The Wargame:

The following scenario is based on the assault of the two Union divisions on the Sunken Road and lasts from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. I have not allowed for the small but ineffectual Rebel counterattack from the Dunker Church area. Anderson's Confederate division is treated as green for morale but shoots as average. I have already amalgamated G. B. Anderson's brigade into two units of 240 and 300 men respectively.

Deployment:

As the map; the two forward Confederate units belong to Rode's Brigade. Anderson's Division arrives on turn five, Maurin's and Huger's Batteries arrive on turn thirteen; all these units arrive anywhere along the line marked R. H. Anderson. The remaining Rebel batteries of Bondurant (turn eleven) and Hardaway's (turn twelve) enter from the extreme eastern edge of the West Woods beside the table lip. Troops in the Sunken Road are behind hasty works. Union reinforcements arrive at the opposite end from Anderson on turn seven and the Federal guns arrive from anywhere on the northeast side of the table on turn ten. Major General Longstreet arrives on turn eleven.

Terrain:

The terrain is flat apart from the important high ground of Piper's Ridge and the rise immediately in front of the Sunken Road Ð the former being higher than the latter. The road itself (as its name suggests) is sunken and should therefore provide an additional saving roll. The fields immediately behind the Sunken Road are broken.

Victory Conditions:

The Federals must inflict sixty percent casualties on the Confederates, thus forcing the Confederates to withdraw. The Confederates need to prevent this.

Union Order of Battle

1st Division: Major General I. Richardson, average, +2

1st Brigade: Brigadier General J. Caldwell, poor, +0

5th N.H., 100 men, RM, average 7th N.Y., 100 men, RM, average 61st N.Y., 100 men, RM, average 64th N.Y., 100 men, RM, average 81st Penn., 100 men, RM, average

2nd Brigade: Brigadier General T. Meagher, average, +1

29th Mass., 300 men, RM, elite 63rd N.Y., 300 men, RM, elite 69th N.Y., 300 men, RM, elite 88th N.Y., 300 men, RM, elite

3rd Brigade: Brigadier J. Brooke, average, +1

2nd Del., 100 men, RM, average 52nd N.Y., 100 men, RM, average 57th N.Y., 100 men, RM, average 66th N.Y., 100 men, RM, average 53rd Penn., 200 men, RM, average

3rd Division: Brigadier General W. French, average, +2

1st Brigade: Brigadier General N. Kimball, average, +2

14th N.H., 500 men, RM, average 8th Ohio, 400 men, RM, average 132nd Penn., 500 men, RM, average 7th W.V., 600 men, RM, average 2nd Brigade: Colonel D. Morris, average, +1 14th Conn., 500 men, RM, green 108th N.Y., 400 men, RM, green 130th Penn., 600 men, RM, green

3rd Brigade: Brigadier General M. Weber, average, +1

1st Del., 400 men, RM, green 5th Md., 600 men, RM, average 4th N.Y., 500 men, RM, average3

Artillery:

Bty. B, 1st N.Y., 6 x 10 lb. P, superior

Confederate Order of Battle

Major General J. Longstreet, superior, +2

Hill's Division: Major General D. H. Hill, superior, +2

Anderson's Brigade: Brig. General G. B. Anderson, average, +1

2nd N.C., 100 men, RM, average 4th N.C., 100 men, RM, average 14th N.C., 100 men, RM, average 30th N.C., 100 men, RM, average

Rode's Brigade: Brig. General R. E. Rodes, average, +1

3rd Al., 240 men, RM, average 5th Al., 240 men, RM, average 6th Al., 240 men, RM, average 12th Al., 240 men, RM, average 26th Al., 240 men, RM, average

Artillery:

Hardaway's Al. Bty., 2 x 3" R, 1 x 6 lb. W, average Bondurant's Al. Bty., 2 x 3" R, 2 x 12 lb. H, average

Anderson's Division: Major General R. H. Anderson, average, +2

Cumming's Brigade: 8th Al., 120 men, RM green

9th Al., 120 men, RM green 10th Al., 120 men, RM, green 11th Al., 120 men, RM, green

Featherston's Brigade: Colonel C. Posey, average, +1

12th Miss., 120 men, RM, green 16th Miss., 120 men, RM, green 19th Miss., 120 men, RM, green 2nd Miss. Btn., 120 men, RM green 14th Al., 120 men, RM green 2nd Fla., 120 men, RM green 8th Fla., 120 men, RM green 3rd Va., 120 men, RM green

Wright's Brigade: Brig. General A. Wright, average, +1

44th Al., 120 men, RM, green 3rd Ga., 120 men, RM, green 22nd Ga., 120 men, RM, green 48th Ga., 120 men, RM, green

Artillery:

Maurin's La. Bty., 2 x 10 lb. P, 1 x 3" R, 3 x 6 lb SB, average Huger's Va. Bty., 1 x 10 lb. P, 1 x 3" R, 2 x 6 lb SB, average

Unattached:

3rd Co. (Miller's) Washington Art., 2 x 12 lb. N, elite

Scenario Map for Antietam: French and Richardson

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