Battle of Chippawa Wargame

This Friday is the 199th anniversary of the Battle of Chippewa. Family responsibilities allowing, I'm hoping to get out to the Niagara area to reenact the battle next year. Brigadier General Winfield Scott led his famous brigade into the battle, reminding them that the day before they had celebrated the Fourth of July in camp, and that this day they would make a new anniversary to remember. Unfortunately, the stunning victory his men (and the militia and Iroquois warriors under General Peter Porter) won over hardened British regulars has not become immortalized the same way that the "dawn's early light" over Baltimore that same summer has. Nevertheless, the battle put the British on notice that the American Army was now a tough, professional force. 

I've been working on a battalion-level rules system for tabletop gaming. It's less dependent on the Battlecry! set: as long as you have six-sided dice, some sort of hex or squared board, and figures to represent the different armies you're good to go. Below is the list of units involved in the battle. To my knowledge, there isn't a good order of battle available online for Chippawa (apparently not spelled "Chippewa"), so I've compiled mine from various sources, including Joseph Whitehorne's While Washington Burned: The Battle for Fort Erie, 1814, and Richard C. Barbuto's Niagara 1814: America Invades Canada. Both books are excellent resources for the history buff, living historian, or wargamer.

American Forces, 5 July 1814

Unit Level (NATO)	Unit Name (Commanders)	Strength (Figures)	Morale/Ability	Weapon (Infantry)
XX	Left Division
	MG Brown		5
X	1st Brigade
	BG Scott		5
III	9th Inf.	348 (4)	5	Musket (I)
III	11th Inf.	433 (4)	5	Musket (I)
III	22nd Inf.	229 (2)	5	Musket (I)
III	25th Inf.	370 (4)	5	Musket (LI)
I	Pioneers	20 (1)	6	Musket (LI)
X	2nd Brigade
	BG Ripley		4
III	21st Inf.	676 (7)	4	Musket (I)
I	--Treat's Co.	30 (1)	4	Musket (LI)
III	23rd Inf.	349 (4)	4	Musket (I)
X	Porter's Brigade
	MG Porter		4
III	PA Volunteers	753 (8)	4	Musket (LI)
III	Indians	600 (6)	5	Musket (N)
II	Hindman's Battalion
	Maj. Hindman		4
I	Towson's	5 guns (3)	3	Med. Guns
I	Biddle's	3 guns (2)	4	Heavy Guns
I	Ritchie's	2 guns (2	3	Med. Guns
I	Williams'	5 guns (3)	4	Siege Guns
I	2nd Light Dragoons	68 (1)	5	Sabres

British, Canadian, and Native Forces, 5 July 1814

Unit Level (NATO)	Unit Name	Strength	Morale/Ability	Weapon
XX	Right Division
	MG Drummond		3
X	Riall's Brigade
	BG Riall		4
II	1/1st Regt	400 (4)	5	Musket (I)
II	1/100th Regt	350 (4)	4	Musket (I)
II	1/8th Regt	380 (4)	4	Musket (I)
II	Light Cos.	300 (3)	5	Musket (LI)
X	Pearson's Brigade
	Lt Col. Pearson		4
III	Lincoln Militia	300 (3)	3	Musket (I)
III	Mohawks	400 (4)	5	Musket (N)