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Burnside Goes Left Hypothetical First Bull Run Scenario

NOTE: This file was included for download at the Harper's Ferry Arsenal to give gamers who aren't interested in modding a look at another scenario for the game.

Instructions:

Download the zip file and extract the .mmg file into your Scenarios folder.  You can access the scenario in the game just as you would access the other .mmg files.



Leader: General Burnside

Authors: Jim Weaver & Adam Bryant

(Speculative)
Location: Sudley Road  near Newman's Farm
Time: 9:00 a.m.

Colonel Burnside's brigade had been marching since 2:00 AM with nary a rebel to be found.  His command, an element of Hunter's division, had been ordered to "pass the Bull Run stream above the lower ford at Sudley Springs, and then, turning down to the left, descend the stream and clear away the enemy who may be guarding the lower ford and bridge."

In history, he continued down Sudley Rd, in this variant, he follows McDowell's intended battle plan.

Ambrose Everett Burnside was a West Point graduate, class of '47.  After being wounded by Apaches in the New Mexico territory, he resigned his commission in 1853.  Later, he settled into civilian life an Rhode Island, where he designed and patented a revolutionary breach-loading rifle.  However, the Army, fearful that it's troopers will waste too much ammunition, turned down the new weapon, and Burnside was forced into bankruptcy.  With the coming of War, he was recommissoned a Colonel, and found himself commanding a brigade of Hunter's division.

You are Colonel Burnside, leading your troops in the opening attack of the war in Virginia. The first segment of your maneuver has been completed, and now those rebels must be confronted. 

Good luck and may God preserve the Union!