Tuesday, April 5, 2011

ACW Game - Part 5

Turn 5: 10:00-10:30am
Aggressive Confederates push the Union front line back.

Panorama at 10:30am. The rebels are doing well early, and more are arriving. Dorsey Pender's division of Hill's Corps is crossing the south bridge and coming over the hill toward the ford at middle left. In the right distance, the first two brigades of Hood's division of Longstreet's Corps are forming on the hill while the rest file over the bridge in the far distance. At lower right, Schurz's division, the last of the 11th Corps, advances.


Center - Things are not going at all well for Barlow in the middle. Barksdale and Wofford have hammered his two brigades, inflicting substantial losses and driving them way back. Kershaw's big South Carolina brigade is supporting them to the rear while artillery comes up. Gamble's troopers are no longer in a position to readily help out, as they have been committed into the woods to the upper left of the picture to help Steinwehr deal with Heth's attack.


North - The situation is somewhat more stable for Reynolds and the Union forces in the north. Semmes has driven Cutler back, but most of McLaws troops have been fighting Barlow in the center, so there have not been additional troops available to reinforce this attack. That will soon change as Hood's leading brigades deploy on the hill at upper right. Robinson's Union division continues to file onto the field in Wadsworth's rear to counter this threat.


South - Heth's attack on Devin and Steinwehr meets with success as the Union troops find it hard to deploy effectively and bring their artillery to bear. In their haste to get the guns into the front line, they have been exposing them to enemy fire and have had a difficult time keeping them in line. In the picture below, Pettigrew and Davis have driven in Steinwehr's leading brigade and damaged an artillery battery, exposing another battery that was coming up. Devin's cavalry has temporarily been forced back out of the picture. In the upper right, Gamble's dismounted cavalry brigade has formed up in the woods to contest Davis's further advance. Note that the Union 11th Corps supply wagon can be seen behind the woods. As noted before, we play that a unit can only resupply ammo if it meets the normal rules and can trace a 12 inch path to a supply wagon.


...To Be Continued...

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