<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Harold Lajoie</i>
<br />With the draw of Forward Bucktails the score is <font color="red">CSA 180 </font id="red">and <font color="limegreen">USA 104</font id="limegreen">.
Wait... I'm receiving a terrible news from the Peninsula front:
CS Lt.Col. Lynn is defeated at Savage Station and concede the victory to US BG Mark Wolken on turn 13 !!! [:0]
Ouch ! The updated score for the 1st HACW is:
<font color="red">CSA 180</font id="red">
<font color="limegreen">USA 188</font id="limegreen">
Lt. Col. Harold Lajoie 3/2/I/AoM, CSA.
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Sir,
After more than two hours of fighting near Savages Station, I was forced to withdraw our Confederate forces into the inner defenses closer to Richmond in the face of superior Union numbers, leaving the field in possession of the Yankee invaders.
This was precipitated mostly by General Jackson's refusal to move 13,000 of his men from their position north of the Chickahominy where they were attempting to rebuild a pair of bridges. My repeated calls for him to abandon the project and move instead with all haste to cross the river at other available bridges to the west fell upon an appearantly deaf ear as his men made no effort to alter their position.
In the meantime, two full Union corps who had been in retreat near Glendale were free to turn westward and drive towards the James river and the Confederate rear. With the majority of the Confederate army starting out north of the Chickahominy with only a single road close enough to effect a crossing, there was no possibility of shifting sufficient forces to the south in order to stave off the two pronged Union flanking attack, and our heavily outnumber though valiant Home Guard units, though they determined to attempt to hold the outer works, would not have been capable to stopping the Union advance. It was therefore determined that no recourse existed for our army but to pull back into a more defensible position closer to the city in order to prevent its capture by the enemy. It is hoped that now that our lines are consolidated that the enemy will be foolish enough to launch an attack against our works, which we have no doubt will result in his utter destruction.
Your humble servant,
Col. Alan Lynn
Commanding, ANV
HQ Outside of Richmond
(Incidentally, this is a horribly designed scenario which I would recommend everyone to avoid like the plague. The Rebs are in an impossible position and have 13,000 of their best men fixed effectively for the entire battle, while the Union has NO fixed units and is free to concentrate on the outnumbered Rebels with impugnity and also have a free pass into the Confederate rear due to the initial setup of Confederate forces. The designer should have fixed the Union units south of White Oak Swamp in order to make this scenario even remotely even in fairness...)
Regards,
Col. Alan Lynn
3rd Battery "Jacksonville Greys"
4th Div, II Corps, AoA
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