[H] The Line is Broken--Assault on the Mule Shoe [+AI] (218-640512) - WDS Campaign Overland

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[H] The Line is Broken--Assault on the Mule Shoe [+AI] (218-640512)

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Rating:	7.63 (3)
Games Played:	2
SM:	2
Turns:	24
Type:	Custom
First Side:	CSA
Second Side:	Union

Historical. May 12 1864 may have been the darkest day for the Army of Northern Virginia between Bull Run and Appomattox. After fighting Grant and Meade to a stand-off in the Wilderness, Lee blocked their next move here at Spotsylvania. Bouyed by Emory Upton's successful breach of Lee's lines using "massed columns" of infantry, Grant said, "A brigade today--we'll try a corps tomorrow. On the dark foggy morning of May 12 Hancock's Second Corps rolled forward like a steamroller and smashed through the mule-shoe salient, capturing two generals, twelve guns and five thousand prisoners. The famous Stonewall Brigade was wrecked. Only hard fighting by Lee's reserves, led by General John B Gordon, staved off total defeat. The morning was wet and foggy. These conditions are simulated with Confederate units unprepared to meet the initial assault (dampened musket charges, disordered units, and limbered artillery). The stacking limit is raised to 1500 men to allow for the use of massed columns in the predawn attack (historical). Reinforcement and unit release times are historical.