KG_RangerBooBoo
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A new Confederate opponent has been found and once again I'll be chronicling my trials and tribulations as I try to repulse the invasion of Pennsylvania.
We agreed to skip the Brandy Station battle and I was presented with the knowledge that the ANV was on the move to my right and I was presented with a choice of how to deploy the AoP. I chose the historical option of screening the fords and deploying the majority of the army back a medium distance capable of moving to reinforce wherever the crossing came.
On the first turn we spotted nothing but a few cavalry units approaching the main fords where they were shot at by my screen. However on the second turn a regiment under Cadmus Wilcox came strolling across the Waterloo Bridge and right into my cavalry screen there without getting a chance to deploy into line. Made pretty targets for my cavalry troopers but unfortunately only one of the units fired. More Rebel infantry deployed on there side of the Rappahannock and took shots at my cavalry. On my turn I decided to pull back the smaller cavalry units to form a "just in case" line and left the bigger units to fire on that infantry column, where we caused some hurt. Elsewhere we roused everyone from their campfires and coffee and got them in column and on a road where possible, ready to move. I've not done much more then that as I'm going to have to take a turn or two to make sure that northern move is the main one. Right now it is just dawn so visibility is limited to 4 hexes so I can't see much over the river. Got to figure that the rest of a Reb division and probably a full Corps are shaking out beyond that bridge. Here is a screenshot of the action around Waterloo Bridge.
We agreed to skip the Brandy Station battle and I was presented with the knowledge that the ANV was on the move to my right and I was presented with a choice of how to deploy the AoP. I chose the historical option of screening the fords and deploying the majority of the army back a medium distance capable of moving to reinforce wherever the crossing came.
On the first turn we spotted nothing but a few cavalry units approaching the main fords where they were shot at by my screen. However on the second turn a regiment under Cadmus Wilcox came strolling across the Waterloo Bridge and right into my cavalry screen there without getting a chance to deploy into line. Made pretty targets for my cavalry troopers but unfortunately only one of the units fired. More Rebel infantry deployed on there side of the Rappahannock and took shots at my cavalry. On my turn I decided to pull back the smaller cavalry units to form a "just in case" line and left the bigger units to fire on that infantry column, where we caused some hurt. Elsewhere we roused everyone from their campfires and coffee and got them in column and on a road where possible, ready to move. I've not done much more then that as I'm going to have to take a turn or two to make sure that northern move is the main one. Right now it is just dawn so visibility is limited to 4 hexes so I can't see much over the river. Got to figure that the rest of a Reb division and probably a full Corps are shaking out beyond that bridge. Here is a screenshot of the action around Waterloo Bridge.