Civil War Campaign: Union

marshall’s men are in full retreat, Allen’s skirmishers are holding the Confederate line and the threat of flanking fire is keeping the Rebels where they are for the moment.

Marshall now gives the order for Burnett to move his men forward and hit the Confederate’s in the flank while he rallied his own men for a frontal attack of his own.

What could go wrong?

The Confederate’s on the flank suddenly launched their attack. Leaping over the fence they delivered a crashing volley into Allen’s Skirmishers taking out two thirds of the men, wounding Allen and sending the rest in a total rout which, thanks to some help from the Confederate Skirmishers, sent them straight into Burnett’s men who took a giant pile of excess shock (units who are moved through by fleeing friendly units take any excess shock) leaving them essentially useless to their commander.

Seeing no hope of victory Burnett ordered his men to retreat. The Confederate’s allowed the Union troops to slink away content with the damage they’d already inflicted and not wanting to take further unnecessary casualties.

So the battle ended with:.

6 Union Skirmishers Fit for Duty

1 Union Skirmisher wounded

1 Union Skirmisher Dead

6 Union Men from Marshall’s Formation Fit for Duty

8 Union Men from Marshall’s Formation Wounded

4 Union Men from Marshall’s Formation Dead

Lieutenant Allen Wounded and Captured. His wounds were not life threatening

So that’s the Game play portion of the Campaign now we move on to the Role Playing Section.

Marshall is furious at Burnett. His men quit the field without firing a shot and Marshall blames Burnett for both his own and Allen’s losses.

As a consequence Burnett may not influence any men besides his own. He can’t take off shock, give orders or take over command. This ceases if Marshall is ever taken out of action during a Battle.

Also Burnett’s men are eager to prove that they aren’t cowards. If they are stationary for an activation and within line of sight of the enemy then they have to make a “Treasure Roll”. In Sharp Practice if a unit is near a pay chest, wagon of loot or some other “temptations” they have to make a “Treasure Roll” which represents the men’s propensity for looting. The better the men’s training the less likely they are to loot.

Burnett’s men will fail the test on a 1-3 and if they fail they must make a move 1d6 forwards. Burnett’s men also do not take the shock penalty to their movement when moving towards the an enemy. If they have 5 shock and roll a 6 for their movement they will move 6 inches rather than 1 inch like a normally unit would.

The Union troops fell back to the nearby town. Will the Confederate’s root them out of the town or attempt to bypass them and cut them off from the rest of the Union forces?

Let’s have a little fun. At the end of every Battle Report I’m gojng to include a little Trivia section. The first person to answer the question correctly will earn a point, who ever has the most points at the end of the campaign wins a certificate of accomplishment. Put it on your resume or something no one ever checks those things anyway. 🙂

First up a two part question. Two points up for grabs.

Who is the Confederate in this picture? Nickname/AKA/Real Name are all viable.

Which Battle is this picture depicting?

Hint: The actual event pictured here happened at night but the artist has depicted it during the day for artistic reasons.

Stone Wall, Confederate carrying multiple canteens, what’s that in the union soldier’s kepi?

Good Luck, and thanks for reading.