The army will forage liberally on the country during the march. Sherman delivered Special Field Orders, No 120 in early November, including: Having captured Atlanta in the heart of the Confederacy, Gen William Tecumseh Sherman vows to take the fight to the southern populace and destroy their appetite for war. I wrote a small intro to the campaign to get gamers into the area and time period. Tucker’s Naval Brigade minis from Sash and Saber Miniatures painted by Mugginns. It provides a ton of great modeling opportunities and interesting what-if scenarios. I wanted to show somewhat asymmetric skirmishes between hardened Union veterans who have fought in Atlanta versus home guard militia with very rough leadership.
You see a lot of Gettysburg, Antietam, Manassas, Shiloh, etc but not late war, small, local fights. I chose to set the campaign (it is called Bummers On the Loose in Georgia – “Bummers” being a nickname applied to foragers during the March to the Sea) in the late war because it is not something I generally see a lot of. I’ve been gaming for years and years and done blogs, YouTube channels, and podcasts, but never been actually published in a wargaming thing. I have the end goal of having this published in a Lard Annual from TooFatLardies for Sharp Practice, if they’ll take it.
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