The Battle Of Sunshine Church, 7/31/1864: The Setup

[kipt]

This is the setup for the Battle of Sunshine Church, July 31, 1864.  The scenario is from "Atlanta Besieged: Regimental Wargame Scenarios for the Atlanta Campaign: July 1864" by Brad Butkovitch.  It will be played using "Regimental Fire and Fury" by Rich Hasenaur.

The scenario is the Union cavalry division under General Stoneman attempting to return to the Union lines after a raid into Georgia.  He tried to release Union prisoners at Andersonville but did not make it that far.  His 3 small brigades are very tired.  Unfortunately as he was moving north past Sunshine Church, he found rebels across his line of retreat behind breastworks.  The Confederates also have 3 small cavalry brigades with 2 sections of guns.

All the troops on both sides start dismounted, but can mount at any time.  But as can be seen, the terrain is covered with light woods and rolling hills with only a few patches of clear grassland.

This is Sunshine church.


This is a view of the field from the west looking east.


Here is the Union left flank.


On to the far right flank.


The Union needs to exit the road to the north, bringing their supply wagons which have already issued all their ammunition.


This is the Confederate right flank, behind the breastworks.


The Confederate center


And the left.


This is a small battle and my friend Didier and myself will fight it out next Saturday, June 1st.  Report to follow.

[Steve J]

Great looking table and an interesting scenario for sure, so look forward to seeing how it played out .

[Roy]

Looks good and sounds like it'll be an interesting game.

[Techno 3]

Fine looking table ! 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb looking game. Good luck all

[fsn]

Anything with horse holders and supply waggons is to be commended.