Last August Dave and I played a couple of games for a Longstreet campaign and decided to return to it for game three, set in 1862. Fighting Joe Hooker (me) had his Division defending a crossroads while Stonewall Jackson (Dave) attacked it. Stonewall decided to mass all his force on the Union left isolating half the Union army immediately:
Most of the Union artillery is out of action, try to move to the left or try to advance and catch the Rebels in the flank later on? Neither option seemed likely to work but Hooker decides to live up to his name and advance them:
In support he sends forward an infantry brigade, attack is the best form of defence:
The Rebels maintain their advance:
They deploy a single brigade to face the Union attack on the right:
The Union units in the open throw up some hasty defences while things are starting to look grim for the brigade isolated in the woods:
The Union attack on the right is making good progress, so much so that the Zouaves from the crossroad join in:
Unsurprisingly the Union brigade in the wood is driven off:
The Union artillery on the right gets into action:
On the other flank the Rebels make slow progress:
Rebel artillery fire from the hill has been largely ineffective:
The artillery on the hill is becoming concerned about the Union troops flooding around their flank:
The situation looks grim for the Rebels in the cornfield:
Zouaves charge:
On the left the Rebels still have not managed to set up an attack:
Finally the Rebel Yell is heard! the Union troops are forced back from their defences:
They quickly return to the fight though:
Fire ripples along the Union line:
The Rebels prepare for one last charge:
The Reb's bravery is not enough to defeat the stubborn Union men though and the attack is thrown back breaking the Rebel army:
Good to get back to this campaign after a long break, an excellent game where initially I thought Dave would overwhelm my men quite quickly but gradually my own attack bore fruit and wore the Rebels down. The ACW is certainly one of my favourite periods and I'm beginning to appreciate the subtleties of Longstreet more with experience. As ever most of the figures used are true 'veterans' being around 35 years old and having fought many battles over those years!
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