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Jolly wrote: I like the colour news pic Reb!
After a few tries I got a victory with this scenario.
Again, not easy (for me). I had a few dismal defeats before this ...
David(jolly)
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Wofford's Brigade, Excerpt by Bradley M. Gottfried
Full Article at: confederatebrigades.tripod.com/woffordsbrigade/
After being in reserve, Wofford was finally ordered forward. Almost immediately, a hundred yard gap formed within the 24th Georgia as it moved through the row of Confederate artillery. Seeing the problem, Wofford rode over to the regiment and waved his hat as he urged them on. The men responded by double-quicking. Watching Wofford's heroics, Confederate battery commander Captain W. W. Parker yelled, "Hurrah for you of the bald-head." His cannoneers took up the cry and cheered the men as they rushed past. Enemy artillery opened the fire on the brigade as it broke into the open ground. One shell took out most of one company, leaving only eight men uninjured. Another shell landed in the ranks of the 16th Georgia, killing eight and wounding twenty-one. However, the gunners were much more concerned about the immediate threats posed by Kershaw's and Barksdale's Brigades, and therefore the losses in the rest of the brigade were light. General Longstreet apparently rode part of the way with the brigade, and told the men to "cheer less and fight more."
As the victorious Mississippians of Barksdale's Brigade swung left (north) to take on Humphrey's Division on Cemetery Ridge, Wofford ordered his men to continue moving straight ahead, which caused their line of battle to stretch across Wheatfield Road and move parallel with it. The left of the brigade skirted the Peach Orchard, while the right of the four hundred-yard line moved toward Stony Hill and the Wheatfield. Surgeon William Shine of the Phillip's Legion noted that "our Men charged the Enemy with a terrific Yell, peculiar to the Southerners on all such occasions." The right side of the 18th Georgia on the brigade's right wing approached the exposed flank of Zook's Brigade, forcing it to the rear. Sergeant Gilbert Frederick of the 57th New York recalled that Wofford's Brigade was "marching steadily with colors flying as though on dress parade, and guns at right-shoulder-shift." Zook's withdrawal caused a chain reaction, which ultimately forced Caldwell's entire division from the Wheatfield. This was a critical time, as Kershaw's Brigade had been roughly handled by Zook's Brigade and the Irish Brigade. John Coxe, a member of the 2nd South Carolina, recalled how Wofford rode over to his regiment with a request that the South Carolinians form on his right as the charge continued:
Wofford took off his hat and, waving it at us, turned
back and charged along his line to the left. And here
was seen how the right sort of officer can inspire his men
to accomplish next to superhuman results. Always Wofford
rode right along with his men during a fight, continually
furnishing examples and cheering them with such words
as, "Charge them, boys." Those who saw it said they never
saw such a fine military display as Wofford's line of
battle as it advanced from the pike. He went right for those
Federal cannons that were firing at us. Nor did it take
him long to reach those batteries and smash them even
before the gunners had time to turn their guns upon him.
Rushing over the artillery, he kept right on and tackled
the Yankee infantry in the woods beyond. And his
assault was so sudden and quickly executed that the
Federal lines of infantry smashed and gave way at
every point in Wofford's way . . . it became a regular rout.
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At Gettysburg:
Caldwell's bloodiest combat experience was at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. Since May 22, he had commanded the 1st Division of the II Corps, now under Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock. He and his division arrived on the battlefield the morning of July 2 and took up a reserve position on Cemetery Ridge. That afternoon, as the powerful Confederate assault from the corps of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet struck the Union III Corps, Hancock ordered Caldwell's division to reinforce the III Corps in the Wheatfield. Caldwell got his division moving quickly and conducted the largest Union assault of the three-day battle.
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GB2-20
I ran out of time! (and men).
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I had the troops, but time beat me (again)!
Not too bad a result though - and a really engaging, immersive scenario.
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Now I'm miffed.Still no colour pic in the end screen though. I renamed the file to gscreen.csv and copied it to where you said.
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On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, McLaws commanded the second division to step off in Longstreet's massive assault on the Union left flank. He achieved great success (at a high cost in lives) in the areas known as the Wheatfield and the Peach Orchard, but the army as a whole was unable to dislodge the Union forces from their positions on Cemetery Ridge.
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A second attempt - getting there!
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Biographical Information...
At the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Brigadier General Crawford gained fame by skillfully directing the Pennsylvania Reserves on the second day of the engagement, where they repulsed the charging Confederates from the Little Round Top northern slope area and Plum Run area after the Southern Troops had defeated Union forces in the Wheatfield. General Crawford himself led one the charges made by elements of his division. His men occupied the blood soaked Wheatfield after the Confederates retreated at the conclusion of the battle.
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***Biographical Information***
John Henry Hobart Ward
At Gettysburg
During the Gettysburg Campaign, Brigadier General Ward's brigade was assigned on July 2 by Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles to hold a large area from the Wheatfield Road to Devil's Den. Stretched thin with little reserves, Ward's brigade nevertheless held their ground stubbornly. Regiments were moved to threatened points of the line, especially the left flank. Finally it was driven back by determined Confederate attacks. Ward became temporary commander of the division when Birney assumed corps command following the wounding of General Sickles. Col. Hiram Berdan took command of Ward's brigade. Ward lost 781 officers and men out of 2,188 present, a loss of 35.7%. Ward suffered a wound on July 2 but did not relinquish command.
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Jolly wrote: GB_08 - Devil's Den.
Blimey, this was a close run thing! I needed to shift a lot of regiments in a hurry.
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***Biographical Information***
Gettysburg Day 2
Benning’s brigade was part of John B. Hood’s division, which occupied the far right of the rebel line on the second day of the battle, 2 July. Although in the second echelon of the attack against Cemetery Ridge, Benning’s brigade decisively engaged Union forces around Houck’s Ridge and Devil’s Den. In the heavy fighting in and around Houck’s Ridge, two regiments of Benning’s troops reinforced Brigadier General Jerome Robertson’s Texas Brigade, which was under heavy artillery and sharpshooter fire from Little Round Top, while his other two regiments fought a ferocious battle in the boulder-strewn vicinity of Devil’s Den, assisting the left-most regiment of Alabamians from Brigadier General Evander Law’s brigade. The attack on Houck’s Ridge resulted in the capture of three Union artillery pieces and at least 100 prisoners — the combined efforts of both Robertson’s and Benning’s brigades, although the Texan’s received the credit. Benning’s losses were heavy on 2 July — reportedly around 400.
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