$Intro <FONT=HelpHeader,C,8,12,24>GB-DRF-July2-Wilcox &  Lang, 2nd Day (C-Brigs)
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Length of Play:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 60 minutes
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Command:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Wilcox and Lang's Brigades, Lane's Artillery Battalion
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Date:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 2 July 1863
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Time:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 5:30 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>Situation:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Sickle's salient is before you.  General Barksdale's brigade has already begun it's assault of the vulnerable Federal flank to your right.  The stage is set for the collapse of the Union forward line.  And then, Cemetery Ridge awaits.
  
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Mission:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Lead your Alabama and Florida men to the Federal line at your front, then engage the Union line vigorously as Barksdale's Mississippians roll up Humphrey’s line. Upon initial displacement the western Union line, continue moving east to the ridgeline, displacing each newly formed line, and sever Meade's army.
  
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Gameplay:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Future objectives will activate as each is secured, up to six (2 sets of 3 each).  The first six are worth 500 points, as each is secured, then move on.  The last two Hold objectives are 100 points per minute, your keys to a Major Victory.
As the first objectives are activated, the defending units will set up new defensive positions, as per historic events (as the left flank collapsed, an orderly Federal withdrawal east was ordered).  Upon activation of the third set of objectives, Union troops will retreat, setting up the final 'Hold' objectives for historic encounters with the 1st Minnesota and 19th Maine.
No random elements were scripted in this scenario.  Still, it's a tough nut to crack, as it was historically.
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Victory Conditions:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
5000 = Major Victory
4000 = Minor Victory
3000 = Draw
2000 = Minor Defeat
1000 = Major Defeat
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Forces Available:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
 
Lt Gen Ambrose P Hill	   
Maj Gen Richard H Anderson	   
 
Brig Gen Cadmus M Wilcox	   
8th Alabama	   
9th Alabama	   
10th Alabama	   
11th Alabama	   
14th Alabama	   
 
Col David Lang	   
2nd Florida	   
5th Florida	   
8th Florida	   
 	   
Maj John Lane	   
Capt Hugh M Ross	   
#3 Gun / Center Section / 10lb Parrott	   
#4 Gun / Center Section / 10lb Parrott	   
#2 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Napoleon	   
#5 Gun / Right Section / 10lb Parrott	   
#1 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Howitzer	   
#6 Gun / Right Section / 10lb Parrott	   
Capt George M Patterson	   
#3 Gun / Center Section / 12lb Napoleon	   
#4 Gun / Center Section / 12lb Napoleon	   
#2 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Howitzer	   
#5 Gun / Right Section / 12lb Howitzer	   
#1 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Howitzer	   
#6 Gun / Right Section / 12lb Howitzer	   
Capt John T Wingfield	   
#3 Gun / Center Section / 10lb Parrott	   
#4 Gun / Center Section / 10lb Parrott	   
#2 Gun / Left Section / 10lb Parrott	   
#5 Gun / Right Section / 10lb Parrott	   
#1 Gun / Left Section / 10lb Parrott	 

 
 
 
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>***Historical Information***<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
 
Gettysburg
Attack by Anderson's division, July 2
 
Brig Gen Cadmus M Wilcox and his command participated in the Battle of Gettysburg in the summer of 1863. On the battle's second day, July 2, his charge against a weakened Union line was met (and held off) by a suicidally brave countercharge from the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

On the third day of the battle, during Pickett's Charge, his brigade served as support on the right flank of the division of his West Point classmate, Maj. Gen. George Pickett. Heavy artillery fire, particularly from those guns on Cemetery Ridge under the command of Freeman McGilvery, readily broke up Wilcox's assault, who ordered the brigade to withdraw.

With the death of Dorsey Pender at Gettysburg, Wilcox was promoted to major general on August 3, 1863, and assigned command of Pender's division in Hill's Third Corps.  Wilcox's new command consisted of Lane's North Carolina brigade, Thomas's Georgia brigade, McGowan's South Carolina brigade, and Scales' North Carolina brigade.

For the rest of the war, Wilcox's Division saw heavy fighting, from the Overland Campaign through Appomattox Court House. During the final days of the Siege of Petersburg in 1865, Wilcox's last ditch stand on April 2 at Fort Gregg helped delay the Union forces long enough for Longstreet to maneuver into position to cover the army's retreat to the west. 
 
Colonel David Lang
 
With the secession of Florida and the outbreak of the Civil War, Lang enlisted in the Confederate Army on April 2, 1861, as a private in Company H of the 1st Florida Infantry. Barely over a month later, he was promoted to sergeant. He was discharged in April 1862 after his term of enlistment expired. In May, Lang enrolled in the 8th Florida Infantry and was commissioned as captain of Company C. He was wounded at the Battle of Antietam in September and again at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December. Stationed in the town of Fredericksburg, Lang's men stubbornly contested Federal attempts to lay pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River. An artillery shell fragment struck the chimney of the building that Lang occupied, and a large chunk of masonry struck him in the head, gravely injuring him.

Recovering from his wounds, Lang was promoted to colonel of the 8th Florida on April 30, 1863, and fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville, where his brigade commander, Brig. Gen. Edward A. Perry, was stricken with typhoid fever. Lang led Perry's Brigade during the Gettysburg Campaign. On July 2, 1863, he attacked the center of the Union defensive line on Cemetery Ridge, advancing past the Codori farm before being repulsed by troops from the II Corps. On the following day, the brigade supported Pickett's Charge, but failed to advance very far under heavy fire from Lt. Col. Freeman McGilvery's line of artillery. It was attacked in one flank by the 2nd Vermont Brigade of Brig. Gen. George J. Stannard, losing about 60% of its 700 plus soldiers.

With General Perry's return, Lang returned to command of the 8th Florida, leading it in the Bristoe and Mine Run Campaigns, as well as in the 1864 Overland Campaign. Lang led the brigade again briefly at the Battle of Cold Harbor. Perry had to leave the Army of Northern Virginia because of his wounds, Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan and then Brig. Gen. Theodore W. Brevard led the Floridians. However, by the end of the war, Lang was again leading the Florida Brigade, surrendering it at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Scenario Author:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Randy Keen aka RebBugler
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Modded from GB12, Author MarkT
