| Larry Gettysburg Soldiers | 13 Mar 2023 7:53 a.m. PST |
Gettysburg Soldiers will be running games at Daycon in Dayton Ohio March 31- April 1.
This is an HMGS-Great Lakes event Link: daycongaming.com
The scenario will be Grierson's Raid on Newton, Mississippi. which inspired the John Wayne movie "The Horse Soldiers" .
The game scenario will be a compilation of events that occurred during the actual raid by Grierson's Union Cavalry through Mississippi in 1863. Here's an example:
Grierson had to charge across Wall's Bridge on the Tickfaw River to reach Baton Rouge… MOVIE VERSION:
WARGAME VERSION
ACTUAL SITE TODAY WITH MODERN BRIDGE:
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79thPA  | 13 Mar 2023 9:59 a.m. PST |
Unfortunately, I can't make it this year due to family obligations. Have fun. |
| Perris0707 | 13 Mar 2023 10:49 a.m. PST |
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| Larry Gettysburg Soldiers | 13 Mar 2023 12:12 p.m. PST |
Wall's Bridge across the Tickfaw River.
Find it today on Rt 584 outside Gillsburg MS (near the Mississippi-Louisiana border) |
| Larry Gettysburg Soldiers | 13 Mar 2023 1:18 p.m. PST |
The distant end of the bridge still has flowing water (can't be seen in this pic). During Spring floods this is sometimes all water beneath. But your observation is correct, the Tickfaw is fordable at many places, so the bridge was not strategic. |
| epturner | 13 Mar 2023 1:28 p.m. PST |
Good stuff. And I love your rules, too. Eric |
| CHRIS DODSON | 04 Apr 2023 12:38 a.m. PST |
Very nice terrain on display, especially for a wargame. Best wishes, Chris |
| Robinson | 10 Apr 2023 10:41 a.m. PST |
I played Larry's Grierson's Raid at DayCon. We had a good time (aided, no doubt, by being on the winning side!). Larry's figures are beautiful and his rules very playable. Thanks, Larry. See you at Advance the Colors! |
| Ammianus | 15 Aug 2023 10:34 a.m. PST |
Good read: The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi
by Timothy B. Smith |
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