Sickles' salient, Gettysburg day 2. Rematch

 Our rematch of this game was played out at one of the player's homes, with him leaving his co command of the confederate forces to umpire. The previous umpire joined me in commanding the union troops.

We extended the table slightly to include the Round Tops and added troops accordingly.

The confederate commander on this occasion decided to completely ignore the peach orchard and instead swung his whole force on a wide sweeping advance to his right to fall upon the Devils Den and then the Round Tops. His left flank turned to form a holding line along the Plum Run stream to hold back my troops now having to reorientate to apply pressure out of the left flanks of the Peach Orchard and Wheat Field.

Opening positions

Left flank of my command in the Peach Orchard and Wheat field

My command area.

My right flank along the Emmitsburg road

I'm forced to redeploy as the confederates swing right.

Confederates rear turn to block me whilst their main attack goes in.

More redeployment of my troops.

Confederate attack on the Union left begins.

View from behind Devils Den.

Rebels close in.

Devils Den falls to the Confederates

Union centre turns to form a new defensive front.

Union left under intense pressure.

Union reinforcements arrive to try and shore up the left flank.

Union troops on Little Round Top

Stand-off across Plum Run stream.

Attacking the confederate rear guard.

Corner of the Wheat field

Confederates swarm up the slopes of Round Top

Confederates push on to Little Round Top

With Round Top in rebel hands Little Round Top comes under intense pressure.

What can I say about this game? The confederate player did something we weren't expecting and then had such a run with his dice rolls that both sides checked them for "issues". No matter what my co commander on our left flank, and to a slightly lesser extent myself, tried to do he always got the better of us and rolled up the union flank with seeming ease.

Despite this it was a great day's gaming with a very nice lunch thrown in by our host's very understanding wife.