Monday, December 10, 2018

Battle of Kernstown 1862 - Black Powder American Civil War Game



Initial deployment


Union brigades of Brodhead, Sullivan and Kimball


Side view of the table


Confederate forces arrive on the table and the cavalry charge


Confederate left flank


Union cavalry over run Confederate artillery


Union cavalry retreat


Confederate left flank advances



Last Sunday down at the Vikings Club, Craig, Gary and I played an American Civil War, Black Powder game, the Battle of Kernstown 1862. This scenario was straight out of the second edition Black Powder rules (pp.170-175 ). Gary was the Confederate commander, Stonewall Jackson, while Craig commanded the Union brigades under Kimball and Tyler and I commanded those under Sullivan and Brodhead. This turned out to be a decisive victory for the Confederates and the Union brigades of Brodhead, Sullivan and Kinball were all broken in turn.




Confederate right flank reforms



Confederate left flank closes in on Pritchard's Hill



Fire fight on Confederate right flank 


Tyler's brigade arrives on the Union right flank


Confederates close on Pritchard's Hill and Sullivan's brigade retreats broken


Kimball's brigade on Pritchard's Hill is broken


Confederate left flank holds on

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10 comments:

  1. Michal DwarfCryptDecember 10, 2018 at 3:26 PM

    What a great looking battle!

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  2. CyrusDecember 10, 2018 at 4:42 PM

    Thanks Michal, it was an easy victory for the Confederates.

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  3. caveadsum1471December 10, 2018 at 8:09 PM

    Lovely looking game, you really need a whole lot of fencing and buildings for an ACW game to look right and this certainly does!
    Best Iain

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    1. CyrusDecember 11, 2018 at 7:54 AM

      Thanks Iain, you do - all the Perry plastic buildings and fencing are really handy.

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  4. DeanMDecember 11, 2018 at 1:10 AM

    Great looking game - terrain and troops look excellent. Hope you all enjoyed the rules too.

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    1. CyrusDecember 11, 2018 at 7:57 AM

      Thanks Dean, it was fun to play an ACW game, we don't play them that often.

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  5. Jonathan FreitagDecember 12, 2018 at 9:14 AM

    Excellent! Kernstown provides a good situation for a small action.

    I like your table set up and BatRep.

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    1. CyrusDecember 12, 2018 at 9:42 AM

      Thanks Jonathan, most of the ACW figures are Craig's, I'd like to try Regimental or Brigade Fire and Fury.

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  6. PrufrockDecember 12, 2018 at 6:38 PM

    Looks good!

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    1. CyrusDecember 13, 2018 at 8:18 AM

      Thanks Aaron, I'm keen to paint some ACW for Rebels and Patriots which is being released next month.

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