Black Powder - and back to Wilsons Creek

 A small group of us meet pretty much every other Tuesday.  We have been playing a lot of either Black Powder or Hail Ceaser at these game sessions. For a change we thought we would downsize and try out the Glory Halleujah! supplement using or various collections of 15mm ACW figures. Mine had been based again for Fire and Fury , but |Chris's collection is for Rules for the Common Man. My collection was used to distinguish the rifled musket armed troops.  

Wilsons Creek is an interesting scenario as it is small, early war with a larger proportion of muskets than usual for ACW games.  Something which became deadly at very close range. Both sides tried an outflanking manouevre , the CSA with their cavalry, the Union with an all arms force. It was a close tussle.  The CSA was holding on , just , at the end of the game but the union hadd too many broken brigades.

The initial set up as per the scenario book

A nicely presented command stand- one of Chris's

The Union arrive in the CSA rear.

The small unit of cavalry escorting the guns

Clash!

The situation at the end of the game. Unfortunately the third unit of five of the union rear attack just went to shaken, which technically granted a narrow victory to the CSA. The red markers show shaken status. 

The Game is bloody. The very low stamina scores means a constant recycling of units and the need for generals to encourage and reform the shaken regiments.  The use of 'Whipped' where a unit would have been broken but instead hangs about on the field generally getting in the way is useful. Whipped only happens when a unit is reduced by fire.  All in all a good game, and as a result I am rebasing my collection to conform with those of the rest of the group.