Saturday the local HMGS-South group played a game of Johnny Reb III, based on the action near Burnside’s Bridge at the battle of Antietam. Several Federal brigades attempt to take two bridges and find a ford over Antietam Creek.
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- Entire battlefield
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- Confederate position overlooking the southern bridge
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- Northern bridge
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- Ford
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- Center from the Confederate side
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- Federal approach to the northern bridge
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- Federal approach to the southern bridge and ford
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- Federal losses pile up on the southern bridge
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- Federal troops get across the southern bridge, but cannot hold there
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- Federal cavalry ready to cross the northern bridge after the defenders have been cleared
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- The ford is taken, but Confederate troops still cover the southern bridge
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