Today marked the beginning of our official 1862 campaign season commemorating the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. Mike L. and myself are planning on working our way through On to Richmond and Stonewall in the Valley over the next few months. We started right at the beginning of On To Richmond with Scenario 1: The Warwick Line. This scenario supposes that McClellan acted against form and pushed hard against Magruder's river defense line far down the Peninsula in early April 1862. The Union is given 3 days of clear weather to break into the Confederate lines and clear out the various forts and redoubts. We selected sides randomly and I drew the South.
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| Opening Positions |
Mike opened on the first day by pushing toward White House and breaking into the redoubt line around the Wynn's Mill location. Limited Confederate counterattacks managed to prevent any further attacks along the line. Day two saw the North push farther south down the redoubt line but were held up at Monson House and were blocked from any moves west by growing Southern reinforcements. Day 3 saw the north clear the redoubt line all the way to Skill's Creek to the south but without strength to push on to Mulberry Pt. The balance of the Union army concentrated on Yorktown but were thwarted by Magruder's stalwart defenders, winning a combination of five separate Union assaults. While the Union army did manage to clear the redoubt line, they took far too many casualties, nearly a 3:1 ratio, which resulted in a Decisive Victory for the South.
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| Final Positions |
