Sharpsburg |
Starting positions. Burnside's Bridge to the left. |
Looking up the table from the other end .Sharpsburg in the centre. |
At the other end of the table. Dunker church in the centre behind the trees. |
Rebels defending the Dunker church. |
Old hands showing the young how it's done! |
Over view of the main table and the Union reserve table to the right. |
Fighting near the church was very heavy. |
The Union put a lot of pressure on this area, along the sunken road and the northern side of Sharpsburg. |
Towards the end of day 1. The very thin grey line was heavily outnumbered and would eventually break. |
Just before the breakthrough that ended day 1. |
Day2
Burnside's Bridge. |
A better defence of the town this time. |
Union troops start putting the pressure on the defenders. |
and even more on gap between Sharpsburg and the sunken road. |
Not sure what exactly General Packer is pointing to here, maybe he is just showing me his clean finger nail!! |
The Rebels did capture a Union supply wagon containing several barrels of bourbon. |
Union troops at the gates to Sharpsburg. |
The Union outnumbered the Confederates by about two to one. Looks more than that here. |
Brave southern lads. |
The Rebels capture Burnside's Bridge. |
Thanks for a great weekend guys.