Introduction I've always had a fleeting interest in the American Revolution, so as part of an effort to be more familiar with local history, I recently read John Buchanan's excellent book on the AWI's Southern Campaign titled The Road to Guilford Courthouse . It has rekindled a strong interest in the American Revolution and I've recently made trips to the battlefields of King's Mountain, Cowpens, and Guilford Courthouse. In tandem with my reading and tourism, I decided to put together some armies representative of the Southern Campaign to play around with on the tabletop. I find the Southern Campaign especially compelling due to the small size of the armies involved, the personalities (Morgan, Tarleton, Greene, Cornwallis, Marion, etc.), and the attrition-based nature of the campaign. Neither of the armies are representative of any singular battle, but are rather an amalgamation of units involved in the campaign. Basic Conventions I've made these armies compati...
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