089-641021-[N]Missouri alt 150T.30 - WDS Forgotten Campaigns

(Alternative 30 minute turns) Prices's 1864 Invasion of Missouri was the final act of a drama which had been going on since before the Civil War, when the neighbors of Kansas and Missouri had fought each other over the slavery issue. Sterling Price rampaged across the width of Missouri, recruiting for his army and pillaging enough wealth to fill 500 wagons. With Pleasonton's cavalry and A J Smith's infantry closing in from the east, and Sam Curtis blocking him to the west, his only hope is to escape to the southwest. (Exit hex 28 259) The armies would clash at Westport, now a suburb of Kansas City, as Price fights to protect his line of retreat. The Union player must trade space for time, fighting only when he must fight, as reinforcements arrive and the militia mobilizes. This is an extended hypothetical scenario, with Cooper's Indian division arriving to cover the withdrawal. References:" Battlefield Atlas of Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864," by Charles D Collins Jr.