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Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville,
Virginia
April 30 – May 6, 1863
On April 27, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker led the V, IX, and XII Corps on
a campaign to turn the Confederate left flank by crossing the Rappahannock
and Rapidan Rivers above Fredericksburg. Passing the Rapidan via Germanna
and Ely's Fords, the Federals concentrated near Chancellorsville
on April 30 and May 1. The III Corps was ordered to join the army via United States
Ford. Sedgwick's VI Corps and Gibbon's division remained to demonstrate
against the Confederates at Fredericksburg.
In the meantime, Lee left a covering force under Maj. Gen. Jubal Early in
Fredericksburg
and marched with the rest of the army to confront the Federals. As Hooker's
army moved toward Fredericksburg
on the Orange
Turnpike, they encountered increasing Confederate resistance. Hearing reports
of overwhelming Confederate force, Hooker ordered his army to suspend the
advance and to concentrate again at Chancellorsville.
Pressed closely by Lee's advance, Hooker adopted a defensive posture, thus
giving Lee the initiative. On the morning of May 2, Lt. Gen. T.J.
Jackson directed his corps on a march against the Federal left flank, which
was reported to be "hanging in the air." Fighting was sporadic on
other portions of the field throughout the day, as Jackson's column reached its
jump-off point. At 5:20
pm, Jackson's line surged forward in
an overwhelming attack that crushed the Union XI Corps. Federal troops
rallied, resisted the advance, and counterattacked. Disorganization on both
sides and darkness ended the fighting. While making a night reconnaissance,
Jackson
was mortally wounded by his own men and carried from the field. J.E.B.
Stuart took temporary command of Jackson's Corps. On May 3, the
Confederates attacked with both wings of the army and massed their
artillery at Hazel Grove. This finally broke the Federal line at Chancellorsville.
Hooker withdrew a mile and entrenched in a defensive "U" with his
back to the river at United States
Ford. Union generals Berry and Whipple and Confederate general Paxton were
killed; Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded. On the night of May 5-6,
after Union
reverses at Salem
Church,
Hooker recrossed to the north bank of the Rappahannock.
This battle was considered by many historians to be Lee's greatest victory.
Result(s):
Confederate victory
Location: Spotsylvania
County
Campaign: Chancellorsville Campaign (April - May 1863)
Date(s): April 30 – May 6, 1863
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker [US]; Gen. Robert
E. Lee and Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson [CS]
Forces Engaged: 154,734 total (US 97,382; CS 57,352)
Estimated Casualties: 24,000
total (US 14,000; CS 10,000)
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About the files:
These are modifications for the HPS Campaign Corinth
game.
How
to install:
Copy the Main Files, and the OOB Files, into your HPS Simulations/Campaign Corinth
directory.
Copy the Leaders file and
the Units File into your HPS Simulations/Campaign Corinth/Info directory.
Copy the Icons file into
your HPS Simulations/Campaign Corinth/maps directory.
Note: Pete's
Cornith mods all use the same set of files except for the Main Files.
Thus if you have installed one mod, you only need the Main Files for the
others.
Author: Peter Seibel
maeckes@t-online.de
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Link to
Pete's Cornith Page
Main Files
(49 KB)
OOB Files
(29 KB)
Leaders
(1,839 KB)
Units
(423 KB)
Icons
(1,391 KB)
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About the files:
These are modifications for the Talonsoft BGN
game, using standard rules. This game is essentially a copy of Pete
Siebel's HPS Campaign Corinth Chancellorsville (see above) converted to BG.
The 2D maps were created using East Front, and the 3D maps were created by
Jean-Marie Barbier with the NIR-Project
using his map creating program along with some minor modifications.
How to install:
Note: Due to the large size of the map, the map files Main1.bmp,
Main2.bmp and Main3.bmp had to be split using File Splitter. Thus File
Splitter will have to be used to re-join these files.
Click
here to get the File Splitter program.
Create a sub-folder in your <<C:\Talonsoft\BGN>>
folder called CV.
Download all of the files to the right and extract them into this new folder <<C:\Talonsoft\BGN\CV>>
. Open your
File Splitter program and select join files. Choose Main1-1.bmp then
select open. This will create the Main1.bmp. Repeat the process
for Main2 selecting Main2-1.bmp and Main3 selecting Main3-1.bmp. You
can then delete all of the split files if you like to free up hard drive
space.
Start your game by
C:\BGN\BGN.EXE and choose the CV module. |
Map files: Main0 - 1
part:
BGNCVMain0.zip (1,385 KB)
Main1 - 3 parts:
BGNCVMain1a.zip (4,806 KB)
BGNCVMain1b.zip (4,708 KB)
BGNCVMain1c.zip (4,426 KB)
Main2 - 6 parts:
BGNCVMain2a.zip (9,640 KB)
BGNCVMain2b.zip (10,086 KB)
BGNCVMain2c.zip (10,147 KB)
BGNCVMain2d.zip (10,191 KB)
BGNCVMain2e.zip (9,391 KB)
BGNCVMain2f.zip (10,042 KB)
Main3 - 3 parts:
BGNCVMain3a.zip (5,265 KB)
BGNCVMain3b.zip (5,055 KB)
BGNCVMain2c.zip (5,405 KB)
Others - 1 part:
BGNCVOthers.zip (2,758 KB)
Scenarios - 1 part:
BGNCVScen.zip (20 KB) |
