$Intro <FONT=HelpHeader,C,8,12,24>GB-July3-South Cavalry Field - The Finale (U-Div)
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Length of Play:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 30 minutes or 2500 score
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Date:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 3 July 1863
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Time:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 5:00 PM
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Location:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> South of Gettysburg
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Weather:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Overcast and warm
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Mission:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Press the enemy's right flank
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Situation:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Word has just been received that the Rebel assault (Pickett's Charge) has been repulsed.  General Kilpatrick is given orders to probe the enemy right, and exploit any weaknesses in it's line, possibly resulting from this disastrous, failed assault.
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Gameplay:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Engagement Points are the route to a Major Victory.  Once 2500 points are achieved, the scenario will end with a Major Victory.  Very little scripting is used, with no random events, the AI provides all the surprises with this one.
  
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Victory Conditions:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
 2500 = Major Victory
 1500 = Minor Victory
         0 = Draw
  -100 = Minor Defeat
 -200 = Major Defeat
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Forces Available:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 
Brig Gen Hugh J Kilpatrick, Division Commander  
 
Brig Gen Elon J Farnsworth  	   
5th New York Cavalry  420 men	   
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry  509 men	   
1st Vermont Cavalry  600 men	   
1st West Virginia Cavalry  395 men	   
 
Brig Gen Wesley Merritt  	   
1st U.S. Cavalry  362 men	   
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry  242 men	   
5th U.S. Cavalry  306 men	   
2nd U.S. Cavalry  407 men	   
 
Capt James M Robertson  	   
1st Lt Samuel S Elder  	   
#1 Gun / Left Section / 3 in Rodman  	   
#3 Gun / Right Section / 3 in Rodman  	   
#2 Gun / Left Section / 3 in Rodman  	   
#4 Gun / Right Section / 3 in Rodman  	   
Capt William M Graham Jr  	   
#3 Gun / Center Section / 3in Ordnance  	   
#4 Gun / Center Section / 3in Ordnance  	   
#2 Gun / Left Section / 3in Ordnance  	   
#5 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance  	   
#1 Gun / Left Section / 3in Ordnance  	   
#6 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance  	 
  
  
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Opposing Forces:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
Brig Gen Evander M Law, Commanding  	   
 
Brig Gen George T Anderson  	   
7th Georgia  316 men	   
8th Georgia  143 men	   
9th Georgia  151 men	   
11th Georgia  108 men	   
59th Georgia  383 men	   
 
Col James L Sheffield  	   
4th Alabama  254 men	   
15th Alabama  321 men	   
44th Alabama  275 men	   
47th Alabama  278 men	   
48th Alabama  268 men	   
 
Lt Col Philip A Work  	   
3rd Arkansas  297 men	   
1st Texas  329 men	   
4th Texas  303 men	   
5th Texas  198 men	   
 
Brig Gen Henry L Benning  	   
2nd Georgia  246 men	   
15th Georgia  197 men	   
17th Georgia  242 men	   
20th Georgia  213 men	   
 
Col John L Black  	   
Dismounted Cav / Inf Battalion  250 men	   
 
Maj Mathias W Henry  	   
Capt William K Bachman  	   
#1 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Napoleon  	   
#3 Gun / Right Section / 12lb Napoleon  	   
#2 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Napoleon  	   
#4 Gun / Right Section / 12lb Napoleon  	   
Capt James Reilly  	   
#3 Gun / Center Section / 12lb Napoleon  	   
#4 Gun / Center Section / 12lb Napoleon  	   
#2 Gun / Left Section / 3in Ordnance  	   
#5 Gun / Right Section / 10lb Parrott  	   
#1 Gun / Left Section / 3in Ordnance  	   
#6 Gun / Right Section / 10lb Parrott  	   
Capt James F Hart  	   
#1 Gun / Left Section / Blakely Rifle  	   
#3 Gun / Right Section / Blakely Rifle  	   
#2 Gun / Left Section / Blakely Rifle  	 
 
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>SP Scenario Author:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Randy Keen aka RebBugler
 
 
 
Gettysburg Campaign Atlas, Philip Laino, Author
South Cavalry Field    pp. 371-377
 
The morning of July 3 necessitates much movement within the Army of the Potomac’s Cavalry Corps. At around 8:00 a.m. Alfred Pleasonton, commanding the Union’s horsemen, orders Kilpatrick’s Third Cavalry Division (Custer and Farnsworth) to move from Two Tavems to Meade’s left flank in the area below and west of Big Round Top.
 
David Gregg, commanding the Second Cavalry Division (McIntosh and I. Gregg), is along the Baltimore Pike near White Run, but he is worried about the area near Brinkerhoff’s Ridge northeast of where he has most of his riders. When Stuart is spotted headed east on the York Road, Pleasonton tells Gregg to detach one of Kilpatrick’s brigades and send it over to the Low Dutch Road, but orders Gregg to remain in place. Kilpatrick and Farnsworth leave for Big Round Top, but Custer is stopped in time and sent to Brinkerhoff’s Ridge. On his own, Gregg sends Mclntosh over to support Custer and tells I. Gregg to picket the area from the Hanover Road back to the Baltimore Pike.
 
Pleasonton orders Merritt’s brigade (belonging to Buford’s First Cavalry Division) to move from Emmitsburg to Big Round Top to replace Custer who has been sent to the army’s right. Kilpatrick and Farnsworth arrive east of Big Round Top in the afternoon, and Merritt joins them a bit later. Opposite them, Evander Law, for the injured John Bell Hood, is responsible for Lee‘s right flank. As Kilpatrick (Farnsworth) and Merritt make their presence known, Law rushes men to the area. Stuart starts out on York Pike with four brigades of cavalry. They ride toward Brinkerhoff’s Ridge and the Union right.
 
Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick is at Two Taverns, about tive miles southeast of Gettysburg. Around 8:00 a.m. he gets orders from his commander, Alfred Pleasonton, to proceed to the Union’s left flank. Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth’s cavalry brigade is in the lead. As Brig. Gen. George A. Custer prepares to follow, he gets word to ride to the Federal right and move to the Hanover Road. Somehow Kilpatrick does not realize Custer has been detached from his command. Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt’s brigade, part of Buford’s cavalry division, will come up from Emmitsburg and support Kilpatrick.” Around noon the first of Farnsworth’s riders, the lst Vermont, at the head of Kilpatrick’s cavalry—splash across Plum Run and find pickets from the 47th Alabama. After a brief fire fight at the Beamer farm, they chase these skirmishers off and the Vermont cavalry continues to near the Emmitsburg Road. The Vermont troopers stay on the left as the l8th Pennsylvania, lst West Virginia, Sth New York, and a four gun battery of Battery E, 4th U.S., under Lt. Samuel Elder follows,
 
Brig. Gen. Evander Law, for the wounded Hood, is tasked with protecting Lee’s right. Three companies of the 47th Alabama form a loose picket line extending from Big Round Top westward to the Emmitsburg Road. The only troops that are presently guarding Lee’s right are some soldiers under Col. John Black and a two gun battery led by Capt. James Hart. The 7th Georgia that guarded this flank on July 2, has been replaced with the 9th Georgia which were involved in heavy fighting the previous day. As Kilpatrick makes his appearance, Law orders the lst Texas from Big Round Top to reinforce his flank. As events begin to warm up, "Tige” Anderson’s 7th and 8th Georgia are also sent south. Anderson has been wounded during the fighting on July 2 and this brigade is now commanded by Col. William W. White. Farther north are ten cannons (Reilly and Bachman) that guard the road leading to Lee’s flank.”
 
Kilpatrick deploys Farnsworth’s brigade, with Elder’s Battery E, 4th U.S., east of the Emmitsburg Road. When Merritt arrives, his four regiments dismount, The 6th Pennsylvania (with about 242
troopers) moves up the Emmitsburg Road, with the lst (362), 2nd (407), and 5th U.S. (306) in support. Graham’s Battery K, lst U.S., rumbling up in the rear, will soon unlimber and begin to shell Confederate targets to the northeast. As Merritt begins to develop his lines, Farnsworth will slide to the east looking to take advantage of any Rebel weakness.
 
Merritt is up against a combination of soldiers and cavalry under Col. John Black. Black had been wounded early in the campaign and arrived late. He can not find Stuart or his command, the lst South Carolina Cavalry. He is detached to guard the Confederate flank with some 250 men made up of a small group of horsemen, some wounded who can still do a little fighting, stragglers, and whomever else Longstreet is able to gather together.
 
Col. John Black does his best with what he has available to him. Merritt, though, who has dismounted his cavalrymen on Kilpatrick’s orders, pushes the Confederate line back from fenceline to fenceline. Black orders Hart to withdraw one cannon at a time up the Emmitsburg Road, which allows continued, albeit reduced, shelling. Merritt’s men press forward, slowly, but surely. Black is badly outnumbered and is being pressed by dismounted Federal Regulars. B|ack’s 250 or so men begin a withdrawal to near the Alexander Currens Farm. Law moves one section of Reilly’s battery down to pepper Merritt’s advance and trade shots with Graham’s guns.
 
General Law brings two additional regiments, the 7th and 8th Georgia, forward to support the troops at the A. Currens Farm. When Black reports that he cannot hold the right, Law goes to the llth and 59th Georgia and urges them forward to protect this vulnerable flank. Due to horrendous casualties on July 2, the llth and 59th Georgia are being commanded by Lt. Col. William Luffman. On the way to the action, he falls out, and these two regiments are now led by Maj. Henry McDaniel. Because Merritt’s advance is on foot and tentative, Law finds the time to send additional infantry to the area being probed by Union troopers. Two Rebel batteries are keeping Farnsworth’s mounted riders at bay. Reilly and Bachman shell Farnsworth’s cavalry and then duel with four cannons belonging to Lt. Samuel Elder’s Battery E, 4th U.S.
 
Merritt pushes his command forward. His dismounted cavalry forces Black’s cobbled-together unit back to Law’s main line at the A. Currens house. The 5th U.S., on the left of Merritt’s line, extends
farther to the west. One squadron moves up below the Douglas farm and threatens to overlap Black’s line. Merritt moves two squadrons of the lst U.S. and one squad of the 2nd U.S. to till a gap created as the 5th U.S. moves to the left. ’ Black tells Law he cannot hold. The 7th·and 8th Georgia move up and face off against the lst U.S. and 6th Pennsylvania."' Law must look after his right. Hart’s two guns that withdrew up the Emmitsburg Road to near the Snyder house are ordered to return and support Black. The llth and 59th.Georgia are also hurried along and will move to the imperiled flank. The 9th Georgia holds back the 2nd U.S. on the east side of the Emmitsburg Road. Merritt’s slow but steady advance is making progress, but it gives Law the time he needs to throw additional troops into the battle.
 
General Kilpatrick is not a happy commander. He gets a report that Lee’s grand assault at the center of Meade’s Cemetery Ridge line has been repulsed, but it seems his demonstration west of Big Round Top is stalled. He wants to gain some of the same glory that the Federal army seems to have earned farther north. The histories are muddled. Some have Farnsworth’s brigade on Bushman’s Hill, others south of the Beamer (Meyers) house, and yet others farther to the west, toward the Emmitsburg Road. In any case, Kilpatrick wants to break the stalemate and orders Farnsworth to organize a mounted charge on the Confederate infantry and artillery that has held them at bay. Historians have noted that Kilpatrick should have utilized a mounted charge on the left where relatively open ground was advantageous to Merritt’s brigade. The area that he wants Farnsworth’s horsemen to ride is hilly, wooded, rock-strewn, and crisscrossed with fences of stone and woodv terrain that it seems would call for a dismounted advance.
 
The arrival of the llth and 59th Georgia turns away the threat of a flanking movement by Merritt’s 5th U.S. The Southern infantry push the dismounted Union cavalrymen back toward the Emmitsburg Road. Anderson’s brigade has neutralized the threat on Lee’s right. Law does not want to press the action and calls back his infantry to a line near the Alexander Currens farm. After about three hours of probing and fighting, Merritt and White/McDaniel hold their positions, trading occasional shots across their lines. Farnsworth gets an order to mount an attack but does not like it. He knows the land his horsemen must traverse is not suitable for cavalry. Kilpatrick will not consider anything other than a mounted charge. Some histories indicate heated words are exchanged between the two generals. Other histories dismiss this story. Elon Farnsworth, a captain five days ago, will lead the charge at the head of his horsemen. Maj. William Wells, who will accompany Farnsworth and will be awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions this day, looks to his front and says he "had rather charge into Hell than in there." But in there they go.
 
The lst West Virginia is sent out first and hits the lst Texas. The fighting is severe, but the Federal riders cannot, and do not, break through the Texan’s skirmish line. Law reacts to this new threat and moves a section of Reilly’s guns farther to the east to counter any other Union charge. A section of Bachman’s cannons are swiveled to cover Plum Run valley. Law also moves the 9th Georgia to support the Confederate artillery. The lst Vermont is now sent out. One group of riders with Elon Farnsworth at its head breaks the Rebel line and makes for Law’s artillery before veering to the east. They ride behind Rebel skirmishers and then head north between a "D" shaped field and Law’s Alabama Brigade deployed on the western foot of Big Round Top. Soldiers from Robertson’s and Benning’s brigades turn about and fire on the fast moving cavalry. Farnsworth and Wells and those Vermont men that survive this harrowing ride through a gauntlet of Confederate gunfire and artillery shells, now ride to the west. They are encircled by enemy on all sides. Seeing Farnsworth’s predicament, Lt. Col. Addison Preston, the lst Vermont’s commander, sends out Capt. Henry Parsons and most of the rest of the regiment. They will also break through Law’s skirmish line and make for the Slyder farm all the while being pounded by Law’s infantry and cannons.
 
Farnsworth and Parsons are in trouble. They have broken through Law’s skirmish line, but are now isolated behind enemy lines. Three brigades of infantry—Benning, Work, and Sheffield are to the east. Law has Anderson’s Georgia Brigade on both sides of the Emmitsburg Road to the west and the lst Texas and some Alabama soldiers remain in a skirmish line farther south. To the north is McLaws’ division and the rest of Lee’s army. Kilpatrick can see what is plainly evident. He sends out the 18th Pennsylvania and perhaps some riders of the 5th New York in an attempt to take some pressure off of Farnsworth and the lst Vermont. This new cavalry charge amounts to little and provides but minor relief to Farnsworth’s predicament. The horsemen from Pennsylvania and New York withdraw and then extend westward, connecting with Merritt’s troopers near the Emmitsburg Road. Law sends an aide to his old command and requests that the first regiment that can be located be moved to the west to confront the lst Vermont. The 4th Alabama moves up the farm lane toward the Slyder house and runs into Parsons and his group of Vermont men.
Confederate artillery continue to pepper the orphaned Union cavalry in no man’s land.
 
Farnsworth is somewhere north of the Slyder farm. He splits his riders, sending some toward Law’s cannons. He and Major Wells and other troopers will try to retrace their path and make an escape back to their lines. Parsons runs into the 4th Alabama and takes some prisoners, but the Rebel infantry proves too strong and he must withdraw. Parsons also splits his command. Some head south to safety, while Parsons and other riders will try and support Farnsworth’s dash.
Farnsworth, Wells, and Parsons ride back toward Plum Run and are pelted once again by Confederate infantry to their east. They make their way into the open woodland at the foot of Big Round Top and approach the "D" shaped field. Parts of the 47th Alabama have taken a position on the western border of the field and the 15th Alabama, survivors of Chamberlain’s exploits on Little Round Top, station themselves on the southern end cutting off Farnsworth. The Vermont horsemen make a dash for the field and fight their way toward freedom. Some make it, many do not. Farnsworth is hit five times and dies somewhere in this vicinity. Parsons is shot in the torso but makes his escape. William Wells leads the cavalrymen that can still ride past the Alabama line of infantry.
The lst Vermont will lose 16 killed, 16 wounded, and 35 missing or captured in this gallant, fruitless, and some will charge, criminal escapade.
 



 








 









