Battle:  2nd Bull Run (Groveton), Virginia.  2BR-008_29Aug62_Sigel (Union Corps) Stock

Scenario built for Mad Minute Games Civil War Bull Run version 1.11 (with patch). 

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. 

Unzip the .mmg file in your CWBR/Scenarios folder.  Launch the game, select Custom Scenarios, 
select 2BR-008_29Aug62_Sigel (Union Corps) Beta, and play.

GAME INFORMATION.

Command: I Corps, Army of Virginia (Maj Gen Franz Sigel)

Time: 6:30 a.m. 29 August 1862

Length of play: 3 Hours (0630-0930)

Weather = 1000 yards visibility

Embedded Mods:  NONE

Background: You are Maj Gen Franz Sigel, Commander, I Corps, Army of Virginia.  Your corps has 
been on the road for many days--marching and countermarching--as General Pope tries to maneuver 
the Army of Virginia into a position to destroy Maj Gen "Stonewall" Jackson's Corps.  Yesterday 
evening, your corps went into bivouac east of Groveton, Virginia in the vicinity of the 1st Bull 
Run battlefield.  

Situation: Recent intelligence indicates that Jackson's Corps of three divisions of infantry 
(Taliferro, Ewell, A.P. Hill) and Stuart's Cavalry Division is attempting to retreat west towards 
Thoroughfare Gap and thus affect a juncture with the main body of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.  
Further reports indicate that Longstreet's Corps has been held at Thoroughfare Gap by Federal troops 
under the command of Brig Gen Ricketts.  At sunset last evening, Brig Gen King's Division fought and 
bested Jackson's rear guard in the vicinity of Groveton.  King's and Rickett's divisions are now in 
position to block any chance of Jackson retreating to the west; only the northern route across Bull 
Run at Sudley Ford remains.  You must close it.  

Mission:  "Attack the enemy vigorously at daylight." -- Maj Gen John Pope, Commander, Army of Virginia   

Forces Available:

I Corps, Army of Virginia (Maj Gen Sigel) 16,400 men, 72 guns
  1st Division (Brig Gen Schenk) 3,700 men, 18 Guns
  2nd Division (Brig Gen Von Steinwehr) 1,500 men, 12 Guns
  3rd Division (Brig Gen Shurz) 4,700 men, 22 guns
  Reserve Division, III Corps (Brig Gen Reynolds)(Attached) 5,500 men, 20 guns
  Cavalry Brigade, I Corps (Col Beardsley) 1,000 men (exhausted)

Now is our chance to isolate and destroy Jackson once and for all.  Success and glory are in the 
advance; disaster and shame lurk in the rear.  Take Command!

TIP:  You will earn your General's pay on this one.  Your corps is in a terrible muddle from your 
pre-dawn maneuvering to get ready for your attack.  Take command of brigades and batteries to sort
things out and to position yourself  for your COORDINATED ATTACK.  In other words, don't try Division 
commands until you have untangled your corps or else you are in for a major league traffic jam!  
Think...then click.

Thanks to Pakfront for his scenario editor, Brett Shulte for help with the OOB work, Mike Peyrot and 
6th Vermont for insights on what makes the CWBR engine run, and Beagler for his "casualty correction" 
work.

Enjoy.

v/r

Wrangler


Notes:

- Small Arms for Union have been "generalized" to the US M1861 Springfield; Confederates have been 
"generalized" to the 1853 British Enfield.  Actual arms carried by each regiment are unknown at this 
time but will be posted once revealed through historical research.
- Effective Strengths of Union regiments were derived from Union morning reports as of 27 Aug 1862.
- Effective Strengths of Confederate regiments were derived from Confederate morning reports as of 26 Aug 1862.

References:

Hennessy, John J., Second Manassas Battlefield Map Study, H. E. Howard, Inc, Lynchburg, VA, 1991.
Hennessy, John J., Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas, University of 
Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1993.
Nolan, Alan T., The Iron Brigade - A Military History, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 
IN, 1961.
Langellier, John, Second Manassas 1862 - Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory, Osprey Publishing, 
Great Britain, 2002.
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
Supplement to the Offical Records of the War of the Rebellion