American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

All Corrected, including the corresponding scenarios in the Campaign folder.

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Brigadier General Richard Walker
II Corps, 4th Division, 6th Brigade
Army of Tennessee
(JTS/WDS Scenario Designer)

Scenario 007 of Campaign Gettysburg has: 1) release dates out of order in the Release Dialog and 2) the Scheduled Dialog has Benning coming in at 10:20 PM when darkness occurred at 8:00 PM (scheduled time should be 10:00 or 11:00).

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

I think that is because of the bigger map. In 'Historical Gettysburg Benning' arrives on the map at 0800 on Day 2 but, being a smaller map, he is further down the pike when he 'arrives' in that scenario. I am unaware of Benning's historical location on the night of 1 July; all I know is that he must be able to be able to reach Devil's Den well rested by 1640 on the afternoon of 2 July.

I have researched a number of things in regard to Gettysburg007 and, of those things I investigated, it was exceptionally accurate. Even the 'permanently fixed' Union units on the map seemed to be the correct decision (https://wargame.ch/board/acwgc/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24075#p127324). The only error I found was regarding 32 Mass. as they seem to have too many men (100-150 more than they should). [As stated elsewhere, I do disagree with the supply allocations in that scenario but consider that is more of a design decision.]

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Paul Swanson
Lieutenant-General
First Division
First Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

Scenario 003 in Antietam has different possible entry points for reinforcements. At 8:00 a.m. a brigade for Runyon's division has a 25% chance of showing up (159,0). There is no road there and it is in deep woods. I'm sure this is a mistake.

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Loudscott
Lt. Colonel
Army of the Tennessee

The Wauhatchie scenarios always seemed off to me. Campaign Chickamauga - scenarios 77 to 80 inclusive.

The Yanks start off with 1500 men (Cobham's PA Bde & Ireland's New Yorkers) and the Rebs (Jenkins' SC Bde) start off with 1200 men plus. The Yanks get 4 Napoleons also. Ireland's Brigade is fixed for the first turn - so is the 186 man Hampton Legion, which is way back on the CSA objective.

The game starts at 150 points which is Union Minor Victory (the game status changes to draw if the Rebs pull it back to 100 points) In theory, the 82 man Palmetto Sharpshooters regiment can grab the Union objective hex on the first turn (Rebs move first here) - but the rest of the brigade can't get there. In order to reach CSA Minor Victory, the Rebs have to get the victory status to -100 which seems like a tall order.

I'm no expert on the campaign but I have a hard time believing the six regiments of Jenkins' SC brigade only brought 1200 guys to this fight. They missed Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga. In general, South Carolinian regiments found it easier than most to return wounded to duty and gather up conscripts until the winter of 1864-1865... I guess they went with Longstreet to Knoxville - but even so.

Anyway, IMO if the idea is the Rebs defend - the victory conditions don't make that possible. If the idea is both sides attack - the Rebs don't have enough men.

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Lieutenant General TW Marshall

ACWGC President 2022 - 2025

Commanding Officer, II Corps, Army of Tennessee

That's an odd one. I've never looked at that scenario before now but did some research. It was difficult to find definitive proof of Jenkins' force size at that battle.

However, I did discover that:
American Battlefield Trust said the forces engaged at Wauhatchie were Union-1,600 and Confederate-2,000; and
Official Records (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077699845&seq=646&q1=Jenkins&start=1) noted in a 6 November 1862 the total strength of Jenkins' Brigade was 1,629 so, given that we know they lost about 400 men at Wauhatchie that also points to a strength of 2,000 men for Wauhatchie.

Also, in the Campaign Chickamauga Notes there is a detailed strength of the forces at the time. On page 38 Jenkins' Brigade shows as:

Jenkins' Brigade 62 2000

1 South Carolina 10 312 Calculation

2 SC Rifles 10 316 Company Rolls, NARA

5 South Carolina 10 368 Company Rolls, NARA

6 South Carolina 10 313 Calculation

Hampton Legion 10 316 Charleston Mercury

Palmetto SS 12 375 Calculation.


So, long story short, I think that you're correct. It would seem that Jenkins' Brigade at Wauhatchie should be a lot closer to 2,000 rather than 1,242. [The Union strength of 1,566 seems about right.]

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Paul Swanson
Lieutenant-General
First Division
First Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

Accurate leader pics and in scenarios that have one brigade leader, there should be a second-in-command officer with a pic to use, which exists in some specific scenarios.

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Respectfully, your obedient servant,

Maj. Gen. L.P. Smith
Division Commander - II Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

Question on this one: Are saying there should be more SIC leaders, or the pictures are wrong for those that are present? If the former, that is intentional. As discussed in an earlier thread (poll), leaders are used, in many cases, in gamey tactics. So, I made the design decision to not overpopulate units with SICs.

If the latter, and the pictures are wrong, I need specifics.

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Brigadier General Richard Walker
II Corps, 4th Division, 6th Brigade
Army of Tennessee
(JTS/WDS Scenario Designer)

Fixed and sent to WDS for next update

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Brigadier General Richard Walker
II Corps, 4th Division, 6th Brigade
Army of Tennessee
(JTS/WDS Scenario Designer)

Fixed: I removed the [159,0] entrance chance.

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Brigadier General Richard Walker
II Corps, 4th Division, 6th Brigade
Army of Tennessee
(JTS/WDS Scenario Designer)