[font="times new roman"]Sep 1863[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Grant with a huge gunboat flotilla try to take Memphis. Taylor is more than up for the job sending him back with heavy losses. Davis immediately promotes Taylor to a four star general. The only sour note is the Yankees learned how to use their gunboats. The fleet of 11 ships wipes out six of my heavy guns without taking any damage. I move guns up from Vicksburg but it is probably a mistake.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]The last summer turn. Lee doesn’t get initiative but enough of his subordinates do to go on a weak offensive. I may regret this but it the last turn before winter. Lee advance with whatever he can put together into Nashville. There is a large force in Nashville maybe 70,000 plus men but Pope is in command.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Union takes a big hit politically these last two turns. Their political points are now in the low 600’s which is going to cripple their recruitment efforts.[/font]
AAR WbtS Gen. Whitehead vs Gen. Collins
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[font="times new roman"]Oct 1863[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Winter mostly slaps the Confederacy back. My weak attack against Nashville was what I thought, to weak. Lee got beaten badly losing some 24,000 to the Union’s 12,000. To add insult to injury the Grant overran Shiloh region. I am not sure how that happened since I thought I had enough troops in there to trigger a battle.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]On the Eastern front the Union goes on the move again sending a small force into Staunton which I sent Jackson with a reduced force to slap down which he did handily suffering no casualties while inflicting almost 5,000. That good new was offset by bad news from further south. Hooker landed in Savannah overwhelming the garrison and the small relief force put together by Beauregard to help defend it.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Union gunboats and cruisers continue to take a heavy toll of Rebel heavy artillery. I finally withdraw it to Vicksburg where I desparately need a turn with enough excess supply to build a level 2 fort.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I seem to have used up my initiative for the year and can’t get enough to go on the offensive anywhere. Lee withdraws his main force to Huntsville where it will be more easily supplied. Taylor keeps his army in Memphis while troops are built up in the regions south of Shiloh to keep Grant in check. Beauregard is reinforced but not enough to expel Hooker. The South needs to rest and wait for the units lost during the summer to return to duty.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Which leads to another observation: For some reason Rebel damaged units seem to be rebuilt in the states west of the Mississippi. I think this highlights an error in the design and how they decide to distribute damaged units to production lines. The western states are the least capable of doing this yet they seem to get a majority of units. The logic used should weight what state the unit was from, what states have the larges population and factory capacity, and last who is nearest. The current method creates a real problem for the Confederacy due to transportation difficulties from the west. Eventually large armies will be there with no way to move east. Not logical or historical.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Winter mostly slaps the Confederacy back. My weak attack against Nashville was what I thought, to weak. Lee got beaten badly losing some 24,000 to the Union’s 12,000. To add insult to injury the Grant overran Shiloh region. I am not sure how that happened since I thought I had enough troops in there to trigger a battle.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]On the Eastern front the Union goes on the move again sending a small force into Staunton which I sent Jackson with a reduced force to slap down which he did handily suffering no casualties while inflicting almost 5,000. That good new was offset by bad news from further south. Hooker landed in Savannah overwhelming the garrison and the small relief force put together by Beauregard to help defend it.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Union gunboats and cruisers continue to take a heavy toll of Rebel heavy artillery. I finally withdraw it to Vicksburg where I desparately need a turn with enough excess supply to build a level 2 fort.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I seem to have used up my initiative for the year and can’t get enough to go on the offensive anywhere. Lee withdraws his main force to Huntsville where it will be more easily supplied. Taylor keeps his army in Memphis while troops are built up in the regions south of Shiloh to keep Grant in check. Beauregard is reinforced but not enough to expel Hooker. The South needs to rest and wait for the units lost during the summer to return to duty.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Which leads to another observation: For some reason Rebel damaged units seem to be rebuilt in the states west of the Mississippi. I think this highlights an error in the design and how they decide to distribute damaged units to production lines. The western states are the least capable of doing this yet they seem to get a majority of units. The logic used should weight what state the unit was from, what states have the larges population and factory capacity, and last who is nearest. The current method creates a real problem for the Confederacy due to transportation difficulties from the west. Eventually large armies will be there with no way to move east. Not logical or historical.[/font]
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RE: AAR WbtS Gen. Whitehead vs Gen. Collins
[font="times new roman"]Nov 1863[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Winter seems to be shutting both sides down now. Hampton’s little excursion into Kentucky yielded me the London region but the Union countered by taking back Murfreesboro. They are welcome to it. It was costing be double supply to be there.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I would like to throw them out of Shiloh but just can’t get the activations for a winter battle. My supply is still short with too many combat units unsupplied. The Union ships have been hammering my Heavy Artillery and have now managed to close the Mississippi to trade again.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I decide to pull Lee back out of Central Tennessee all the way to Decatur so he will be in position to support Memphis or combine with Taylor to retake Shiloh. My fall campaign into Central Tennessee convinced me it can’t be retaken until I have enough force to go all the way to Nashville very quickly. Once there its still questionable whether it’s defensible with the Tennessee River dividing my Memphis force from it. Lack of good artillery leaders is also costing me in the struggle to control the Mississippi.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Winter seems to be shutting both sides down now. Hampton’s little excursion into Kentucky yielded me the London region but the Union countered by taking back Murfreesboro. They are welcome to it. It was costing be double supply to be there.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I would like to throw them out of Shiloh but just can’t get the activations for a winter battle. My supply is still short with too many combat units unsupplied. The Union ships have been hammering my Heavy Artillery and have now managed to close the Mississippi to trade again.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I decide to pull Lee back out of Central Tennessee all the way to Decatur so he will be in position to support Memphis or combine with Taylor to retake Shiloh. My fall campaign into Central Tennessee convinced me it can’t be retaken until I have enough force to go all the way to Nashville very quickly. Once there its still questionable whether it’s defensible with the Tennessee River dividing my Memphis force from it. Lack of good artillery leaders is also costing me in the struggle to control the Mississippi.[/font]
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RE: AAR WbtS Gen. Whitehead vs Gen. Collins
[font="times new roman"]State of the Disunion in 1863/1864[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]My how time has flown. 1863 started off looking like a Union juggernaut but was turned into a series of Southern victories during the summer that almost expelled all the Yankees from southern territory. But Fall brought the South a series of reversals. Mostly the loss of supplies took the fight out the Southern armies. Even though many of my troops were Elite (3 star) brigades they couldn’t compensate for lack of food. It looks like by the end of winter the regions taken in central Tennessee will all be back in Union hands. In Eastern Tennessee they have advanced into Shiloh and are probably getting ready to take Memphis. I will be able to make that one a serious fight though. In Virginia they have taken advantage of my inability to fight in mountain regions where supply costs are doubled to slowly take the whole Shenandoah Valley. Maybe in spring I will be able to do something about that.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]On the rivers and ports the Union learned how to use there ships and gunboats. With first class naval leaders they have been systematically reducing my defenses to rubble. The South lacks the quality of artillery leader needed to offset them. If I were in control of the economy I would probably have stopped producing heavy artillery some time ago so my armies would have food.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]While things haven’t gone my way the second half of 63 in the first half I achieved what I needed for ultimate victory. I won a series of Major Battles, took some key regions that were supplying the Union with political points, and force them to call a new draft. Since May their Political Point level has dropped first into the 700’s and now in the 600’s. It would take a miracle for them to return it to the 1000 level needed for Lincoln to be reelected. All I have to do is hold on in 64 and not give up any more major victories than I absolutely can’t avoid.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]But the way things have been going since winter started does not bode well for the South if the Union had gotten Emancipation on time.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]My how time has flown. 1863 started off looking like a Union juggernaut but was turned into a series of Southern victories during the summer that almost expelled all the Yankees from southern territory. But Fall brought the South a series of reversals. Mostly the loss of supplies took the fight out the Southern armies. Even though many of my troops were Elite (3 star) brigades they couldn’t compensate for lack of food. It looks like by the end of winter the regions taken in central Tennessee will all be back in Union hands. In Eastern Tennessee they have advanced into Shiloh and are probably getting ready to take Memphis. I will be able to make that one a serious fight though. In Virginia they have taken advantage of my inability to fight in mountain regions where supply costs are doubled to slowly take the whole Shenandoah Valley. Maybe in spring I will be able to do something about that.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]On the rivers and ports the Union learned how to use there ships and gunboats. With first class naval leaders they have been systematically reducing my defenses to rubble. The South lacks the quality of artillery leader needed to offset them. If I were in control of the economy I would probably have stopped producing heavy artillery some time ago so my armies would have food.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]While things haven’t gone my way the second half of 63 in the first half I achieved what I needed for ultimate victory. I won a series of Major Battles, took some key regions that were supplying the Union with political points, and force them to call a new draft. Since May their Political Point level has dropped first into the 700’s and now in the 600’s. It would take a miracle for them to return it to the 1000 level needed for Lincoln to be reelected. All I have to do is hold on in 64 and not give up any more major victories than I absolutely can’t avoid.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]But the way things have been going since winter started does not bode well for the South if the Union had gotten Emancipation on time.[/font]
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RE: AAR WbtS Gen. Whitehead vs Gen. Collins
[font="times new roman"]Jan 1864[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]All quiet on all fronts this turn. Neither of us got enough initiative to do anything. The Union called another draft which means they are going to try to overpower my armies in the first months of 64. Their Political Points are so low, 576, that they just as well try a “Hail Mary” strategy. Judging form the sizes of their armies they may be able to pull it off. I have quality units but still having supply problems. They will out number me two to one by the time they start their offensive. I will have to hope I can kill their militia units fast enough to stop them.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I sent some troops to Beauregard in front of Savannah but the Union army now is up to over 60,000 men. All I can hope for here is they don’t get initiative.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]All quiet on all fronts this turn. Neither of us got enough initiative to do anything. The Union called another draft which means they are going to try to overpower my armies in the first months of 64. Their Political Points are so low, 576, that they just as well try a “Hail Mary” strategy. Judging form the sizes of their armies they may be able to pull it off. I have quality units but still having supply problems. They will out number me two to one by the time they start their offensive. I will have to hope I can kill their militia units fast enough to stop them.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I sent some troops to Beauregard in front of Savannah but the Union army now is up to over 60,000 men. All I can hope for here is they don’t get initiative.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Feb 1864[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Well Grant pops up after disappearance of turn or two. In Savannah of all places. I guess Gen. Collins plans to try to shift the offensive down to the southern states like the British during the Revolution. It will create a command control problem for me since none of my Theater Commanders will reach to there but I suspect he will also have a problem although I am not sure what the reach of a TC is by sea.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Anyway Grant pulls a scratch force together and moves inland against Beauregard. If he had been able to move with the whole force in Savannah of over 50,000 men he would have easily brushed aside Beau but he moves with only 16,000 of which only 12,000 get committed to battle. Beau’s little force of 20,000 is more than enough.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Otherwise another bad winter’s month with not enough activations to go on the attack.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Well Grant pops up after disappearance of turn or two. In Savannah of all places. I guess Gen. Collins plans to try to shift the offensive down to the southern states like the British during the Revolution. It will create a command control problem for me since none of my Theater Commanders will reach to there but I suspect he will also have a problem although I am not sure what the reach of a TC is by sea.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Anyway Grant pulls a scratch force together and moves inland against Beauregard. If he had been able to move with the whole force in Savannah of over 50,000 men he would have easily brushed aside Beau but he moves with only 16,000 of which only 12,000 get committed to battle. Beau’s little force of 20,000 is more than enough.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Otherwise another bad winter’s month with not enough activations to go on the attack.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Mar 1864[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]The Union is shutdown again by winter but Lee decides its time to move with some help from Taylor. The Army of Tennessee advances on Shiloh which is now commanded by Banks since Grant went to the east coast. Gen. Lee with reinforcements from Gen. Taylor numbers 100,000 men with 19 artillery brigades. I estimate the Union force at fewer than 70,000. My better leaders combined with veteran troops should give me the edge in spite of supply problems. I have sufficient confidence in the size of my force that I detach Harry Heth’s command of 12,000 to attack Humbolt so I can force Banks to retreat across the river into Central Tennessee rather than toward Cairo which will need his protection.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Union is shutdown again by winter but Lee decides its time to move with some help from Taylor. The Army of Tennessee advances on Shiloh which is now commanded by Banks since Grant went to the east coast. Gen. Lee with reinforcements from Gen. Taylor numbers 100,000 men with 19 artillery brigades. I estimate the Union force at fewer than 70,000. My better leaders combined with veteran troops should give me the edge in spite of supply problems. I have sufficient confidence in the size of my force that I detach Harry Heth’s command of 12,000 to attack Humbolt so I can force Banks to retreat across the river into Central Tennessee rather than toward Cairo which will need his protection.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Apr 1864[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]The Confederacy is now on a role which I doubt the Union can stop or slow down. My offensives took both Shiloh and Humbolt. In the West my victorious armies go on the move taking back mostly defenseless regions. Lee moves into Paducah overrunning the small force there. In Central Tennessee small forces of infantry and cavalry overrun Murfreesboro and Nashville. A scratch force is put together to try and take Gallatin on the north side of the Cumberland River.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]In the East the Union army is concentrated in Staunton with a long tail of large garrisons in Winchester and Manassas. I decide rather than attack the main army to test there garrisons and ability to support them. Bragg moves the Virginia army out and crosses the Rappahannock River to attempt to take Manassas. Hopefully I am not overreaching myself but the smell of Union defeat is in the air if things are just pressed.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Confederacy is now on a role which I doubt the Union can stop or slow down. My offensives took both Shiloh and Humbolt. In the West my victorious armies go on the move taking back mostly defenseless regions. Lee moves into Paducah overrunning the small force there. In Central Tennessee small forces of infantry and cavalry overrun Murfreesboro and Nashville. A scratch force is put together to try and take Gallatin on the north side of the Cumberland River.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]In the East the Union army is concentrated in Staunton with a long tail of large garrisons in Winchester and Manassas. I decide rather than attack the main army to test there garrisons and ability to support them. Bragg moves the Virginia army out and crosses the Rappahannock River to attempt to take Manassas. Hopefully I am not overreaching myself but the smell of Union defeat is in the air if things are just pressed.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]May 1864[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Well the Union isn’t ready to roll over an play dead yet. I was able to occupy some regions in the west without a fight but Manassas was a tougher nut and Bragg got thrown back. Worst I lost Jackson to another wound. He seems accident prone.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]This turn I decided to pull my forces back and reconcentrate and wait for my casualties to be rebuilt. Lee pulls the western army back to Humbolt. Bragg moves back to Richmond. I send Taylor to take over Beauregard’s forces in Georgia along with a fresh Corps from the west. Beauregard is sent into the mountains of eastern Tennessee to see if he can get something going there.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Well the Union isn’t ready to roll over an play dead yet. I was able to occupy some regions in the west without a fight but Manassas was a tougher nut and Bragg got thrown back. Worst I lost Jackson to another wound. He seems accident prone.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]This turn I decided to pull my forces back and reconcentrate and wait for my casualties to be rebuilt. Lee pulls the western army back to Humbolt. Bragg moves back to Richmond. I send Taylor to take over Beauregard’s forces in Georgia along with a fresh Corps from the west. Beauregard is sent into the mountains of eastern Tennessee to see if he can get something going there.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Posted by Gen. Collins:[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]May 1864 [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Well, this is the month that the Union has got to use to make their big push to recover. Not one single commander got initiative! The Union boat was sinking anyway but to have your commanders just sit there and not plug the holes is disgraceful.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Lincoln is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, as for Mary, well she is almost ready for the funny farm. She knows if the Union loses the war all the dirt about her spending expenses will be exposed.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The sad thing is I'm still saddled with duds like Fremont and turtle "McClellan". I figured by 1864 I would be able to clear out a lot of this dead wood but without Union battlefield victories, commanders were not being promoted and available.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Navy will be the only force of arms that will be able to hold their heads up high after it is all over.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]A few officers will be able to write their memoirs with no shame. I'm thinking here of Gen. Hooker whose brilliant capture of Savannah should be a good bargaining chip when the south demands (and gets) her independence.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I figure five more turns of active campaigning before the election and if the Union does not get good initiative in all those turns Confederate Independence is absolutely assured.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]This is a game that is not 'going to go stale' that is for sure. Each game is going to be absolutely a different kind of experience for both players depending on initiative, opening moves etc...[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I have not seen anyone reporting Union Victories yet, even over on the Matrix board, but I think Kennon and I are blazing a trail here in that I doubt if many player to player games have been played to conclusion.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Despite my doom and gloom forecast of Union defeat, this is a winner game all the way.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Bg. General Gilbert Collins
Army of Alabama
III/I/2nd Brigade[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]May 1864 [/font]
[font="times new roman"][/font]
[font="times new roman"]Well, this is the month that the Union has got to use to make their big push to recover. Not one single commander got initiative! The Union boat was sinking anyway but to have your commanders just sit there and not plug the holes is disgraceful.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Lincoln is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, as for Mary, well she is almost ready for the funny farm. She knows if the Union loses the war all the dirt about her spending expenses will be exposed.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The sad thing is I'm still saddled with duds like Fremont and turtle "McClellan". I figured by 1864 I would be able to clear out a lot of this dead wood but without Union battlefield victories, commanders were not being promoted and available.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Navy will be the only force of arms that will be able to hold their heads up high after it is all over.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]A few officers will be able to write their memoirs with no shame. I'm thinking here of Gen. Hooker whose brilliant capture of Savannah should be a good bargaining chip when the south demands (and gets) her independence.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I figure five more turns of active campaigning before the election and if the Union does not get good initiative in all those turns Confederate Independence is absolutely assured.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]This is a game that is not 'going to go stale' that is for sure. Each game is going to be absolutely a different kind of experience for both players depending on initiative, opening moves etc...[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I have not seen anyone reporting Union Victories yet, even over on the Matrix board, but I think Kennon and I are blazing a trail here in that I doubt if many player to player games have been played to conclusion.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Despite my doom and gloom forecast of Union defeat, this is a winner game all the way.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Bg. General Gilbert Collins
Army of Alabama
III/I/2nd Brigade[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Jun 1864[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Grant attempts to break out of the Savannah region with another attack into Jenkins, Ga. This time it was bad timing since I had sent Taylor with major reinforcements to the area. Instead of meeting an equal force he ran into one almost 50% larger than his army. While inflicting heavy and equal casualties Grant had to retreat back the way he came.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]In the West I don’t get all the initiatives I really need to win a major battle but I have little risk since the Union took another Political hit to get some better commanders. The Union army still in Tennessee is now under McClernand so I will give me the test to see if he deserves command. Lee moves most of his main army into Dickenson to attack McClernand. The attack is a little weak and will probably lose but it’s a cover for my side attacks intended to take the rest of Tennessee and maybe parts of Kentucky. Small detachments strike at Lawrence, Bowling Green and Glascow. A little larger force under Beauregard strikes at Clarksville. We will see what happens.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Grant attempts to break out of the Savannah region with another attack into Jenkins, Ga. This time it was bad timing since I had sent Taylor with major reinforcements to the area. Instead of meeting an equal force he ran into one almost 50% larger than his army. While inflicting heavy and equal casualties Grant had to retreat back the way he came.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]In the West I don’t get all the initiatives I really need to win a major battle but I have little risk since the Union took another Political hit to get some better commanders. The Union army still in Tennessee is now under McClernand so I will give me the test to see if he deserves command. Lee moves most of his main army into Dickenson to attack McClernand. The attack is a little weak and will probably lose but it’s a cover for my side attacks intended to take the rest of Tennessee and maybe parts of Kentucky. Small detachments strike at Lawrence, Bowling Green and Glascow. A little larger force under Beauregard strikes at Clarksville. We will see what happens.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Posted by Gen. Collins:[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]June 1864 [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Grant's army made a push in to the interior from Savannah but General Taylor pushed him back to the coast.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]This month saw a lot of activity on the Confederates part. They launched five major offensives in Kentucky and Tennessee. Thank goodness the Union were able to repel the important ones. The political appointee "Gen. McClernand" even got a strategic victory against that knight of the South, Gen. Robert E. Lee. (McClernand's is now thinking of the presidency in 1864 even if there is no Union left)[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]July is going to see more heavy fighting as Grant (who never gives up) moves on Port Royal to the north of Savannah. His army still gets great support from the fleet which is just offshore.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Union may be being torn assunder but Confederate independence will be achieved at a terrible cost to the south.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Bg. General Gilbert Collins
Army of Alabama
III/I/2nd Brigade[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]June 1864 [/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Grant's army made a push in to the interior from Savannah but General Taylor pushed him back to the coast.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]This month saw a lot of activity on the Confederates part. They launched five major offensives in Kentucky and Tennessee. Thank goodness the Union were able to repel the important ones. The political appointee "Gen. McClernand" even got a strategic victory against that knight of the South, Gen. Robert E. Lee. (McClernand's is now thinking of the presidency in 1864 even if there is no Union left)[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]July is going to see more heavy fighting as Grant (who never gives up) moves on Port Royal to the north of Savannah. His army still gets great support from the fleet which is just offshore.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Union may be being torn assunder but Confederate independence will be achieved at a terrible cost to the south.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Bg. General Gilbert Collins
Army of Alabama
III/I/2nd Brigade[/font]
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RE: AAR WbtS Gen. Whitehead vs Gen. Collins
And, for those who don't have access to a map of War Between the States here is one of the critical Tennessee area where most of our important battles have taken place:
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[font="times new roman"]Jul 1864[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]As I expected my offenses for the most part failed and Lee got badly burned and sent back across the river. This leads to an observation, as long as the Union keeps a gunboat in the Tennessee between the two regions I can’t cross. My attack was only possible when he withdrew it last turn for other business. Another interesting result of this pressing of so many regions in the West was the overall outcome. I only won in two of the five regions I moved against, Clarksville and Bowling Green., but winning those two regions and minor battles offset the Political cost of losing one major and two minor battles. This is an advantage the attacker who is usually the Union has. They don’t need to win everywhere just some of the places.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Grant having failed twice to attack the army outside Savannah decides to side step it and attack northward up the coast into Port Royal. Port Royal is one of my major coastal ports which is difficult to defend. There is no direct transportation into the region from adjacent areas. Grant moves his fleets into the Savannah River giving him a crossing and blocking Taylor’s nearby army from coming to the rescue. Port Royal falls. This does show the vulnerability of the South’s eastern ports to Union amphibious operations. They have now taken two in spite of an army of 60,000 nearby.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I get no initiative to speak of so I spend the turn shifting troops and trying to figure out how to check Grant. Lee moves to Huntsville north of the Tennessee River in preparation for cleaning out central Tennessee. This isn’t going to be that easy with a good part of my forces sent to Savannah area. I also move some heavy artillery to see if I can get control of the river but I don’t think it will work. I send a small force into Glasgow again. Maybe if I can’t take their army head on I can slowly starve it out some way.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]As I expected my offenses for the most part failed and Lee got badly burned and sent back across the river. This leads to an observation, as long as the Union keeps a gunboat in the Tennessee between the two regions I can’t cross. My attack was only possible when he withdrew it last turn for other business. Another interesting result of this pressing of so many regions in the West was the overall outcome. I only won in two of the five regions I moved against, Clarksville and Bowling Green., but winning those two regions and minor battles offset the Political cost of losing one major and two minor battles. This is an advantage the attacker who is usually the Union has. They don’t need to win everywhere just some of the places.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Grant having failed twice to attack the army outside Savannah decides to side step it and attack northward up the coast into Port Royal. Port Royal is one of my major coastal ports which is difficult to defend. There is no direct transportation into the region from adjacent areas. Grant moves his fleets into the Savannah River giving him a crossing and blocking Taylor’s nearby army from coming to the rescue. Port Royal falls. This does show the vulnerability of the South’s eastern ports to Union amphibious operations. They have now taken two in spite of an army of 60,000 nearby.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I get no initiative to speak of so I spend the turn shifting troops and trying to figure out how to check Grant. Lee moves to Huntsville north of the Tennessee River in preparation for cleaning out central Tennessee. This isn’t going to be that easy with a good part of my forces sent to Savannah area. I also move some heavy artillery to see if I can get control of the river but I don’t think it will work. I send a small force into Glasgow again. Maybe if I can’t take their army head on I can slowly starve it out some way.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Aug 1864[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Union went on the move in the west taking advantage of Lee’s shift of base. They used their ability to cross rivers to overrun the small force in Humbolt. This leaves Paducah open to taking next turn. Lee has to shift back to Shiloh to help protect Memphis. He does detach Early for a small attack against Lawrence but can’t spare having to many men separated from him by the river in case McClernand attacks next turn. A small force is sent to probe the Louisville defenses as well.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]In the East Grant tries to continue his winning tactics by going for Charleston the heart of the rebellion. No doubt plans to burn it down. However Taylor is ready and in position to counter the move this time. Grant finds that he has attempt one port too far. His army is thrown back with heavy losses, some 15,000 plus 50 guns and 2 ships.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]For some reason my heavy artillery has been taking a heavy toll of enemy ships sinking about a half dozen last turn.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Union went on the move in the west taking advantage of Lee’s shift of base. They used their ability to cross rivers to overrun the small force in Humbolt. This leaves Paducah open to taking next turn. Lee has to shift back to Shiloh to help protect Memphis. He does detach Early for a small attack against Lawrence but can’t spare having to many men separated from him by the river in case McClernand attacks next turn. A small force is sent to probe the Louisville defenses as well.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]In the East Grant tries to continue his winning tactics by going for Charleston the heart of the rebellion. No doubt plans to burn it down. However Taylor is ready and in position to counter the move this time. Grant finds that he has attempt one port too far. His army is thrown back with heavy losses, some 15,000 plus 50 guns and 2 ships.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]For some reason my heavy artillery has been taking a heavy toll of enemy ships sinking about a half dozen last turn.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Posted by Gen. Collins:[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Union made a slight comeback with the capture of Port Royal. Grant's army moved up the coast with an able assist by the Navy. Grant was always good with combined operations and he is doing the same in this game. [/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]In the west the Union control of the rivers is a huge advantage that I will have to exploit in future games. Kennon is doing well though by keeping my forces off balance. What I take in one place, he takes back in another so it is a large shell game in the west which only bodes badly for the Union, where they have to be able to take territory and hold it permanently.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]September of 1864 though sinks all hopes of any kind of a Union 'temporary comeback'. No initiative at all. Nothing. That turn was all internal movement with no offensives. The election is only two months away and with Lincoln's defeat Confederate independence is assured.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Bg. General Gilbert Collins
Army of [/font][font="times new roman"]Alabama[/font][font="times new roman"]
III/I/2nd Brigade[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Union made a slight comeback with the capture of Port Royal. Grant's army moved up the coast with an able assist by the Navy. Grant was always good with combined operations and he is doing the same in this game. [/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]In the west the Union control of the rivers is a huge advantage that I will have to exploit in future games. Kennon is doing well though by keeping my forces off balance. What I take in one place, he takes back in another so it is a large shell game in the west which only bodes badly for the Union, where they have to be able to take territory and hold it permanently.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]September of 1864 though sinks all hopes of any kind of a Union 'temporary comeback'. No initiative at all. Nothing. That turn was all internal movement with no offensives. The election is only two months away and with Lincoln's defeat Confederate independence is assured.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Bg. General Gilbert Collins
Army of [/font][font="times new roman"]Alabama[/font][font="times new roman"]
III/I/2nd Brigade[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Sep 1864[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]My two attacks were driven back but that isn’t to surprising. The Louisville one was just to test the defenses. The Lawrence one was intended to win if they didn’t reinforce and the reinforced with all they had. Most of McClernand’s army moved back across the Tennessee River to reinforce it. I am hoping this will give me an opportunity to counter attack. I can’t cross the river but I can strike the small force he left behind at Humbolt of only about 30,000 men half being cavalry. I move Lee with 40,000 men against it. To see if I can block his using transport to reinforce from Lawrence I overrun Dickson on the opposite back and move two heavy artillery units into it. Only transports are in the river between so I may be able to drive them off before he reacts but I am not sure of the order of things. We will see if the strategy works.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Mean while Taylor gets initiative on the coast and attacks Grant at Port Royal with some 50,000 men. Maybe it will be the start of a campaign to expel Grant from the coast.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]My two attacks were driven back but that isn’t to surprising. The Louisville one was just to test the defenses. The Lawrence one was intended to win if they didn’t reinforce and the reinforced with all they had. Most of McClernand’s army moved back across the Tennessee River to reinforce it. I am hoping this will give me an opportunity to counter attack. I can’t cross the river but I can strike the small force he left behind at Humbolt of only about 30,000 men half being cavalry. I move Lee with 40,000 men against it. To see if I can block his using transport to reinforce from Lawrence I overrun Dickson on the opposite back and move two heavy artillery units into it. Only transports are in the river between so I may be able to drive them off before he reacts but I am not sure of the order of things. We will see if the strategy works.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Mean while Taylor gets initiative on the coast and attacks Grant at Port Royal with some 50,000 men. Maybe it will be the start of a campaign to expel Grant from the coast.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Oct 1864[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The artillery didn’t block which I kind of expected since it fires only at the end of normal movement. Gen. Collins moved his entire army back to Humbolt defeating Lee. He also made some minor offensives. One against Paducah which looked like it won but after the battle my leader still held the area. May be a bug in the game. Another in West Virginia against Franklin which he easily won. Another against Roanoke in Virginia which I decide to oppose with a small force throwing the Yankees back.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Meanwhile down in Port Royal Taylor dives Grant out with heavy loses. I got initiative this turn but without control of the Savannah River I can’t reach Grant to follow up the attack.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]But Lee does get initiative and all the surrounding troops. And, Lee goes back to Humbolt in force this time to give the Yankees a lesson. He also sends a small force into Lawrence to retake it which will end Lee’s campaign in 64 with Tennessee cleared of all enemy.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The artillery didn’t block which I kind of expected since it fires only at the end of normal movement. Gen. Collins moved his entire army back to Humbolt defeating Lee. He also made some minor offensives. One against Paducah which looked like it won but after the battle my leader still held the area. May be a bug in the game. Another in West Virginia against Franklin which he easily won. Another against Roanoke in Virginia which I decide to oppose with a small force throwing the Yankees back.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Meanwhile down in Port Royal Taylor dives Grant out with heavy loses. I got initiative this turn but without control of the Savannah River I can’t reach Grant to follow up the attack.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]But Lee does get initiative and all the surrounding troops. And, Lee goes back to Humbolt in force this time to give the Yankees a lesson. He also sends a small force into Lawrence to retake it which will end Lee’s campaign in 64 with Tennessee cleared of all enemy.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Posted by Gen. Collins:[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]YORKTOWN ON THE TENNESSEE [/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Confederacy has achieved her Independence. The Lincoln administration has gone down to defeat, the soldier vote wasn't enough. The Northern States had completely rejected the war by this late date.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]As an added insult W.T. Sherman's army was forced to surrender on the banks of the Tennessee River. This is very strange since the navy had control of the river and their was a retreat route. Was there treachery here or had the average Union soldier just had enough of this lost war.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]As an extra added insult, Confederate General Polk on horseback with two pistols was able to prevent a Union army from crossing the Ohio at Paducah Kentucky. This also mystifies me and I hope it will be corrected in a future edition of the game.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I still stand by this magnificent game and hope the club will add it very soon to our official list of games to be played. If the inferior "Forge of Freedom" can be added, surely this great simulation can be added also.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Kennon played a very excellent game and kudos to his victory.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Has anyone won yet as the Union player against another or against the AI for that matter?[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Bg. General Gilbert Collins
Army of Alabama
III/I/2nd Brigade[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]YORKTOWN ON THE TENNESSEE [/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Confederacy has achieved her Independence. The Lincoln administration has gone down to defeat, the soldier vote wasn't enough. The Northern States had completely rejected the war by this late date.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]As an added insult W.T. Sherman's army was forced to surrender on the banks of the Tennessee River. This is very strange since the navy had control of the river and their was a retreat route. Was there treachery here or had the average Union soldier just had enough of this lost war.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]As an extra added insult, Confederate General Polk on horseback with two pistols was able to prevent a Union army from crossing the Ohio at Paducah Kentucky. This also mystifies me and I hope it will be corrected in a future edition of the game.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I still stand by this magnificent game and hope the club will add it very soon to our official list of games to be played. If the inferior "Forge of Freedom" can be added, surely this great simulation can be added also.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Kennon played a very excellent game and kudos to his victory.[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Has anyone won yet as the Union player against another or against the AI for that matter?[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Bg. General Gilbert Collins
Army of Alabama
III/I/2nd Brigade[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Nov 1864[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Lincoln loses reelection. As a lame duck president he gets to preside over the peace negotiations that end the war with Southern independence by the end of the year.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Now for some wrap up on the October turn. My strategy for clearing Tennessee worked. Lee won the battle in Humbolt and the side attack to take Lawrence was successful retaking all of central Tennessee.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The actual results were bugged as I observed concerning Paducah last turn. I checked the log file and sure enough it shows Gen. McPherson getting a minor victory in Paducah and based on the casualty reports Gen. Price’s little force was wiped out. Then came the bug. After the Reaction phase played out I checked Paducah and found the Rebel flag still flying over it. Specifically Gen. Price and the flag but not a single soldier besides him held the region. The heavy artillery I sent to Dickson was successful in driving off all transports. This made the east side of the Tennessee hostile. The north side was held by the mighty Price (President Davis and Congress later give him the nation’s highest award created specifically for him). The west side of the Mississippi was still neutral territory since it is extremely difficult terrain and not needed to control Missouri. The lack of transports in either river precluded any withdrawal to other territories (not certain it would work though). The result was the surrender of the entire army of almost 90,000 men.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Lesson learned: Watch out for extended campaigns through connected regions that depend on the ones behind you to maintain communications. Entire armies will surrender if surrounded and cut off in this game. And it is definitely a you lose result.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I am going to finish up the AAR with a summary of the tactics for the South when I get them written up.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]~ The End ~[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Lincoln loses reelection. As a lame duck president he gets to preside over the peace negotiations that end the war with Southern independence by the end of the year.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Now for some wrap up on the October turn. My strategy for clearing Tennessee worked. Lee won the battle in Humbolt and the side attack to take Lawrence was successful retaking all of central Tennessee.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]The actual results were bugged as I observed concerning Paducah last turn. I checked the log file and sure enough it shows Gen. McPherson getting a minor victory in Paducah and based on the casualty reports Gen. Price’s little force was wiped out. Then came the bug. After the Reaction phase played out I checked Paducah and found the Rebel flag still flying over it. Specifically Gen. Price and the flag but not a single soldier besides him held the region. The heavy artillery I sent to Dickson was successful in driving off all transports. This made the east side of the Tennessee hostile. The north side was held by the mighty Price (President Davis and Congress later give him the nation’s highest award created specifically for him). The west side of the Mississippi was still neutral territory since it is extremely difficult terrain and not needed to control Missouri. The lack of transports in either river precluded any withdrawal to other territories (not certain it would work though). The result was the surrender of the entire army of almost 90,000 men.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Lesson learned: Watch out for extended campaigns through connected regions that depend on the ones behind you to maintain communications. Entire armies will surrender if surrounded and cut off in this game. And it is definitely a you lose result.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]I am going to finish up the AAR with a summary of the tactics for the South when I get them written up.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]~ The End ~[/font]
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