Battle of Brawners Farm, August 28th, 1862 (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

Jackson, in an effort to draw Pope into battle, attacked the Federals with the intent of holding them at bay until Lee and the rest of the Confederate Army could arrive. John Gibbon deployed his troops, the "Iron Brigade" near Brawners Farm and the woods nearby.

 

[Warrior]

Gibbon deployed the 2nd Wisconsin with the 19th Indiana on the left and the 7th Wisconsin on their right, Jacksons men approached around and near the farm and the battle was on.....

 

[Warrior]

Jackson and Gibbons men stood toe to toe and fought it out on a long battle line, Gibbon sent the 6th Wisconsin in to extend his right flank and Doubleday extended the line further by sending in his own 56th PA and 76th NY.

The opposing battle lines stood less than 100 yards apart and Jackson ordered a bayonet charge as darkness approached to try to break the stalemate, but it was repulsed with heavy losses and the battle ended, the "Iron Brigade" had performed very well in their baptism of fire.

 

[Warrior]

More photos..........

 

[aujj65]

Hi George,

Great setup as usual, there's nothing better than large formations on a battlefield. Closeups show you have some fine painted figures in your collection - textured bases as well! ^&cool

Jeff :salute::

 

[Terp152]

George, the sheer numbers in your presentation is stunning. Combined with the great scenics of the terrain, the individual crop fields, farm roads, buildings, fencing (never seen so much snake rail fence in one setting), etc is absolutely grand. I always enjoy seeing the large battle scenes you put together. Thanks for posting, Chris.

 

[wayne556517]

Awesome George always look forward to these threads.

 

[Warrior]

Hi George,

Great setup as usual, there's nothing better than large formations on a battlefield. Closeups show you have some fine painted figures in your collection - textured bases as well! ^&cool

Jeff :salute::

Thanks Jeff, glad you like it and I agree, large formations are the way to go..............

 

[Warrior]

Awesome George always look forward to these threads.

Thanks Wayne, glad you like my collection...........

 

[Warrior]

George, the sheer numbers in your presentation is stunning. Combined with the great scenics of the terrain, the individual crop fields, farm roads, buildings, fencing (never seen so much snake rail fence in one setting), etc is absolutely grand. I always enjoy seeing the large battle scenes you put together. Thanks for posting, Chris.

Thanks Chris, I did manage to get a lot of figures onto this one for sure. Thanks as well for the feedback on my terrain, I just added the fields with the wall/fencing around them, like the way it came out, figured I'd do a large layout and incorporate it in the layout.

Again, thanks and glad you like it..........

 

[TomNT]

Another epic battle scene George, awesome stuff mate and i wonder if this battle was nicknamed "Brawl at Brawners Farm" although it does look more than just a mere brawl!

Keep 'em coming and keep those cats out!{sm4}

Tom

 

[Warrior]

Another epic battle scene George, awesome stuff mate and i wonder if this battle was nicknamed "Brawl at Brawners Farm" although it does look more than just a mere brawl!

Keep 'em coming and keep those cats out!{sm4}

Tom

Thanks Tom, I appreciate your comments and yes, the basement is off limits to the cats..............

 

[lancer]

Brilliantly large and detailed layout, as usual, George. A HUGE number of troops to look at but I kept having my eyes drawn back to those wonderful Louisiana Zouaves. Weren't Robideau Wheat's Tigers in this unit? Were they all just known as Hay's Louisiana Tiger Brigade by then? -- Al

 

[Warrior]

Brilliantly large and detailed layout, as usual, George. A HUGE number of troops to look at but I kept having my eyes drawn back to those wonderful Louisiana Zouaves. Weren't Robideau Wheat's Tigers in this unit? Were they all just known as Hay's Louisiana Tiger Brigade by then? -- Al

Thanks Al, glad you like it, the Louisiana Tigers were in Jacksons Corps, Ewell took over after Jackson was killed in 1863, they attacked Cemetery Hill on July 2nd as part of Third Corps assault on the Union right flank......................

Sorry about the Redskins game today, RGIII should have been pulled when it was 14-0, Shanahan is clueless.....................

 

[lancer]

Thanks Al, glad you like it, the Louisiana Tigers were in Jacksons Corps, Ewell took over after Jackson was killed in 1863, they attacked Cemetery Hill on July 2nd as part of Third Corps assault on the Union right flank......................

Sorry about the Redskins game today, RGIII should have been pulled when it was 14-0, Shanahan is clueless.....................

Thanks for the answer, George, and you are right, Shanahan made a big error in judgement. RGIII is tough but he can't play on one leg. -- Al

 

[Warrior]

Thanks for the answer, George, and you are right, Shanahan made a big error in judgement. RGIII is tough but he can't play on one leg. -- Al

I couldn't believe what I was seeing and I'm not even a Redskins fan, can only imagine what you must have been thinking. Him being on the field after it was 14-0 was hurting both himself and the team, he was hopping around on one leg, pull the guy and put Cousins in..............

 

[UKReb]

Hi George

Sorry I'm a bit late for the disco but I haven't had much time lately to browse the forum.

Now I know absolutely nothing about the Redskins and Shanahan but I do know a little bit about Gibbon's Blackhats baptism of fire at Brawner's ^&grin

I fully concur with Chris's comment the sheer number of figures you can present with your stunning lay-outs is breathtaking. As much as Chris, Mike and myself try to depict any ACW scrap in 54/60mm comes nowhere near what you regularly present-Kudos George from your number one fan and may I add viewing your work is inspirational even though the difference of scale prevents us from reaching anywhere near the numbers on your battlefield. Plus knowing how long it takes me to set up just one scene containing a few figures-Hell only knows how long it takes you and I'm not sure others fully appreciate that-But I do sir.

Bob.

 

[Warrior]

Hi George

Sorry I'm a bit late for the disco but I haven't had much time lately to browse the forum.

Now I know absolutely nothing about the Redskins and Shanahan but I do know a little bit about Gibbon's Blackhats baptism of fire at Brawner's ^&grin

I fully concur with Chris's comment the sheer number of figures you can present with your stunning lay-outs is breathtaking. As much as Chris, Mike and myself try to depict any ACW scrap in 54/60mm comes nowhere near what you regularly present-Kudos George from your number one fan and may I add viewing your work is inspirational even though the difference of scale prevents us from reaching anywhere near the numbers on your battlefield. Plus knowing how long it takes me to set up just one scene containing a few figures-Hell only knows how long it takes you and I'm not sure others fully appreciate that-But I do sir.

Bob.

Thanks for the positive feedback Bob, I greatly appreciate your comments.

It does take a lot of time, both in planning the layouts and then setting them up, then messing with them to get them 100% right, but truth be told that is half the fun, the other half is viewing it for a few weeks before taking it all down and planning the next one.

I look forward to what yourself, Mike and Chris come up with going forward as well, I enjoy all of your work very much.

Thanks again for checking in and for your kinds words...............

 

[mestell]

George I missed this one the first time around . . .. I am glad I discovered it this morning . . . . Brawner's Farm is absolutely one of my favorite ACW battles. Having been a member of the Iron Brigade Association and an advid ACW re-enactor, this battle for an old "Black Hat" historian like myself is always a treat to study. As always, your massed troops are very impressive and tell a great panoramic story . . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[Warrior]

George I missed this one the first time around . . .. I am glad I discovered it this morning . . . . Brawner's Farm is absolutely one of my favorite ACW battles. Having been a member of the Iron Brigade Association and an advid ACW re-enactor, this battle for an old "Black Hat" historian like myself is always a treat to study. As always, your massed troops are very impressive and tell a great panoramic story . . . .
:smile2: Mike

Thanks for the feedback Mike, your diorama on this subject inspired me to do this one, glad you like it and was able to see it before it got shoved off the first page into diorama obscurity, never to be seen again...................