For those of you who have been following my refight of the Cowpens -Guilford Courthouse Campaign, many thanks. It has been fun and entertaining for me and has surprisingly copied the historical campaign. The American army in the first battle won a decisive victory. This mimicked the results of the Battle of Cowpens. Cornwallis, infuriated with the result gathered his field force to chase down Morgan and Greene. In the second battle the British easily brushed aside the poorer quality American forces guarding the river crossing. Again a very historical result.
During that battle the Guard's Light Infantry company, 1/Guard and the 23rd all suffered casualties which will be carried over to the next battle. The North Carolina militia have thrown in the towel and are going home; but additional regiments of militia from Virginia and North Carolina will be joining Greene in March. So although a victory for the British it has no long term positive results. I think this reflects the American war from the British point of view rather well. Hence the true value of a series of games within a campaign.
For the next game the dice roll has said Greene will be attacking Cornwallis' army. I found this most interesting as Greene himself (in the Greene papers) was considering this option prior to Guilford Courthouse. Let's see how it will work! The American commander has asked if they can keep the Light battalion rather then merging it back to its parent battalions. I rather like the idea and will go with it.
Because of my schedule in March (work, Cold Wars and our trip to Hawaii) we will be fighting the Battle in April. Hopefully as a club game night event. Just running out of time for March. So please stay tuned following this commercial break. As always feedback is appreciated.
And thank you all for reading and following.
