I'm playing through the Brawner's Farm scenario from the Regimental Fire and Fury scenario book, Volume I.
By the way, Volume II is due out in September. I'm really looking forward to it. The team behind the rules always put out top notch products.
I decided to play the Brawner's Farm scenario because the actual engagement- part of the Second Manasas campaign- took place on August 28, 1862. So I'm only a few days off the anniversary.
I tried to recreate the terrain depicted in the map. It's usually difficult because the RFF ( Regimental Fire &Fury) maps always include a lot of elevations that are difficult to produce on a wargames table. These aren't the typical wargames hills that just erupt out of nowhere in the middle of flat terrain but rather large elevated areas. Anyway, I think I was able to create a reasonable facsimile even if every detail isn't correct.
Some photos of the layout and initial dispositions:
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This action involved an attack by the Stonewall Brigade against the Iron Brigade. The Rebels surprised the Union troops as they were marching down the Warrenton Turnpike to join the rest of the army. It was the first major engagement for the Midwesterners (they hadn't been on the Peninsula with the Army of the Potomac) and they held their own, even though outnumbered.
Here are the initial troop dispositions. The scenario starts with the 2nd Wisconsin in musket range of the enemy:
Three crack regiments from the Stonewall brigade start in the orchard next to the farm. They immediately sprung to the attack. As the Rebels approached close range fire from the 2nd Wis and long range fire from Reynold's battery of Rifles caused heavy casualties and disordered two of the Confederate regiments. ( I rolled two 10's for the Union fire- i always seem to roll a lot of 10's and 1's when playing RFF, far more than the odds would suggest)
The Stonewall brigade returned fire on the 2nd Wis, but as two of the firing regiments were disordered, it was ineffective (plus I rolled a "1" - like I said, i roll lots of 1's and 10's playing RFF).
