| Mexican War: |
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| Palo
Alto 8th May 1846 |
War
with Mexico! First clash of
the Mexican War along the Rio Grande between the forces of the United States and
the Republic of Mexico. |
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American Civil War: |
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| First
Manassas - 21st July 1861 |
In
July 1861 Confederate and Union forces clash along the banks of the
Bull Run Stream. Both armies contain large numbers of new recruits
in what may seem a very small battle in Volley & Bayonet terms.
The battle however makes for an excellent balanced game. The order
of battle for all forces in the area can be found here. |
| Pea Ridge
7th - 8th March
1862 |
By the end of 1861, the Confederates had been driven out of Missouri
and the Union Army pressed south across into Arkansas. Van Dorn’s Confederate Army of
17,000 men marched for three days consuming all its rations, and caught up with the Union
Army at Pea Ridge. |
| Cedar
Mountain 9th August
1862 |
Jackson assembled at Gordonsville and by the 1st of
August had an army of 24,000 men which was his largest individual command to date. Aware
of Lee’s hopes that Popes army may be defeated before it was assembled Jackson
advanced on Culpeper, where several roads merged and which Jackson believed to be Popes
assembly point. |
| Perryville 8th October 1862
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While Lee moved on 2nd Bull Run and hence on to Antietam in the east, Bragg invaded
Kentucky in the west. The campaign ended at the battle of Perryville, where Confederate
forces fall on parts of the Union army under Buell, the result however was the end of the
Confederate invasion of Kentucky. This is a very small scenario which is only suitable as
an introductory game. |
| American Civil War Campaign
|
A
complete and revised set of campaign rules and map which allows the refighting of the entire
American Civil War at the normal scale of the V&B rule system. Also on line is a FAQ list for the camapign. Also
on line is a local version of the
campaign with a series of battle maps. |
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American Indian Wars: |
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| Tippecanoe,
7th November 1811 |
On the banks of the Wabash near the Native American settlement of Tippecanoe, American forces carried out what the modern day world would view as a "preemptive strike". When the smoke cleared that morning, one of the major casualties of that action was death of an even younger Native American nation. |
| Little
Bighorn June 25th 1876
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Custer's
famous last stand. A series of skirmishes by the U.S. cavalry
against what they think are scattered parties of Indians defending a
village turns into "Yellow Hair's" worst nightmare as he
finds his 613 cavalry and civilians split into several small bodies
facing about 2000 Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. An event that has
shaped the American psyche. |
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