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 Post subject: Cedar Mountain Game Map
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:46 am 
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During my tour of Virginia-Maryland battlefields last week I tried to imagine the game maps as I stood at certain vantage points. Many times (especially at Fredericksburg) the foliage would block what was otherwise a clear view in the 1860's. But at Cedar Mountain there was a lot of open ground and I was surprised to see how little the HPS game map resembles the lay of the land. While most of the other HPS maps seem to be pretty well researched, a quick look at the topo map from the Civil war Trust website confirms that the Game map for Cedar Mountain is a bit fictionalized.

This first photograph shows the Union approach route up the Culpeper Rd. toward Mitchell Station Rd, familiar to any Union player who has played the scenario:
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2nd photo at the intersection, the Confederate lines are visible at nearly the same elevation, with slight rolling hills in between:
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3rd photo of Cedar Run Church on a hilltop east of the creek, not as shown on the game map.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:41 pm 
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And finally where the photos would be on the game map, assuming roads and streams are accurate:

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:01 pm 
thanks for posting these Richard. Always interesting to see the actual location(s).


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