A Grand Campaign

There is a new simulation getting ready to start called "The Grand Campaign." It incorporates the South Branch and North Branch campaign theaters into a larger area that includes rail lines. Although bearing a lot of similarities to the South Branch and North Branch Campaigns, this two-player simulation has some notable differences.

Day One Engagements

In the end, there were engagements (in one case only long range shelling) in all of the "front line towns" during day one of the campaign.  The Union Army of the South Branch has taken Sagarville, which is a significant victory in the center of the campaign theater. The Federals have also seized 2 out of 3 objectives at Sitesville, but the Confederates still hold onto McGee Hill there. Cosner's Gap remains firmly in Confederate hands, despite a light Union probe at the end of Turn 3. 

In the southern section, Garrettsville has been a back and forth fight. Neither side has made much progress, but one Federal division is cut off from its supply line at the end of Turn 3. This is due to a Confederate presence at Keyser Ford, where there is some firing on the skirmish line across the West Fork at the ford. 

What will Day 2 bring, as the Confederates try to hold or slow the Union advance? Casualties are mounting on both sides (no official figures yet) and Arlington still a long way away. If the Confederate Army of the Mountains can keep the Federals west of the North Branch River for two more days (6 Turns), they could achieve an early victory. Regardless of who wins, it has been an interesting campaign so far. More information will be available to the players on the status of their corps over the next week. 

Campaign Map - Turn 2 End

Revised Deployment Maps

I will be issuing some revised deployment maps. The defending zone has been enlarged in some cases. I will have the "front line towns" deployment maps posted on the reference maps section by the end of this weekend. This will include:

• Cosner's Gap
• Franklin
• Marion
• Sitesville
• Mt. Zion Church
• Sagarville
• Newtown
• Madison
• Keyser Ford
• Garrettsville

(Keyser Ford and Garrettsville are included because there is no Federal presence in Madison at the beginning of the campaign.)

Campaign Map Simplified

The Confederates have asked for a simplified schematic of the campaign theater. Here it is: