AWI Southern Campaign
Introduction
This is a two-player miniatures campaign, set in the Southern Colonies during the American Revolution. The two strategic players turn in their moves via email. When there is a battle, local players that I game with here in Seattle play out the games, using the Sons of Liberty miniatures rules.
The campaign will last 12 turns. Each turn, I will post the activites for that move, plus a simple map showing troop positions, plus the campaign newsletter, the Camden Examiner. I am posting the newsletter in PDF format because I am writing it using the same Caslon font used in 18th Century documents, and I want to make sure not to lose the font's appearance.
Strategic Campaign Rules
Main Map
Start of the Game (May 01, 1781)
Each side positioned their troops more or less as shown on the map below:
Initial Positions
The Camden Examiner
Turn 01 (May 01-15, 1781)
This turn, the two sides began expanding their areas of influence.
The British sent a strong column under General O'Hara up to capture Williams. This force encountered a strong rebel cavalry screen south of the town, which gave them some trouble but was unable to stop O'Hara's advance. Upon entering Williams, O'Hara came under heavy skirmishing fire from elements of Morgan's rifles. The British cavalry was unable to penetrate this powerful scouting force.
Farther south, Cornwallis sent smaller forces to capture Orangeburg and Monk's Corner.
Meanwhile, Greene sent a force of partisans to capture Fayetteville, and began moving his major columns into South Carolina.
The map below shows movements for turn 1:
Movements for turn 01
The Camden Examiner for May 15, 1781
Turn 02 (May 15-31, 1781)
General Greene penetrated into the heart of British-held South Carolina, capturing Camden. To the northwest, Daniel Morgan suffered a sharp defeat at Williams, while in the east Colonel Washington successfully defended the crossings of the Great Pedee River from a half-hearted attack by Banastre Tarleton.
The map below shows movements for turn 2:
Movements for turn 02
The Camden Examiner for May 31, 1781
Williams Battleboard
The Battle of Williams
Great Pedee Crossings Battleboard
Great Pedee Crossings
Turn 03 (June 01-15, 1781)
Greene followed up his successful capture of Camden by advancing to Cross Roads and destroying the British depot located there.
But he made the mistake of trying to face general O'Hara's main field army. Even though he was entrenched, the British outflanked him at Cross Roads and inflicted a major defeat on the Americans, who retreated in disorder to Camden. In the north, Morgan continued his retreat to Charlotte, to allow his exhausted men to recover. In the east, Tarleton, reinforced by his famed British Legion and a corps of Hessians, once again tried to force the crossings of the Great Peedee River, but was handily repulsed by Colonel Washington.
The map below shows movements for turn 3:
Movements for turn 03
The Camden Examiner for June 01, 1781
The Battle of Cross Roads
The Second Battle of the PeeDee Crossings
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