American adventure day seven : Quatre Bras to Fredricksburg

Catching up on updates...... Sunday is the last day for Historicon and the show closes down around lunchtime. Not quite sure what might be going on I had a look around the being and buy and then ended up playing one of the few games actually taking place. This was another Carnage and Glory affair...this time Napoleonic run by Greg Robitaille. In 15 mm this was a real challenge as he had set the game up with a system to keep units hidden, this meant all generals had a very limited view of what was going on. It was a great game nicely set up but in common with several of the other games I have played here we ran out of time.

I then has an afternoon and visited Fredricksburg battlefield. This has been partly built over but with a nice visitors centre, including useful, orientation film you get a good picture of the battle which took place.

 

A famous painting of the battle 

 

The famous 'sunken lane'

 

Confederate guns overlooking the lane from Marye's Heights

 

More rebel guns at the overlook where Lee commanded the battle

You can then drive to the eastern end of the battlefield at Prospect Hill infamous for the 'slaughter pen' ........it really was madness to attack Fredricksburg where the confederates were dug in and had the advantage of high ground.

 

The holiday cannon count increases 😀