Brawner's Farm

[cprljohnivey]

Can anyone provide me with a description of what the Brawner's farm looked like during the battle (Pre 2 Manassas 1862). I know what the house looked like but need to know about any other structures the farm had and what they looked like (barn, outbuildings, etc...), their placement in relation to the house, and any placements of fences.

WHY? I am hosting a miniature war game next month and will be doing this battle. I am currently scratch building the Brawner farm house and would like to do the entire farm and table layout as accurate as possible. I have exhausted all my available sources of information.

Thanks for any help!

[lincolnsguard]

Photo's of the house are all over. There's nothing on the barn or surrounding. Have you tried calling the NPS folks at Manassas?

[cprljohnivey]

yea... Like I said... I have the house. Need the out buildings. Didn't want to bother the NPS until a last resort if at all. This is not critical... just something I'd like to do for fun if someone knows this information at thier fingertips. Otherwise... I know there were barns and outbuildings and one account of the battle discusses the CS troops taking some pitiful cover behind fenses so for game purposes.. I can make this stuff up. Just thought it would be neat to make it as accurate as possible if someone had the information available.

[billwatson2]

I don't think the NPS folks automatically consider it a "bother." My experience is that when someone wants the details, they enjoy providing them.

Additionally, there's a very slight elevation that ran between the two battle lines, enough so that in part of the line, if you kneeled, you were somewhat in defilade. That, and darkness, might somewhat explain how they could pound on each other at pretty close range for quite a while and not annihilate each other.

Here's a link to a site with some archeological information.
http://markerhunter.wordpress.com/20...retive-center/

[Bill2ndWis]

Read, "Brave Mens Tears" by Allan Gaff. It is a very good account of the action at Brawners Farm.