1st Day of Gettysburg in 3mm at Kublacon

I ran two games of Gettysburg at Kublacon and both went very well and fun was had by all.

The first game was on Saturday afternoon.  It was on a 6x9 foot board with about 700 stands of figures fought using the Volley and Bayonet rules at full scale.  The objectives of the game were control of Gettysburg and Cemetery ridge

Here are the forces involved and the board setup:

The initial union setup with Buford's cavalry division awaiting the Confederate arrival and the 1st division of I Corp moving up in support.

The Confederate brigades of Heth's division advancing on the union with a brigade of cavalry moving to outflank them.

The first attack on the cavalry brigade fails to force the cavalry off the ridge line.

And the union cavalry charge in and force another brigade to rout throwing the confederate advance into confusion.

The union had delayed the confederate advance enough so they fell back on Gettysburg with the infantry moving thru the town to setup a defense north of the town.   But the confederate reinforcements came in at just the right place and was able to catch the union brigade in route march just coming out of the town causing them to rout back.

This is the view of the overall battle just before the union brigade was routed back thru Gettysburg.  The confederates hold the left and bottom and union reinforcements are arriving in the top right.

 

Both sides are getting ready for the battle for the town.

 



 

 

The confederates make the first assault but the union are able to force them out of the town so it is still contested while the union reinforcements threaten the confederate flank.

 

And the union are able to disrupt the confederate forces east of the town and once again were able to destroy the confederate brigades that were trying to take Gettysburg.



 

 

In the next turns both sides setup facing each other in front of Cemetery Hill.

The confederates assaulted both flanks with significant losses to the union included a Corp (Doubleday) and a division commanders lost in the fight.

But they hold as the confederates have no fresh forces to exploit the losses and the union are able to once again defeat a brigade in Gettysburg while XII Corp advances to support the defense.

It is looking desperate for the confederates as the union is forming a solid battle line behind Gettysburg and may be able to retake the town for a complete victory.

But the confederate reinforcements from Anderson's division arrive at just the right time and are able to keep the union from retaking the town thus the battle ended as a draw with a good time had by all.

It took about 2 hours to setup the battle and we were able to fight it to a conclusion in 6 hours with a 30 minute dinner break.   Next up the same battle fought on Sunday but with a different conclusion.