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Monday 8 July 2019

ACW - The Union VI Corps (FA#12)

   1st Division, 1st Brigade's 1st New Jersey.
To face my Confederate Corps, I have the Union Army of the Potomac's VI Corps, chosen simply because their 3rd Division Commander was my surname's namesake - Newton!
Little did I know at the time that it turned out to be the largest Corps in said Army, consisting of 3 Divisions, rather than the usual two to a Corp, with each Division having three brigades, each of four Regiments, making a force of some 36 regiments.
The entire 1st Brigade, of the st Division
As per my Confederates, the entire Corps is a mix of figures from many manufacturers including Irregular, Skytrex, Stone Mountain and Old Glory. All are 15mms and at this 'scale' differences in sizes are minimal.
Unlike the  Confederates, my Union force has two figures to represent the Brigade command as well as the Divisional Command.

Divisional flag (3rd iirc) with a Brigade pennant.
The Union Forces had flags for each Brigade, coloured according to the Division and Brigade, with the Corp emblem. Sadly only a few of my Brigade pennants have survived the many years of play, their flimsy lead flagstaff proving inadequate. There are a few that did survive though and if iirc they're all "Irregular Minis" that have more robust casts.
Divisional flags are square standards, whilst the Brigade  flags are triangular pennants.
The photograph on the right shows many of the pennant now awol from their bearers.

Again, Corps command with Swallow tailed guidon.

Corps command
Again, Corps command with Swallow tailed guidon.
Like the Confederate forces, the Union gunners are individually based  and many could easily be used as civilians too (note the chap in the front centre right of the photograph to the left.
The Union Corps generally have 1 artillery battery to a brigade plus reserve artillery.


62NY (Iirc)
As the Union artillery is identical in most respects to the Confederate ones, artillery is inter-changeable and I reckon most of the Union artillery has been mixed with my Confederate forces.
Unlike a lot of gamers I didn't "cherry-pick" the more interesting Union (or confederate) units, eg. Berdan's Sharpshooters, Rush's Lancers etc. Though my Corps did have a few welcome diversions from the Dark blue tunic and sky-blue trousers of the majority., namely two Zouave regiments, the 95th PA and the 62nd NY.
95thPA, with two of my broken Colours (I don;t know which their's is)
Another "interesting" unit - it has dark blue trousers ! (I'm easily pleased)
All the Union casualty figures that were in the drawer !
Possibly a Cavalry Brigade Commander
With only two casualty figures present, the Union casualties must be elsewhere, but there was a random commander figure, probably someone well-known that I have now completely forgotten to the passage of time.










Here's the whole drawer of my Union Forces
The five remaining trays of my ACW forces !

 I still have five trays that afaik contain more of my ACW collection, Cavalry (almost certainly), the union casualties (hopefully) and all the many wagons  that have to be somewhere !


 In other News:

I seemed to have found some enthusiasm for the hobby once more (had to happen sometime) , but I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a battle or aar report anytime soon.
I've simply been re-visiting my rules for Adventuring in Jimland, trying to finish off the various rule ideas that I thought were either missing, needed or I think would add to the game. 
 I've added a couple of new Explorer skill types - Trader and Ethnologist and I'm still working on a third (Journalist and/or Photographer); rules for Wagons, canoes, water, ammunition (still to be finalised) and new posts - Trading, Mission and Hospital. Any suggestions for Native tribe names would also be appreciated - I have over two dozen - mostly very silly and juvenile - and would like to double that number ! As I've written in my new rules "Who wouldn't like to discover the Umiguli tribe of Pygmies ?"
If this newly found enthusiasm keeps going then it may be that I'll be returning to Jimland !

That's it then for this week, thanks for visiting and I hope that there was something of interest and of course your comments, as always, are both welcomed and appreciated.


22 comments:

  1. Bwana has been busy! Waiting for more adventures in Jim Land.

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    1. Thanks Jay, I wouldn'thold your breath, there's a lot of preparation needed (such as making room for a game !

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    2. Yeah. That might have a serious impact on your nap time.

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    3. If only the demand of grand-parenting allowed for nap-times!

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  2. Another splendid force Joe. Also thrilled to hear that you might be returning to Jimland soon.

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    1. Thanks Michael, I was quite surprised too at how many bayonets have survived/.
      Jimland preparation isnow underway.

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  3. Cracking army Joe & happy to hear you've gotten some hobby mojo back :)

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    1. Thanks Frank, I like all my ACW forces, they've served well over the years and in many, many games.
      It has taken me a long time to realise what had goneamiss and I'm now in the process of correcting it.

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    2. That sounds very philosophical, is goneamiss really a word or did you make it up.
      I'm enjoying your tales of old armies and seeing your history as a wargames, but I feel it's a shame you are not still moving forward in your hobby but sometimes we all pause for thought.
      It would be nice to hear more of Jimland but as I said I'm also enjoying your current topics.

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    3. Thanks Vagabond, 'gone amiss' (damn my stubby little fingers) or 'went awry' if you prefer, but I did work out how and when I stopped being enthusiastic for this hobby.
      As for moving forward in the hobby, I feel I am, just at a snail's pace.
      This last six months has had a few good moments of nostalgia as I've posted about buildings and amrmies that haven't been used for years.
      Jimland is definetly on the cards as it's one of the few games I've played solo, but Palaeo Diet will also get a re-run.

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  4. Nice looking infantry...and flags!

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    1. Thanks Phil, I'm a bit surprised at the fragility of some of flags though and likewise the robustness of others.

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    1. Thansk you Michal, they''re a bit battered, but still serviceable enough for a game.

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  6. Super looking union force! Good to hear Jimland is back on the cards and enthusiasm (however limited) has been reignited!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain, the ACW has been and always will be one of my favourite wargaming periods and Jimland is certainly on the not too distant horizon to make a come-back.

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  7. Glad your Mojo has returned Joe and I too am looking forward to your continuing adventures in Jimland.

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    1. Thanks MJT, I'm too am looking forward to returning to Jimland and I'm currently making steps to this end, slowly but surely.

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  8. Another great find Joe! Really happy to hear you've found your hobby "mojo" again 😃 I'm heading off to Historicon shortly in search of my own - fingers crossed it's there!

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    1. Thanks Ivor, I slowly getting there and I reckon we all go through these periods from time to time.

      I hope Historicon recharges your batteries, I'm sure it would mine.

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  9. Yet another terrific feature Joe, and I hope we get to see the contents of those five trays :-)
    The best part of this post for me though is to read that these retrospectives have resulted in you moving forward again.
    It doesn't matter HOW slowly, the fact that your enthusiasm IS returning is music to my ears! Good on yer buddy :-)

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    1. Thanks TWA, the 5 trays are all on the agenda for next week's post - I'm looking forward to seeing what's in them too!
      My enthusiasm has been returning, now my mind-set has sorted itself out. Jimland is definetly on the cards and my efforts to sort out new rules is nearing completion.

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