| Rating: |
7.8 (5) |
| Games Played: |
5 |
| SM: |
7 |
| Turns: |
98 |
| Type: |
Custom |
| First Side: |
CSA |
| Second Side: |
Union |
(HISTORICAL) After the stiff fight at Iuka, Major General Sterling Price's Army of the West escaped to the southwest seeking to combine forces with the command of Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn. Ripley was to be the staging area for an attack on the vital rail center at Corinth. On Sept 29th, the army struck north in the direction of Pocahontas. This feint was intended to fix in place the Union troops guarding the West Tennessee railroads. Van Dorn, after leaving behind a small force to guard his rear, veered to the east, crossing the Hatchie and making a forced march to Corinth. A surprise attack would be made on the town from the northwest. Meanwhile, Major General William Starke Rosecrans was rapidly concentrating his strung out forces to defend Corinth. Three divisions were pushed out to the outer earthworks (the old "Beauregard Line") that ringed the town in order to delay the Confederate army until Rosecrans' entire force could be reassembled at the inner fortifications.
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