ZOUAVES STORM the Confederate EARTHWORKS!

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BY SWORDS AND BAYONETS - BATTLE OF BIG BETHEL - June 1861 - 9:00am TURN 1 GREAT BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - GBACW Opposed playthrough using Vassal PBeM and me going through the log files and narrating the action. Union - Yours Truly Confederates - Stacey Going through the rules in fair amount of detail. ENJOY!! Big Bethel, June 10, 1861: Shortly after the onset of hostilities at Fort Sumter, the Union sought to quickly subdue the rebellion. Maj. General Benjamin Butler was dispatched to Fort Monroe, at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula with a force of mostly untested volunteers and an eye towards taking Yorktown. Standing in his way was an equally motley but highly motivated force under “Prince” John B. Magruder. Butler devised an overly ornate, complicated plan to fall upon a hastily constructed strongpoint built upon the banks of swollen Wythe Creek (which he did not even bother to lead into the field himself). After a pre-dawn friendly fire incident sapped the strength of their most veteran infantry unit, the two-brigade Union force pressed on and dashed itself against the dug-in Confederate force at Big Bethel. They were repulsed and driven back south to their camps at Hampton Roads and Newport News. Wargames old and new. Throw in some board games, card games and the occasional roleplaying game. I play most games solo though some are opposed Playthroughs. The games are also explained, discussed and reviewed. #Wargames #Board Games #Play Throughs #Reviews #Wargame Musings