A Saturday Afternoon of ACW

On Saturday afternoon the boys of the Lonely Gamers Club – Andrew Parr, Victor Perry, Brian Buskell, Dave Houston and myself got together and had ourselves a little ACW action. The game we played was the first to represent the initial fighting west of Gettysburg, along McPherson Ridge. I tried to get the table looking close as possible but I could not replicate the actual ridge line so I only placed in the section of the unfinished railroad where the 6th Wisconsin would become immortalised later on that day for their gallant charge. The main difference with the play from that of the day was that we allowed the opposing commanders to bring on their re-enforcements in location and manners of their own choice. However the initial deployments of Brig Gen Buford and Major Gen Heth’s skirmish lines remained the same. But I will fill in a few more details of the battle shortly, until then enjoy the photos.