Pages

▼
Saturday, 6 April 2024

Confederate Order of Battle for the Campaign First Manassas

›
  I have not managed to post at all on this website since before Xmas. Life has got away from me a little bit with my parents who are unwell...
Monday, 4 December 2023

Union Order of Battle for First Manassas or Bull Run

›
I am back into planning mode for the next tabletop encounter in my American Civil War Campaign. Above I have laid out the counters for the u...
Saturday, 2 December 2023

Week 1 August 1861 (Union Turn) - First Major Clash in the East

›
  Above : Henry Halleck ( see site footer )  " I will not attempt to hamper you with any minute instructions" Henry Halleck to Joh...
Thursday, 9 November 2023

Strategic Turn August 1861 - Missouri Joins the Confederacy !

›
"All we ask is to be let alone" Jefferson Davis  ( above Confederate cabinet - see site footer )  Housekeeping time.  I am really ...
Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Week 4 July 1861 - The Union Invests Cairo Illinois

›
  Above : River Boats landing Troops at Cairo Illinois from Harpers Weekly - June 1861 ( see site footer ) Chit Draw The Confederates elect ...

Week 3 July 1861 - McLennan Moves West

›
  "Up Alabamians !" General Bee at Bull Run 21st July 1861 ( see site footer)  Towards the end of the second week of July McDowell...
Monday, 6 November 2023

Week 2 July 1861 - McDowell Crosses the Potomac

›
  "Colonel there is no use dodging. When you hear them they have passed"   Joseph E. Johnson to a flinching Colonel on the Peninsu...