"Battle of Ringgold Gap, GA Nov. 27, 1863 PHOTOS !!!! " Topic

Mike Randles held high carnival at Uncle Bob's in Columbia TN. He had about 10 of us playing Regimental Fire and Fury doing the Battle of Ringgold Gap near Dalton, Georgia November 27, 1863. The confederates deployed hidden under numbered poker chips. The union couldn't see them until within 8 inches or the rebs fired. It was very much an historical result. We had a hell of a time. I drove down from Nashville with fellow attorney David Raybin who commanded a brigade of confederates. Uncle Bob was Cleburne and acted the part. Mike even had hats and pistols for us ! As usual I flung some dice and took some photos and was assigned a command where I could do no harm. A cracking good time ~ Here is the actual battle:
The disastrous Confederate rout at Missionary Ridge on November 25 forced the Army of Tennessee to retreat into northwest Georgia. The army soon came upon the mountain pass known as the Ringgold Gap. To give time for his artillery and wagon trains to get through the gap, Confederate General Braxton Bragg decided to send Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne to defend the pass from the Union army. After holding his position for five hours, Cleburne was ordered about noon to start falling back towards the main Confederate army. Leaving skirmishers along his front to hide his withdrawal, he pulled back from the gap about 2 p.m. and burned the bridge on the eastern side of the gap. Cleburne had lost 20 killed and 201 wounded during the battle. Grant arrived near the gap at this time and, due to the scattered position of his army, decided to return to Chattanooga; no further Union pursuit was organized. Union casualties totaled 509 killed and wounded. Although Hooker was severely criticized for his conduct of the battle by Union Assistant Secretary of War Dana and several of Hooker's men, Grant choose to retain Hooker temporarily.
HERE IS THE PHOTOBUCKET LINK TO ALL THE PICTURES --
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and here are a few below:

AND here is Bob Duncan pretending to be surrendering with David Raybin behind him with the period pistol

AND here are some of the Union commanders not at all impressed

GREAT FUN !!!!!

Fantastic!

Hey, don't suppose you could share the scenario?

Sounds like Hooker got a bloody nose again. Just curious, were your casualties close to historical?

Ya'll look like a fun group, and having fun enjoying a great game!

Thanks for the posting.

Casualties were heavy for the Union. The rebels outpaced us almost two to one in lost stands (we rolled a fair amount of 1's). The lead Union Division was shot up pretty badly. We could have waited for our trailing division to come up before we got into the rebels, but, we also didn't have a good feel for where the rebels were deployed. Plan was to screen on the right and push first in the center with the left brigade of the lead division. The follow on division could then push up behind the center and have the option to cover the left flank of the lead Division. When we started to locate the rebels, the engagement grew heated very quickly. The rebels put their ammunition resupply point fairly forward behind the center of the line which helped to keep them firing. By the time the trail Union division had moved up and deployed the battle was sealed, they were able to add some long range firepower and intimidate a rebel threat to the Union left flank that saw the rebels retire back to the top of the ridge. Heavy fire by Lowery's troops in the center (lots of 9's rolled) and a steady volume of fire from the rebels in the gap just tore holes in the Union ranks.

great stuff!

Nicely done!

Well Done!

I like the look of the mountains under the felt. I anticipate my Pigeon Hill scenario for Kennesaw will look very similar on the table as far as a high mountain is concerned.

Looks like a great game and a fun time by all!