Spotsylvania is a purely fictional OOB of what might have happened on May 7th, 1864 

THE SETTING

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle 
of Spotsylvania, was the second battle
in Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. 
It was fought in the Rapidan-Rappahannock river area of central Virginia, a region 
where more than 100,000 men 
on both sides fell between 1862 and 1864.

The battle was fought from May 8 to May 21, 1864, along a trench line some four miles long, 
with the Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee making its second attempt to halt 
the spring offensive of the Union Army of the Potomac under the command of Lieut. Gen. 
Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade. Taking place less than a week after the bloody, 
inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, 
it pitted 52,000 Confederate soldiers against a Union army numbering 100,000.


Background
After Lee checked the Union advance in the Wilderness, Grant decided to take advantage of the 
position he held, which allowed him to slip his army around Lee's right flank and continue 
to move south toward the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. He already had troops on 
the move by the night of May 7, just one day after the Wilderness fighting ended.

This OOB reflects the first movements of the Rebel and Yankee Armies to outflank each other 
at Spotsylvania Court House.

The battle pits A.P. Hill's 3rd Corps against General Hancock's II Corps


General A.P. Hills 3rd Corps consisted of 4 Divisions.

1st Division - under the command of Brigadier General Joseph Kershaw
2nd Division - under the command of Brigadier General Richard Anderson
3rd Division - under the command of Major General Henry Heth
4th Division - under the command of Major General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox

General Hancock's II Corps consisted of 4 Divisions.

1st Division - under the command of Brigadier General Francis Barlow
2nd Division - under the command of Brigadier General John Gibbon
3rd Division - under the command of Major General David Birney
4th Division - under the command of Brigadier General Gresham Mott


NOTES

These forces are just about evenly matched.

The Artillery has been greatly reduced - making this a very good manuevering game.  It has 
been playtested extensively.

This game is MEANT to be played on a LARGE scale.  I cannot say what the breakup of forces 
you will have to deal with
if you play on Small or Medium Battle options

This game will play will all patched versions of the game up to and including 2.53

SPECIAL CHANGES

YANKS:

All ammo wagons now have the LARGE US Flag instead of the the small cavalry flag.  As do 
all Battery commanders.

All Union battery's have the red crossed-cannon flag (which I personally like - and give 
them a distinctive look on the battlefield)

REB'S

All ammo wagons now have the LARGE Stars and Bars instead of the the small cavalry flag.  
As do all Battery commanders.

UNITS

The Union has slight edge in manpower - but the Rebs have more veteran units - this can be 
one by either side.

Will you be good enough to win........................??

TO PLAY

Un-zip this file and drag and drop or copy and paste it into the "Open Play" folder of your TC2M


Gary - MMG TEAM