BIF in the Early ACW?

[Atheling]

I wonder.......

The ACW is not really my 'bag' but this new BIF Perry releases have got me wondering, how the 'professionalism' most of the BIF would compare to the quickly formed units of the Yanks in the early ACW?

Sounds like an obvious question but......

Darrell.

[Lowtardog]

I tinkered with it a good few years ago but was planning a french intervention army from mexico. Fire and fury rules was the game I was planning to use. From memory I think it was likely a rather one sided afair but numbers would tell

[Lowtardog]

Heres a canny article
http://www.wfgamers.org.uk/resources/C19/britacw.htm

[Atheling]

Heres a canny article
http://www.wfgamers.org.uk/resources/C19/britacw.htm

Thanks matey, very informative and my club (that I  haven't been to for ages!) uses Fire and Fury so you may just be responsible for me forking out more cash by showing me the link to that article! 

Darrell

[Lowtardog]

Hehe, many years ago I took the oob for war in mexico so had plans for french foreign legion and egyptians etc fighting the yankees

[Atheling]

Hehe, many years ago I took the oob for war in mexico so had plans for french foreign legion and egyptians etc fighting the yankees

You don't hold back do you? 

Darrell.

PS. Which club are you in matey?

[Lowtardog]

None now tend to game with paleskin, but used to game regulary down in tring hertfordshire, a good club

[Atheling]

None now tend to game with paleskin, but used to game regulary down in tring hertfordshire, a good club

Have I met Paleskin? 

Darrell.

[Lowtardog]

You might have owns rogue minis dodgy geezer

[Atheling]

You might have owns rogue minis dodgy geezer

Not sure..... I'm all prim and proper don't you know 

Darrell.

[huevans]

Heres a canny article
http://www.wfgamers.org.uk/resources/C19/britacw.htm

The interesting question is how long official doctrine would have lasted in the face of harsh reality. I would not have expected the mounted cavalry charge to have remained a useful tactic beyond the first few weeks.

The line-based British infantry tactics might have been effective; but the French attack in column sounds like a recipe for disaster.

[Pictors Studio]

It isn't really the same thing, but it is the same time frame.  The British intervened in the Tai Ping Rebellion at the time the ACW was going on.  If you have a look at how some of the forces there fought it might be instructive.

Now the Tai Ping, with matchlock muskets, are going to be a different game to Union infantry with rifled muskets so the comparison will be a little wonky but there probably is some information to be gained.