ACW AAR 61 to 65 Rules Fence-Line Defence Variation

[Captain Darling]

Last Monday we played a game of 61 to 65 and used a variation of the Stream Crossing Fence-Line Scenario in which we gave the Yankees two fords across the Stream.

The Yankees crossed the stream quickly while the Southerners occupied the fence-line and the woods on their left, interestingly they left the woods on their right unguarded.

The Union Zouaves moved to the woods on their right and faced up against the Confederates there. A firefight ensued in the woods while another Rebel unit crossed the centre fence-line and joined the combat around the woods. The additional Rebels were pushed back with casualties and the firefight continued in the woods.

The Union Infantry leaving a unit by the ford they crossed pushed the rest of their men hard through the woods to the right of the Rebels defence line which was unoccupied, this advance was screened by skirmishers. The Confederates moved a unit to cover their right and advanced another across the fence-line to attack the advancing Northerners as they moved into the woods. This attack was pushed back with losses and victory was set up as the Yankees assembled to complete their left hook around the Southerners right!

Caught out the Confederates now had a single unit of infantry on their right flank facing three units of Yankees with skirmisher support! The expected ensued and the Rebel unit was overwhelmed and this broke the morale of the Southerners! The grey clad army fled the field of battle leaving it in the hands of the blue bellies!

Our battlefield, the Confederates in the foreground and the Federals are deployed behind the stream in the distance!


The Southerners quickly manned the fence-line and awaited the Union troops.


The final charge a tsunami of blue sweeps around the Confederates right flank breaking them!


There's more about the game on the TSOG Blog, you can check it out here...
https://toysoldiersforoldgits.blogspot.com/2025/03/acw-aar-61-to-65-rules-fence-line.html

Cheers