My research into the Battle of Bladensburg is formulated on the structure of the American and British orders of battle. The OOBs are riddled with annotations and footnoted, which provide references on regimental numbers, uniforms, commanders, topography and a myriad of information relevant to simulating the battle. The footnotes will also provide most of the sources used to create the most accurate order of battle possible.
The rules for the War of 1812 games is General de Brigade coupled with an addendum to reflect War of 1812 special circumstances. The figure ratio is 20:1 Please note that on the figure total for each battalion there may be pluses and minuses to avoid odd numbered of figures. These adjustments were tracked to maintain an accurate over all total.
There were also adjustments in the number of guns as the ratio for GdeB is 2:1, or two real guns equals one table top replica. For example, at Bladensburg the American Marine Artillery had three 12 pdr field guns (1 and 1/2 models). The British only had one six pdr gun. So, the U.S. 12 pdrs were rounded up to four guns (2 gun models) and the British six pounder was rounded up to two (one model gun). The objective was to rationalise the odd number of figures and guns while preserving the overall equality of numbers between the American and British units.
American Order of Battle and Research V2
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British Order of Battle and Research V2
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