Culp's Hill 4X4

Culp's Hill 4X4 Scenario

This page is dedicated to the creation of a 4' X 4' Wargame Scenario for Field of Battle based on the action at Culp's Hill on the night of July 2, 1863. I'll update this page as I update my plans for the scenario. Much of the background to the plans are covered in the blog itself. I'll keep a running list of those posts here as I go.

Concept Posts
Concept Notes
Determining Unit Strengths - Infantry

Culp's Hill - Evening, July 2, 1863

The action on Culp's Hill will be my first stab at such a scenario. Field of Battle is a rule set I normally equate to using with larger games, but why? Could it not be successful in tighter games? I believe so! 

There is lots of background available on this portion of the overall battle and the importance of the action on the hill. So, I won't put a lot of that information on this page.

Map

This is the terrain map of the battlefield. Each square is 12" across. Field of Battle has a ground scale of 1" = 25 yards.

Terrain Map

Spangler’s farm is a 6” square Class-II “built-up area” per the rules of Field of Battle given the nature of a handful of buildings and some fields and fences.


Hill contours are Class-II. The slope is steep so there are several contours. This may change after some play testing. I may remove some contours. The woods here have some rocky areas and, coupled with the contours of the hill, will make the wooded hill areas Class-III terrain. Other wooded areas are considered Class-II.  We want to slow movement of units, not cripple the game. In FoB, units that are in skirmish formation can ignore these terrain penalties on an "even" movement roll. So, players will have a mechanism by which to improve movement.

Rock Creek will be a Class-II feature, but the other streams will be Class-I, they are just there for simplicity and geographical note.

Forces

Confederate Forces
Brigadier General Johnson

Steuart's Brigade
Unit	Strength	Combat	Defense
10 VA	293	D10	D6
1 MD Bttn	424	D10	D8
1 NC	401	D10	D8
3 NC	582	D12	D8
23 VA	266	D10	D6
37 VA	281	D10	D6

William's (Nicholl's) Brigade
Unit	Strength	Combat	Defense
1 LA	183	D8	D4
2 LA	251	D10	D6
10 LA	240	D10	D6
14 LA	298	D10	D6
15 LA	198	D8	D4

Jones' Brigade
Unit	Strength	Combat	Defense
21 VA	251	D10	D6
25 VA	297	D10	D6
42 VA	281	D10	D6
44 VA	241	D10	D6
48 VA	281	D10	D6
50 VA	254	D10	D6

Special Rules