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Sunday, September 11, 2022

The Battle of Powell River

 Ladies and gentlemen, we have some results.  If you have fought the Battle of Powell River, make sure to post a link in the comments.  I'm going to throw a video up on Friday the 16th, so I need them in by Thrsday.  Here are the ones I've got so far, in no particular order:

Napoleon 1066 brings those of us that have access to Facebook this account of the action.  (I don't have access to Facebook at the moment, so I'm going to have to punt until I can figure out a back-door means of peeking at his account.  We're off to a great start, aren't we?)

Hazdrubal offers this fight on his eponymous blog, using Rebels and Patriots.  He allowed the Orphans to steal into a little copse of trees near the Powell River, to burst out upon the Jonesville invaders to good effect.  For the first time in the campaign, we see an effective use of cannons, as multiple duels lead to some punishing results.  The fight proves bloody and a close-run affair that results in a collapse of the Kingsport forces after some vicious fighting.  Knoxville cannot afford victories like this one!  Go check it out.

The Orphans getting there a day early helps
them make up for a lack of numbers.

Belloc of Poitiers brings us this account over on the tweet machine.  He uses 2mm figures, a man after me own heart, and Ian Kay's Pike and Shot Rule Box, to present an evenly matched fight where defense is the order of the day.  In a straight ahead fight, the Kingsportians are unable to crack the Knoxville line, and retreat after suffering only slightly heavier casualties.  Due to a mix-up on one flank thanks to some overly enthusiastic cannoneers, however, the Jones' Army loses a full battery of guns.  That will cost them dearly in future engagements.


Hex 2 Hex, and McMurray bring us a little slice of ACW action in live and living color with this video report:


Major O'Malley mixes things up a bit.  Instead of running the battle as gently suggested on the channel, he ran a Solo Wargaming Guide style matched tactics.  In this case, the Orphans and Knoxville horse race ahead of the main Army of the Pines to secure Parkey Gap, three miles east of the usual battlefield, to very good effect.  Using The Men Who Would Be Kings, he finds that the Orphans are enough to plug the gap and prevent any further incursions by the Kingsportians.


3 comments:

  1. Outstanding!
    I'll be digging in to these tonight.

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  2. https://refactoringmybrain.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-battle-of-powel-river.html

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    1. Got it! I'll have a post in a day or so with yours and any other stragglers that wander in.

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