WinSPCW Scenario Testing - Antietam, morning, September 17, 1862

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I've decided to pull Meade's division from the cornfield and let the rebels come at me for a change. The losses have been too great - Christian's Brigade (2nd/2nd/First Corps AoP) has been almost entirely destroyed.

Doubleday on the left has to move now - the constant trading of volleys has severely reduced his ammunition, and Jackson has sent Jones's Brigade against him. I send Doubleday's line out to meet Jones, though Early is still advancing from the West. However, First Corps artillery has forced him to a halt. If he continues to be a problem, I may have to assign a brigade of Doubleday's to help, which will be dicey given Jones's position in the trees.

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Though Doubleday has mostly halted Jones, Early continues to advance from the west, but First Corps artillery needs to cease firing for a turn to replenish their ammunition.


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I've managed to establish a reasonably intact line at the northern edge of the cornfield.


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Though I've yielded immediate command of the cornfield to the rebels, they're close enough that Meade's artillery can hit them hard. His two remaining batteries, by virtue of their own unsupported fire, managed to drive away the entire brigade of Hays's Louisiana Tigers. However, on Meade's left flank, Ewell's artillery has gotten a clear view through the smoke and opened up on Pennsylvania Reserves.


I impulsively ordered a charge by Doubleday over on the right, but that was a mistake, as many of his regiments are out of ammunition or are too suppressed to move. Predictably, most of the regiments were driven away, and Jackson's artillery suddenly reappeared to the west and knocked out the remainder of my supporting artillery on that flank. Doubleday has met with disaster, and with the situation on the left going only a little better, it looks like I'll have to give it all up.