War of Three Fronts ACW - week 2

With illness sweeping through both camps in the Middle Patuxent there was only action in the Upper and Lower valley this week. In both cases the defenders had fallen back and established a camp to regroup, with an attacking force coming on the camp when it was lightly defended. In the Upper valley the Union was attacking and in the lower it was the Confederates.

Upper Patuxent - Union attacking

Confederate camp

The Union advance was somewhat slowed in the early moves by poor motivation but this did allow tome for some preparatory fire that cleared one quadrant of the camp. Both sides moved into position and began some long range fire to weaken the enemy.

  

Confederate reinforcements

As the time ran down the Union put in a few charges that cleared a second quadrant but they were only able to claim one before the end of the game was rolled for, perhaps the only decent dice they had! Despite taking heavy losses the Confederates were able to claim a 3-3 draw. 

Union invade the camp

Lower Patuxent - Confederates attacking

The Confederates were committed were committed to the bayonet in this game with plenty of Aggressive /Poor Shot units in their army.  They pushed forward rapidly but came under intense fire from the camp.

Rebs establish a bridgehead in the Union camp

The Rebs broke into the camp but with Union reinforcements streaming they were thrown back and forced in to a retreat from which they could not recover. It ended a 5-1 win for the Union.

The camp is saved

Strategic Position

With the Union winning both games they have stabilised the position in the Lower valley and established control of the Upper valley. The Confederates maintain the advantage in the Middle valley. 

No one has been promoted, with 20 honour points needed for the first of those