Random events dr= 2+4=6, Union Command Paralysis
Leader transfers: Sedgwick to Ricketts. Stuart to Lomax. Longstreet to Field.
Pre turn: I just hope to survive another day. Both Lee and Longstreet are set up attack Hancock's out of supply units, I have to hope that Scott loses the combat roll. I hope to send Burnside south to distract him, if Burnside is alone in Caroline county then the Union supply situation should start to improve with the next 2 strategic cycles.
Pre turn: Stuart get to his depot-cut the rails above, the rest stay between Sheridan and Richmond. Longstreet to advance on Spotsylvania CH, Hill work with Longstreet. Ewell hold the VI and slide to the right.
Init roll: C6 U2 CSA
Init #1: Activate Longstreet (Field)
dr= 1+2=3
Longstreet, Field f1 3522
Ok, may get some combat soon and see Longstreet advance with a flourish!
Init roll: U6 C4 USA
Init #2: Activate Burnside (Willcox, Ferrero, Potter, IX Corps Art)
dr= 6+1-1=6
Burnside, IX Corps Art f1 4016, Willcox f1 4016
Potter f1 4015, Ferrero f1 4015
Init roll: U4 C1 USA
Init #3: Activate Burnside (Willcox, Ferrero, Potter, IX Corps Art)
dr= 5+1-1=5
Burnside, IX Corps Art f1 4219, Willcox f1 4219
Potter f1 4120, Ferrero f1 4019
Wish I could stop that but I'll do my best to give him problems to think about.
Init roll: C6 U3 CSA
Init #4: Longstreet assaults Gibbon
Field to f2
dr= 1 ok
modifiers: assault +1, Longstreet +1, ratio 9:7.5(5)=0, art 4:3 rolling=-1, tactical +2, flank +1 = +4 overall
U1 1DR result Gibbon f3 disorg dm-1 mnlvl 6, loses 1 ammo, retreats to 3318
C1 fa result, Longstreet and Field f3 advance to 3521
However, due to the snake eyes rolled during the combat Longstreet must roll to see if he's been wounded. The modifiers are -1 for a woods hex, -1 if the leader is Stuart, Sedgwick or Longstreet. If the modified die roll is 2 or less the leader dies.
Longstreet dr= 6 - 1(Longstreet) = 5, lives to fight another day.
Ok that went well but I can't lose Longstreet-and so far from the Wilderness!
Init roll: C5 U1 CSA
Init #5: Hill assaults Hancock in Spotsylvania CH
Anderson to f1
corps assault dr= 5 ok
Lee grand assault dr= 1, Field to f4
modifiers: assault +1, Lee +1, ratio 19:8(6)=+1, art 7:3 rough=NE, tactical +1, flank +2 = +6 overall
U2 2DR result, Mott f3 disorg dem-1 mnlvl 4 and Chapman f3 disorg dem-1 mnlvl 2 retreat to 3021. Both lose 1 ammo.
C3 a result, Field f4 advances to recapture Spotsylvania CH (officially doesn't happen until the start of next turn)
There wasn't much I could do to save Hancock once he was out of supply. Even under entrenchments his combat value was too low with being disorganized.
That also went well captured back Spotsylvania-but maybe a moot point now with Burnsides progress.
Init roll: U4 C1 USA
Init #6: Activate Warren (Robinson, Griffin, Wadsworth, Art Res-2)
dr= 2+1-1=2
Grant, Warren, Wadsworth f1, Griffin f1, Art Res-2 f1 3318
Robinson f1 3219
Init roll: C1 U1 CSA
Day ends?
Grant declines to continue the day.
Lee dr= 1, day continues
It's rare that Lee wants to keep the day going after Grant declines (usually the CSA wants to get to the end of the campaign as soon as possible and opts to end all turns). However, this is the right move for Scott ... he is threatening to win a major victory at Spotsylvania right now by routing the scattered, out-of-supply Union forces. He has to press forward.
Init #7: Activate Wilcox
dr= 2+1=3 f1 3616
Init roll: U6 C1 USA
Init #8: Activate Sheridan (JI Gregg, Davies)
dr= 2+2+2-2 = 4
Sheridan to Davies
JI Gregg f1 3825
Sheridan, DM Gregg, Davies f1 4024
Init roll: U5 C1 USA
Init #9: Sheridan corps assaults Wickham
Davies f2
Sheridan corps assault dr= 3 ok
modifiers: tactical +1, assault +1, 3:1=+2, flank +2 = +6 overall
U1 Fa result, Davies to f4, no advance
C4 Dr result, Wickham loses a manpower in the retreat. f3 disorg mnlvl 1, lose 1 ammo, retreats to 4226
Init roll: U5 C1 USA
Init #10: Activate Warren (Griffin)
dr= 6+1-1=6
Grant, Warren, Griffin f2 3419
Init roll: C6 U4 CSA
Init #11: Activate Stuart (Lomax)
dr= 2+1+3=6
Stuart, F Lee, Lomax F1 3912
Well not much more I can get to at the CH. I'll send Stuart for his supplies.
Init roll: C3 U2 CSA
Init #12: Activate Stuart (Lomax)
dr= 6+4+3=13
Stuart, F Lee, Lomax F2 3104
Init roll: U5 C1 USA
Init #13: Activate Torbert (Devin, Custer) for strategic movement
Devin f2 1702 (Brandy Station), Torbert, Custer f2 2001
Scott is making a run to damage the railroad stations north of Culpeper. If he can do that it will hurt the Culpeper depot so I move back to guard the stations using strategic movement. I need to garrison Culpeper county anyway in case Mosby shows up, looks like Torbert gets the job. He'll move south once the depot is dismantled. In the meantime Lomax will be out of supply if he is north of the Rappahannock in the next supply segment. I'll also take advantage of Stuart's absence from his cavalry again to kill more enemy cav ("Smash 'em up!"). If it rains for a while Stuart will be AWOL from the front lines.
Init roll: U6 C2 USA
Init #14: Torbert entrenches
Devin f3, Custer f3 both build abatis
Well no string for me and a nice move by Paul.
Init roll: U1 C1 CSA
Day ends?
Grant declines to extend the day.
Lee dr= 1, continues
Init #15: Activate Ewell(Rodes)
dr= 6+2=8 F1 2319
still lots I need to do-keep this day going! Ill try to get Ewell into action in the center.
Lee extends it a 2nd time. Not sure I've ever seen that before!
Init roll: C3 U2 CSA
Init #16: Activate Ewell (Johnson, Rodes)
dr= 4+2=6
Ewell transfers to Johnson
Rodes F2 2818
Ewell/Johnson F1 2519
Init roll: C6 U3 CSA
Init #17: Activate Ewell (Johnson, Rodes, Early)
dr= 3+2=5
Ewell transfers to Rodes
Ewell/Rodes extended dr= 6 fail, d3 disorg 2922
Johnson F2 3017
Early F1 2517
Init roll: U6 C1 USA
Init #18: Activate Sedgwick (Getty, Ricketts, Wright)
dr= 3+1-1=3
Sedgwick transfers to Wright, f1 2117
Getty f1 2116, Ricketts f1 2315
Init roll: C6 U1 CSA
Init #19: Activate Kershaw
dr= 3+1=4 f1 3120
bad time to lose initiative-I was close to bagging Hancock and sending him tumbling back to Anderson.
Init roll: U4 C2 USA
Init #20: Activate Barlow
dr= 6-1=5 f1 3022
Init roll: U6 C1 USA
Init #21: Activate Warren (Wadsworth, Robinson, Griffin Art Res-1) for entrenchment
Robinson f2, Wadsworth f2, Art Res-1 f2, Griffin f2 all build abatis
Init roll: C5 U1 CSA
Init #22: Ewell assaults Hancock
Rodes F4
dr= 6 fails
Ewell gets the slows again!
Init roll: C5 U2 CSA
Init #23: Activate Hill (Anderson, Wilcox)
dr= 5+2=7
Lee\Hill\Anderson extended dr= 2 ok, f2 3623
Wilcox F2 3619
Ok Ill bring Anderson to Hancock.
I had been planning ahead I would have had Sheridan defend the bridge crossings south of Spotsylvania CH.
Init roll: C6 U1 CSA
Init #24: Activate Hill(Anderson)
dr= 2+2=4
Lee/Hill/Anderson extended dr= 4+1=5 f3 3122
Init roll: U5 C3 CSA
Init #25: Activate Hancock (Barlow)
dr= 5+1-1=5
Hancock to Barlow, f2
vs Anderson: tactical -1, artillery -1, prepared +1, 11:10 = 0 for a -1 attack
U2 1D result, f4 disorg lose 1 ammo mnlvl 15
C1 D result, f4 disorg lose 1 ammo mnlvl 15
AHhh lost the init again at the crucial moment and then he disarms me!
Init roll: U6 C1 USA
Init #26: Activate Sedgwick (Getty, Wright, Ricketts)
dr= 6+1-1=7
Sedgwick to Ricketts
Wright f2 2322, Getty f2 2321, Sedgwick/Ricketts f2 2319
Init roll: U6 C3 USA
Init #27: Activate Crawford
dr= 2-1=1 f1 0914
Init roll: C1 U1 CSA
Day ends?
Grant declines to extend the day.
Lee dr= 6, day ends.
Would like to continue this day-the next one starts with me in some trouble on both flanks! I will go down swinging!
Merritt, Birney, McIntosh and Davies forage successfully.
Yikes! This is one of the most convoluted situations I've ever seen. Without a functioning supply base, Paul has been moving his Union infantry directly south toward Richmond. But the Rebel counterattacks near Spotsylvania have scattered the Union forces. There is no front per se ... each corps (and sometimes not even that) is fighting independently. This game is going to get very bloody if things don't settle down ... neither of these players will pass up these opportunities to hit a scattered enemy in the rear or flank. Sheridan's cavalry is the biggest thing working in Paul's favor right now. The Rebel cavalry near Guinea Station is outnumbered nearly 4:1 and could easily be overwhelmed with Stuart and F Lee off on another raid across the Rappahannock.