Subject: Fw: Battle Cry Scenario: Wilson's Creek Dennis Snow wrote in message <8fsvgj$muo$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... I worked up a Battle Cry scenario for Wilson's Creek. A text description follows below. I also have a nicer version with a simple line drawing illustration of the setup which I can make available in PDF. Please remember Battle Cry scenarios are "stylized," and make no real claim to historical accuracy! Dennis Snow --- Battle Cry Scenario Wilson's Creek -------------- August 10, 1861 In February, Captain Nathaniel Lyon had been assigned to the St. Louis arsenal, with its 60,000 stand of arms which Jackson's militia was now eyeing covetously. With the backing of Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Lyon obtained command of the arsenal and on April 25 he spirited most of the arms across the Mississippi into Illinois. Then, on May 10, he raided the pro-Southern camp, forced the Rebels to surrender, and paraded his captives through the streets of St. Louis. Someone in the crowd threw a stone, and Lyon's forces began firing. Before the clash ended, 28 persons had been killed or fatally injured. Missouri, though it would remain in the Union, had entered a period of bitter partisan warfare. Infuriated by bloodshed in St. Louis, the Missouri legislature in Jefferson City took war measures, and Governor Jackson appointed Sterling Price commander of the state's forces. A temporary truce was arranged by Federal General W. A. Harney, but Blair soon had Nathaniel Lyon put in his place. Lyon drove Jackson out of his capital and headed southwest, hoping to pierce Arkansas. He got within 50 miles of the border before realizing that he was 120 miles from his railroad base and was outnumbered two to one by Price's 12,000 Confederates. Hoping to strike one blow before he was forced to retreat, Lyon staged a pretentious little battle at Wilson's Creek on August 10. Franz Sigel's surprise attack on the Confederate rear ended in rout, and at the Union front the red-bearded Lyon was waving his hat to rally the men when a bullet knocked him dead from his horse. The Union troops fled, and southwestern Missouri remained in Confederate control. --Bruce Catton, "The Civil War" Setup ----- The top row is numbered 101, 102, ..., 113, the second row 201, 202, ..., 212, etc., continuing to the bottom row, 901, 902, ..., 913. Wilson's Creek (waterway terrain) runs through hexes: 401-402-403-404-405-306-206(Bridge)-207-208-209-310-311-211-212 106: Confederate Infantry 107: Hill; Confederate Infantry and General (McCulloch) 202: Field 204: Confederate Infantry 205: Woods 206: Bridge 210: Hill; Confederate Artillery 301: Union Infantry 302: Woods 304: Woods 305: Hill 308: Confederate Infantry 309: Confederate General (Price) 312: Field 313: Field 408: Confederate Infantry 409: Confederate Infantry 410: Woods 411: Building (Sharp's House) 412: Union Infantry, Union General (Sigel) 505: Woods 506: Woods 509: Woods 510: Confederate Cavalry 511: Woods 513: Union Infantry 601: Woods 602: Hill 603: Hill; Union Artillery 604: Union Infantry 606: Woods 607: Woods 609: Confederate Artillery 610: Woods 702: Union Cavalry 704: Woods; Union General 705: Hill; Union Artillery803: Woods 708: Woods 805: Woods; Union Infantry 808: Woods 906: Hill; Union Artillery 907: Union Infantry 911: Woods Staffing Notes -------------- Union Player: Nathaniel Lyon Take 5 command cards Hexes numbered 9xx = Union Board Edge You move first Confederate Player: Sterling Price Take 5 command cards Hexes numbered 1xx = Confederate Board Edge Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.