Sunday 3 May 2020

Seven Pines Set Up

My next solo game will be a re-fight of the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), the turning point in McClellan’s Peninsular campaign. The battle was fought over a relatively small area so I will be playing on a 4’ x 4’ table that represents 16 square miles of actual terrain.

This is the table looking north - zoom in to read the place names
Fair Oaks Station
The crossroads at Seven Pines (count the pine trees!)
Looking north towards Seven Pines, the Twin Houses are to the left.
Looking southeast along the Nine Mile Road towards Fair Oaks
The Adams House
The Twin Houses - as Mathew Brady might have photographed them
The Hyer House near the Richmond & York River RR (the track is by Irregular Miniatures)

My main reference for the terrain is the map in the Fire & Fury Eastern Battles Scenario Book but I have also dipped into Battles & Leaders of the Civil War (Vol II) and the excellent Time Life Book Forward to Richmond.

Next, I’ll be deploying the troops and finalising the scenario rules.

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