Pickett's charge AAR2

 On the right wing of Confederate army our players put weak divisions from Hill's corps. 

View from initial positions. On the right - haunting line of col McGilvery Federal guns. 

Thin line of Pettigrew division. In the center of picture, behind the road, we can see Codori farm.

Tiny Lang's brigade on the extreme right of the line, in front of Spangler farm.

Confederate troops cross Emmittsburg road.

Once again, Confederates are breaking Federal lines at Bloody Angle !

High tide of Confederacy at Bloody Angle. Brigades of Marshall and Davis cross the stone wall.

All in vain. Federals counterattack and brigades of Pettigrew division, diminished in numbers, retire across the field.

Pickett's Charge AAR1

 As already told, our Confederate players changed the order of big units - they placed Pickett's division on their left.

Above - Pickett'd soldiers facing Ziegler's farm.

View from Cemetery Hill. Pickett's division in front rank, with Trimble's in the rear. On the left - Bliss' farm in flames.

Confederate column approaches Emmitsburg Road.

Confederates crash into Union defensive lines. 

First line of Federals pushed behind their artillery with general Hays killed (and removed from the table).

High tide of Confederacy - Lowrance's brigade enters Ziegler's groove. 

... and this was all they could afford. Situation just before the retreat, with both divisions heavy diminished in numbers.

Another ACW battle

We prepared another ACW game in our club in Warsaw, Poland. 

Could you recognize it ?

 

Empty battlefield

 

 

Stage is set

A hint (on the left)

 

 

View from different perspective.

Maybe this would help...

Stone house

The Stone House, Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Model by Timecast, painted by my friend, Michal.

It's hard to belive, but this is 10mm scale model !

Fire and Fury

Testing Brigade Fire and Fury. 

Peach Orchard

Cały czas testujemy nasze przepisy do wojny secesyjnej. Poniżej kilka fotek z tych testów - tym razem brzoskwiniowy sad, Gettysburg, 2 lipca. 

We are testing our home rules for ACW. Here you can find some photos taken during test game - this time Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, 2nd of July.

 

 

 

 

28 Iowa

Kolejny pies w mojej kolekcji. Niech was nie zwiedzie zdjecie powyżej. Tam jest pies, tyle że stoi z tyłu, za żołnierzami.
Another dog in my collection. Don't be tricked by the picture above. There is a dog on it. It stays behind the solddiers.

Wszystko opiera się na jednym zdjęciu, zrobionym po wojnie w Des Moines. Widnieje na nim czarno-biały pies, któremu fotograf dorysował dymek zawierający następujące słowa: Jestem psem, który służył w armii z 28 pułkiem piechoty z Iowa. To wszystko. Nie wiemy nawet jak się wabił. Zdjęcie prawdopodobnie zostało zamówione przez żołnierzy, którzy kupowali odbitki na pamiątkę.
All this begins with this photo, taken in Des Moines Iowa. It shows black and white canine, saying: I am the dog that went through the army with the 28th Iowa Infantry. We don't know it's name. Photo was probably taken when the war ended and copies were bought by regiment's former members.

 

W 1864 roku pułk otrzymał 'veteran jackets' - krótkie kurtki z błękitnym wzorem. Pies opiekuje się rannym żołnierzem. Dzięki temu każda figurka w pułku jest inna. 

In 1864 regiment received short 'veteran jackets' with light blue trim. Dog watches a wounded soldier. Every figure has different pose.

Wszystkie figurki Pendrakena (nowe paczki) z nielicznymi wstawkami Magister Militum. 
All figures by Pendraken (new line) with few Magister Militum additions.

Western fellows

Starting my ACW wargaming adventure I learned that Paweł, my wargaming pal has already painted the prettiest Union regiments from the Army of Potomac. Then I decided to do exclusively these regiments that fought in the Western Theather of war. Later, reading books about the war I realised that there was distinct difference between western and eastern soldiers of Federal army.
  
In his excellent book "This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga", Peter Cozzens recals the memories of sergeant of the 4th Texas Infantry, Joseph Polley, whose brigade of veteran Texans arrived from Virginia on the eve of Chickamauga battle to reinforce confederate Army of Tennesee.  As Poley and his comrades began their advance through the woods of Chickamauga passing some wounded soldiers of Army of Tennessee they heared those taunting words:
“them fellers out thar you ar goin’ up again, ain’t none of them blue bellied, white-livered Yanks an’ sassidge-eatin’ forrin hirelins’ you have in Virginny that’ll run quick at the snap of a cap - they are Western fellers, an’ they’ll mighty quick give you a bellyful of fightin.”

So here they are - western fellows.