Reworked Order of Battle for Union Forces First Mannassas

Above :Union Infantryman (US public domain image) 

I have completed the Fire and Fury OOB for the confederates using the more detailed stand numbers, artillery types, infantry weapons and different morale system. I am using the percentages for the pick up games charts to determine this "chrome" within the OOB. Time to run my attention to the union.  

I have already determined a date for the battle in the first week of August and opted for D6 + 1. A throw of "4" results in a date of 5 August 1861. A little over 2 weeks from the real event on 21 July 1861. I have already determined with a dice roll that the battle will commence with a Union attack somewhere at 11 am. 

So the union counter Order of Battle begins with the commander  McDowell *** 2-0 who sits on top of  the First  Corps HQ counter. As a *** Corps general McDowell  can command up to 3 divisions using the HQ together with 1 further division all in the same or an adjacent hex (only when using the HQ).  In this case he is stacked directly however with I9, I6, I6, I6. So three fairly average sized divisions of 6,000 men and one oversized division of 9,000 men. The I6 divisions will each have two batteries of artillery and the I9 can have 3 batteries. McDowell will also have a Corps artillery reserve of two batteries. McDowell will not be an exceptional Corps commander. As the Union have a further 17 commanders 10 % of which should be exceptional I will allow them 2 exceptional commanders - one divisional and one brigade commander. I will identify them randomly. 

I have allowed each divisional counter on either side a divisional commander for tabletop purposes only which we can name for now and which will operate under Fire and Fury Rules.

All of the Union troops present will be  Green. The only veteran original counter in the East for the Federals is the I3 for the US regulars in Washington (which might be modelled as 2 x 3-5 on the tabletop. Looking at the actual Order of battle for the Union at Bull Run there were in fact 5 divisions. One had no brigade structures so was a collection of volunteer regiments or battalions as it were and the four organised divisions (First, Second, Third and Fifth Divisions) had 4, 2, 3 and 2 brigades (respectively). I am going to model each I6 counter as 3 brigades. The I9 brigade will have 4 brigades. That gives me 13 units to the confederates 15 (14 infantry brigades in 5 divisions and one cavalry regiment). I think the United States Federal artillery regiments should be experienced. Union artillery was in the main superior to confederate artillery throughout the war and certainly in equipment. 

IHeintzelmen is currently in the West chasing Price across Missouri so if we used the 4 remaining historical Divisional commanders from Bull Run these will be Tyler, Hunter, Runyon and Miles.  I will fill out some colour and background for each of these divisional commanders as I assemble them the stands for the tabletop. Some familiar household names will appear as Brigade Commanders the war commences.

Union Army of Northeastern Virginia (effectively a Corps organisation under the rules) 

McDowell - *** Corps Commander 

Artillery Reserve (Maj.  William Barry) 1st United States Artillery Battery 1 (HR) Exp Battery 2 (LR) Exp

First Division - Brigadier General Tyler  

First Brigade (Col. Erasmus Keyes) 1st, 2nd 3rd Connecticut & 2nd Maine (12/9/6) (MM) Grn

Second Brigade (BG Robert Schenck 2nd NY Militia, 1st and 2nd Ohio (9/7/5) (RM) Grn

Third Brigade (Col William T Sherman) 13, 69, 79 NY and 2nd Wisconsin (13/10/7) (RM) Grn

Fourth Brigade (Col Israel Richardson) 1st Mass, 2nd & 3rd Michigan, 12th NY (11/9/6) (RM) Grn   

Divisional Artillery Brigade (Col Romeyn Ayres) 3rd United States Artillery Battery 1 (LR) Exp Battery 2 (LR) Exp  Battery 3 Exp (RS)

Second Division - Colonel David Hunter  

First Brigade (Col. Andrew Porter) 8,14 and 27 (10/8/5) (RM) Grn 

Second Brigade (Col Hobart Ward) 1st 4th Michigan, 11th NY (MM) (9/7/5) Grn

Third Brigade  (Col William B Franklin) 5th, 11th Massachusetts, 1st Minnesota and 4th Pennsylvania (11/9/6) (MM) Grn

Brookwards NY Artillery Brigade (Col Brookward) Battery 1 (SB) Grn Battery 2 (RS) Grn

Third Division - BG Theodore Runyan E (exceptional) 

First Brigade (Col Orlando Wilcox) 1st, 2nd 3rd New Jersey & 41st NY ((10/8/5) (MM) Grn 

Second Brigade (Col Ambrose Burnside) 2nd New Hampshire, 1 and 2 Rhode Island (9/7/5) (RM) Grn 

Third Brigade (Col Oliver Howard) 3rd, 4th, 5th Maine & 2nd Vermont (RM) (11/9/6) Grn 

Rhode Island Artillery (Col William Reynolds) Battery 1 (NP) Grn Battery 2 (NP )

Fourth Division - Colonel Dixon Miles  

Above : Colonel Dixon Miles at Harper's Ferry  (see attribution at site footer) 

First Brigade (Col Louis Blenker) E (exceptional) 8, 29, 39 NY 27th Pennsylvania (9/7/5) (MM) Grn

Second Brigade (Col Thomas Davies) 16, 18,  71 NY  (11/9/6) (RM) Grn 

Third Brigade (Col Calvin Pratt) 31, 32, 38 th NY (10/8/5) Grn (SB)

Divisional Artillery Brigade (Col Charles Griffin) 5th United States Artillery Battery 1 Exp (NP) Battery 2 Exp (LR) 

My next post will be on the creation of the house tabletop which I am going to have to resize to Fire and Fury from my original plans. 

See you in hell Billy Yank ! See you in Hell Johnny Reb !