Gettysburg #294 Collision in Maryland
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:10 pm
I just started this scenario with a Rebel chap. Looks like an interesting enough engagement.
As I'm developing my plan, I'm curious if anyone else who has played this particular scenario has any insight.
Here is my major concern. The Union Army is arriving from the southwest. The Rebs are coming in what would seem to be a stronger force from the Northwest.
My first thought was to run to Taneytown with I Corps, XII Corps, and II Corps as fast as I could. However, that is going to leave me strung out, in front of a larger force. It will also leave a lot of supply wagons far, far behind the main columns. Plus as reinforcements arrive, especially the second day, they might be cutoff.
My next thought was to consolidate somewhere near the head of where I Corps starts. I would contest chokepoints like Wilson's Ford, and assume a defensive position until more troops arrive. However, the problem with that strategy is that he could march straight down the pike through Taneytown and right off the map at the exit hexes leading to Washington or Baltimore. He would secure a victory that way.
I cannot just march east from where I am and hope to hold him at Westminster. He would have the Taneytown Pike and would beat me there. It would take my reinforcements forever to get there.
I was thinking about having I Corps and XII Corps race to Taneytown and have II Corps setup some sort of screen to protect the rest of my forces that will be arriving. However, it will be a large area to cover, and perhaps not the best use of one of the better Corps in the Army.
I would be curious to hear anyone else's thoughts on this particular scenario.
Am I missing an obvious choice?
Thank you for your time.
As I'm developing my plan, I'm curious if anyone else who has played this particular scenario has any insight.
Here is my major concern. The Union Army is arriving from the southwest. The Rebs are coming in what would seem to be a stronger force from the Northwest.
My first thought was to run to Taneytown with I Corps, XII Corps, and II Corps as fast as I could. However, that is going to leave me strung out, in front of a larger force. It will also leave a lot of supply wagons far, far behind the main columns. Plus as reinforcements arrive, especially the second day, they might be cutoff.
My next thought was to consolidate somewhere near the head of where I Corps starts. I would contest chokepoints like Wilson's Ford, and assume a defensive position until more troops arrive. However, the problem with that strategy is that he could march straight down the pike through Taneytown and right off the map at the exit hexes leading to Washington or Baltimore. He would secure a victory that way.
I cannot just march east from where I am and hope to hold him at Westminster. He would have the Taneytown Pike and would beat me there. It would take my reinforcements forever to get there.
I was thinking about having I Corps and XII Corps race to Taneytown and have II Corps setup some sort of screen to protect the rest of my forces that will be arriving. However, it will be a large area to cover, and perhaps not the best use of one of the better Corps in the Army.
I would be curious to hear anyone else's thoughts on this particular scenario.
Am I missing an obvious choice?
Thank you for your time.