was a rating 7. A fourth would arrive if certain conditions were met. (they didn’t in time)

The Confederates had 4 brigades and had first move where they march onto the table.

I was on Union right. Rebs opposite me.

Goldie was on my left with a forward cavalry brigade supported by an infantry brigade. Russ is setting up his arriving infantry and cavalry brigade.

Dismounted cavalry doing their thing.

Russ quickly ganged up on a skirmishing Union cavalry unit.

This is me responding to the Confederates to my front….partial realignment so would not be outflanked. I was the Command Rating 7….so not many orders were obeyed.

What the……the Rebs were a mirage….they were there as were off table and actually arriving behind Russells troops…so my partial realignment has only taken me further away. Grrr. A small Reb brigade has taken residence in the farm to my front though. The backing off regt is because of the Reb cavalry unit in the woods on my left….proximity rule applied so cannot just turn towards them.

Stephen’s Rebel Guard march on!

Goldies infantry are taking a whipping.

Russell has got cavalry into Goldies rear.

Look…I actually got a unit to CHANGE FACING!

Charging cavalry in your rear….NEVER A GOOD THING!

And it wasn’t, Union regt is no more.

In turn Goldie hits the cavalry in the rear…who had dismounted.

End of game …..Goldie has gotten smacked badly.

Russ has now got his arriving artillery into action against my troops in centre.

I was sending 2 regts over to help Goldie… but as no one wanted to move had been a slow process…..and they never really got close.

They large 4th Union brigade never arrived……..trigger was me getting forced off my hill or Union losing a brigade….which would have been the cavalry if Goldie had sacrificed them quicker…..I kept reminding him about it!

So sound Confederate Victory.