American Civil War campaign: The opening moves

I am playing the Confederate side in the campaign. and my troops occupy the western end of the island.

I have organised my force into a number of brigades and I located them in various nodal points on the western end of the map.

My orders were as follow:

• A brigade to advance from 03 (Selinatown) to 06 (on the coastal road between Selinatown and St Gela)
• A brigade to advance from 04 (Panorama Gulch) to 07 (Solastine)
• A brigade to advance from 06 (On the coastal road between Selinatown and St Gela) to 12 (On the coastal road between Seliantown and St Gela)
• A brigade to advance from 07 (Solastine) to 08 (Himeran)

Intelligence then reached me that the Union forces were reported to be at 15 (On the road from Zeke's Mill to Unitedville), 16 (On the road from Zeke's Mill to Unitedville), and 14 (Bank's Mill).

I response, I issued the following orders:

• A brigade to advance from 06 (on the coastal road between Selinatown and St Gela) to 12 (On the coastal road between Seliantown and St Gela)
• A brigade to advance from 07 (Solastine) to 08 (Himeran)
• A brigade to advance from 12 (On the coastal road between Seliantown and St Gela) to 11 (Triangle)
• A brigade to advance from 08 (Himeran) to 09 (Unitedville)

The Union response was to move troops along the northern road to Unitedville (and thus into contact with my brigade) and along the southern road to 13. In addition, reports have reached my HQ that a local, private militia organised by Mr Nathan T Banks to protect Banks's Mill has been fighting what he identifies as General Rosenkrantz's Central Brigade. He claims to have inflicted serious casualties on the Union troops ... but as he is an untrained militia commander, his assessment of the situation must be treated with caution.

The brigade that I had pushed forward towards Unitedville came into contact with a Union Cavalry Brigade that was supported by an Infantry Brigade (believed to be the Northern Infantry Brigade) and after briefly skirmishing with the Union force, withdrew to 08 (Himeran).

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This is the situation after the first two turns of the campaign ... and I am currently writing my orders for the next turn.