"Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro)" Topic
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Tango01  | 12 Mar 2025 4:58 p.m. PST |
"We decided that for our next ACW wargame, we wanted to do one of the lesser known "western" battles (i.e., not Shiloh or Chickamauga). We settled on Stones River, a battle about which none of us knew very much. The principal fighting took place on the last day of 1862, on hilly terrain near the geographical center of Tennessee. And I learned once I started reading that Stones River was in fact, proportionately, the bloodiest battle of the entire Civil War, with both sides taking over 30% of their total forces in casualties. Since it will be my turn to host again, I've been working on the table for the game, and I thought I might share some images. The primary battlefield was actually west of Stones River, across the river from Murfreesboro. I'm nearly done with the table, though the game itself won't take place for a while…"
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ScottWashburn  | 13 Mar 2025 7:36 a.m. PST |
Nicely done! I like the wintery looking brush. Good luck with the game! |
| donlowry | 13 Mar 2025 9:25 a.m. PST |
Very nice terrain. Scale? |
| Shagnasty | 13 Mar 2025 12:28 p.m. PST |
Great choice. It was a nip and tuck battle and could have gone either way. I've put it on several times with a proportional TO and have great fun, When visiting the battlefield I found that there is a lot of stone under the surface of the earth as well as in the river! Your set up is very nice and properly wintry. |
| Tortorella | 13 Mar 2025 2:42 p.m. PST |
Great looking table and interesting choice, with the river so prominent.i have not paid enough attention to the western battles for gaming. Shag, I envy you making that trip. I love the American heritage map of this one. |
| Tango01 | 13 Mar 2025 3:50 p.m. PST |
Happy you like it boys…
Armand
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 KimRYoung | 13 Mar 2025 6:53 p.m. PST |
One of my favorite battles, have played it many times and run convention games of it. Been to the Battlefield multiple times and was there one weekend when they where doing live firing of artillery! Kim |
| Tango01 | 14 Mar 2025 3:31 p.m. PST |
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| 35thOVI | 14 Mar 2025 5:56 p.m. PST |
Did living history there once. Group used to do it yearly for a while. I only made it once. Of the western fields, I liked doing living history at Chickamauga the best. Set up on Snodgrass hill the most, but also Kelly Field once. |
| Tango01 | 15 Mar 2025 4:04 p.m. PST |
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