SATURDAY - ACTION IN THE PLATTVILLE VALLEY

(Picture captions will be added when the convention is over.)

ACTION IN THE PLATTVILLE VALLEY

Don Featherstone’s, Action
in the Plattville Valley, 1863
American Civil War
Hosted by: Robert Beattie

Assisted by: Dick Bryant

 Scale: 30mm;
Rules: Don Featherstone’s Horse and Musket

I arrived for my morning game about 10 minutes late and found the game in the first already in progress. I was assigned 2 Union cavalry units,George Custers 6th Illinois and 1st Michigan and told I would be part of the reinforcements.Pictured is a Union General moving his command to seize the town while 2 Rebel units have moved by road across the table and crossed the bridge to a position on the Union side of the river.

A view of the table from the perspective of the game masters at the head of the table.

The table is set out as in the book, chalk river and roads, hills, woods, and town.

A close view of the 2 Rebel units on the road facing the Union entry point

My view of the table from the Union entry point

More Rebs enter the Plattville Valley

My 2 Union cavalry units,

George Custers 6th Illinois and 1st Michigan

Our host Robert Beattie on the left and his able assistant

Dick Bryant on the right