tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post1361093263074473399..comments2023-11-13T19:18:29.280-07:00Comments on Wargames and Stuff: Proportional Gettysburg - Battlefield and ScaleBrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13034997568862879687noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-45952068289989465612013-01-07T09:35:25.387-07:002013-01-07T09:35:25.387-07:00Sweeeeeet!Sweeeeeet!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354526425526645291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-82510694069507676322013-01-06T16:28:18.099-07:002013-01-06T16:28:18.099-07:00Sounds like a plan! We can discuss more at the Fe...Sounds like a plan! We can discuss more at the Feb. game.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034997568862879687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-21157201167109497662013-01-06T09:34:48.224-07:002013-01-06T09:34:48.224-07:00Brent, I am sure you know it is the 150th of Getty...Brent, I am sure you know it is the 150th of Gettysburg...so...let's do this. Sounds like you have enough troops. If not, my armies are slightly larger than yours and Greg has minis too - so, combined - we have more than enough minis (Cav may be an issue, but I can collect some).<br /><br />We could divide and conquer the scenario details...or...you go that path and I'll make any terrain we're missing. Whatever.<br /><br />Thoughts?Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354526425526645291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-512309508804358002012-12-21T10:46:58.535-07:002012-12-21T10:46:58.535-07:00I'll be looking at how to allocate the units i...I'll be looking at how to allocate the units into "Corps/Division" maneuver elements. <br /><br />What do I like most about doing this approach to creating the scenario? Its my scenario and my choice, so I can't be wrong!<br /><br />Brent Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034997568862879687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-19993692189224005962012-12-20T13:29:07.029-07:002012-12-20T13:29:07.029-07:00This seems to me an excellent approach to refighti...This seems to me an excellent approach to refighting historical battles, and (as it were) transforming them into wargames scenarios. I used something similar for my refight about 15 or 20 years ago. But there I looked at the army subdivisions into Corps and divisions. <br /><br />The Union had 7 Army Corps subdivided into 19 Divisions. Although I Corps had 3 Divisions, they were quite small ones, so I'd be inclined (maybe!)to make it the same size as the 2-Div Corps (IIIrd and XIIth). <br /><br />I tend to think of the infantry numbers as about 72,000 Union and 54,000 Confederate give or take - roughly a 4:3 ratio. For the Union that indicates on average, a little over 10,000 per Army Corps (there was a lot of post battle criticism about how reduced these formations had become) and roughly 3800 per division. The CSA Army Corps average out at 18,000 apiece; 6000 per division.<br /><br />Finding the CSA numbers easiest to play with, I'd go 2 (of my 27-figure) units per Div, 6 per Army Corps, 18 for the army. The AotP would then have 24, with I, III, V, and XII Corps receiving 3 units; II, VI and XI receiving 4 each. So small are the Union Divisions as to be subsumed into the Corps as the tactical formation. <br /><br />The first day of Gettysburg would involve 8 CSA units and 6 Union infantry (one of XI Corps's left out), plus a unit of Union cavalry.<br /><br />According to my own system, this would call for about 10 guns on the CSA side, and something like 15 on the Union. This seems excessive to me. Better seems 2 guns integral to each CSA Corps (total 6); and 1 per Union Corps with an army Reserve of 2 more - 9 in all. Arbitrary? Yes. Sort of.<br /><br />Interesting exercise.<br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com