Drill No. 1: Barlow's Knob
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:52 am
The first training scenario offered is "!HISTORICAL 1.1.3 Barlow and Early - July 1st - Gettysburg" from the JTS/HPS Campaign Gettysburg package. The scenario is only 5 turns in length and recreates the situation experienced on the Federal right flank on the afternoon of July 1st, 1863. The map board is small with relatively few units and no reinforcements for either side.
The game should be set up with the Union side manual and Confederate side automatic w/fog-of-war, the game balance set at "0." All optional rules are to be engaged with the exception of Manual Defensive Fire.
The criteria for success in this instruction is to record at least 2 Draws and 1 Minor Victory result for the Union side. All three Victory Dialog screen shots are to be sent to the current AotS AC for registration.
FEDERAL FORCES, 3754 officers & men
First Division (Barlow), XI Corps, 2185 officers & men
1st Brigade (von Gilsa), 916 officers & men
2nd Brigade (Ames), 1269 officers & men
Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery, 6 12-lb Napoeons, 150 officers & men
From Third Division (Schurtz), XI Corps
2nd Brigade (Krzyzanowski), 1419 officers & men
These forces will be assaulted from the north by Doles's Georgia Brigade, 1319 men, of Rodes's Division and most of Early's Division of the II Corps, ANV. Early will have three brigades of infantry, Gordon, Hays and Hoke (commanded by Avery) and Jone's Artillery Battalion, totaling some 4641 men and 12 guns. The combined Rebel force numbers 5,960 men, 300 of them artillerymen. However, the AI script for the CSA does not incorporate all of Hays's Brigade to any great degree. The exercise is selected to test the officer's defensive skills, and all participants are invited to leave their comments as replies to this thread.