N] Spotsylvania--Assault on the Mule Shoe--Rebs are ready! [No AI Script] (222-640512) - WDS Campaign Overland
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N] Spotsylvania--Assault on the Mule Shoe--Rebs are ready! [No AI Script] (222-640512)
By John Ferry
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| SM: | 5 |
| Turns: | 51 |
| Type: | Custom |
| First Side: | CSA |
| Second Side: | Union |
May 12 1864 may have been the darkest day for the Army of Northern Virginia between Bull Run and Appomattox. After fighting Grant and Meade to a stand-off in the Wilderness, Lee blocked their next move here at Spotsylvania. Bouyed by Emory Upton's successful breach of Lee's lines, Grant said, "A brigade today--we'll try a corps tomorrow. On the dark foggy morning of May 12 Hancock's Second Corps rolled forward like a steamroller and smashed through the mule-shoe salient, capturing two generals, twelve guns and five thousand prisoners. The famous Stonewall Brigade was wrecked. Only hard fighting by Lee's reserves, led by General John B Gordon, staved off total defeat. The armies fought all day in the mud and the rain as the Confederates strove to construct a new defensive line across the base of the salient. The armies are poised. You are in command. Can you emulate the South's valiant efforts, or as the Union can you destroy the remainder of the Army of Northern Virginia. Spotsylvania with Campaign Spotsylvania OOB and maximum defensive configuration. Confederate units were unprepared to meet this assault, with faulty security and dampened charges in their muskets. This is simulated with the disordered and out of ammo status of most units.
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