$Intro <FONT=HelpHeader,C,8,12,24>150th-GB03-July3-GB Day 3, East Cavalry Field (C-Div)
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Carryover From: <FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
150th-GB02-July2-GB Day Two, Attack en echelon (C-Army)
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Carryover To: <FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
TBA
  
<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> J.E.B. Stuart's Cavalry Div and Artillery Bn
<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> 1:00 PM
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Location:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> East 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> Defeat the cavalry blocking access to the Union rear
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Situation:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> While infantry fighting resumed on the morning of July 3, 1863, Union cavalry under Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg were strongly picketing the intersection of the Hanover and Low Dutch roads--the direct route to the rear of the Union Center with two brigades, with a third, the Michigan cavalry of Gen. George Custer, close at hand.
Your orders are to gain the Union rear and aggressively demonstrate to relieve pressure on General Lee's frontal attack.  But first, you have Union cavalry to contend with. 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Gameplay:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> The last Crossroad's objective requires 4000 troops to activate, simulating preparations to continue south to the Union rear. 
     
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Victory Conditions:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
 3500 = Major Victory
 2500 = Minor Victory
  1500 = Draw (Minimum for Carryover)
  1250 = Minor Defeat
  1000 = Major Defeat
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Forces Available:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 
Maj Gen James EB Stuart, Commanding  	   
 
Brig Gen Wade Hampton III  
1st North Carolina Cavalry  407 men
1st South Carolina Cavalry  339 men
2nd North Carolina Cavalry Dismounted  186 men
Cobb's Georgia Legion Cavalry  330 men
Jeff Davis' Mississippi Legion Cavalry  246 men
Phillips' Georgia Legion Cavalry  238 men
   
Brig Gen Fitzhugh Lee  
1st Virginia Cavalry  310 men
2nd Virginia Cavalry  385 men
3rd Virginia Cavalry  210 men
4th Virginia Cavalry  544 men
5th Virginia Cavalry  150 men
   
Lt. Col. Vincent A. Witcher  
14th Virginia Cavalry Dismounted  265 men
16th Virginia Cavalry Dismounted  265 men
34th Virginia Cavalry Dismounted  172 men
  
Col John R Chambliss Jr  
2nd North Carolina Cavalry Dismounted 145 men
9th Virginia Cavalry Dismounted  490 men
10th Virginia Cavalry Dismounted  236 men
13th Virginia Cavalry Dismounted  298 men
 
Capt Thomas E Jackson
#1 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Howitzer
#3 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance
#2 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Howitzer
#4 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance
Capt James Breathed
#1 Gun / Left Section / 3in Ordnance
#3 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance
#2 Gun / Left Section / 3in Ordnance
#4 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance
Capt William H Griffin
#1 Gun / Left Section / 10lb Parrott
#3 Gun / Right Section / 10lb Parrott
#2 Gun / Left Section / 10lb Parrott
#4 Gun / Right Section / 10lb Parrott
Capt William M McGregor
#1 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Napoleon
#3 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance
#2 Gun / Left Section / 12lb Napoleon
#4 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance
Capt Charles A Green
#1 Gun / Left Section / 10lb Parrott
#2 Gun / Left Section / 10lb Parrott
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>Opposing Forces:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
Brig Gen David M Gregg, Division Commander  
 
Col John B McIntosh
1st Maryland Cavalry  285 men
Purnell Legion Cavalry Dismounted  66 men
1st New Jersey Cavalry Dismounted  199 men
3rd PA Cavalry Dismounted 1st Squadron 72 men
3rd PA Cavalry Dismounted 2nd Squadron 96 men
3rd PA Cavalry Dismounted 3rd Squadron 92 men
3rd PA Cavalry Dismounted 4th Squadron 75 men
   
Brig Gen George A Custer  
1st Michigan Cavalry  427 men
5th Michigan Cavalry Dismounted 1st Squadron  322 men
5th Michigan Cavalry Dismounted 2nd Squadron  323 men
6th Michigan Cavalry Dismounted 1st Squadron  119 men
6th Michigan Cavalry Dismounted 2nd Squadron  118 men
6th Michigan Cavalry Dismounted 3rd Squadron  117 men
6th Michigan Cavalry Dismounted 4th Squadron  115 men
7th Michigan Cavalry  382 men
 
Col John I Gregg
10th New York Cavalry  333 men
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry  349 men
1st Maine Cavalry  315 men
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry  258 men
    
1st Lt Alexander CM Pennington 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  
Capt Alanson M Randol  
#1 Gun / Left Section / 3in Ordnance  
#3 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance  
#2 Gun / Left Section / 3in Ordnance  
#4 Gun / Right Section / 3in Ordnance  
   
 



 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,195,4,39>SP Scenario Author:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Randy Keen "RebBugler"
 
 
 
Gettysburg Campaign Atlas, Philip Laino, Author
p. 362
 

EAST CAVALRY FIELD: Before noon”
Brig. Gen. David Gregg is edgy. At midnight, as July 2 became the 3rd, his Second Cavalry Division was ordered to leave its position near Brinkerhoff’s Ridge where it protected Meade’s right. After leaving some horsemen to picket that area, Gregg moves two brigades to the Baltimore Pike. He commands a diminished division -Col. Pennock Huey’s brigade is guarding supplies at Westminster, Maryland, and two regiments belonging to McIntosh’s brigade have been detached. The lst Massachusetts is in Manchester and the lst Pennsylvania has been assigned to army headquarters. At 6:00 a.m., Gregg is told if Slocum’s Twelfth Corps is forced from Culp’s Hill, he is to move his cavalry to where Rock Creek crosses the Baltimore Pike. If Slocum holds, Gregg is to stay at White Run, a little less than a mile farther south. Gregg feels the real threat to Meade’s army is on the Hanover Road and he sends a message of concern to Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, the chief of cavalry. Gregg is told that he is to follow the previous order, to place one of Kilpatrick’s brigades along the Hanover Road. Gregg sends an aide to Two Taverns where Kilpatrick has his Third Cavalry Division. By the time the rider reaches Two Taverns, Farnsworth’s brigade has started for the Union left near Big Round Top. Custer, who was to follow Farnsworth, instead is sent to the Federal right. Custer reaches the crossroad of Low Dutch Road and Hanover Road around 10:00 a.m. Gregg is still edgy. On his own initiative, he decides to use the brigade of his cousin - Col. J. Irvin Gregg - to guard Slocum’s right, posting them from Wolf Hill to the Hanover Road. He then leads Col. John McIntosh’s reduced brigade to where Custer has been sent. 
 
Around noon General Gregg receives a message from Maj. Gen. Oliver Howard of the Eleventh Corps that informs him signalmen on Cemetery Hill have observed a large body of Rebel cavalry moving eastward on the York Pike. Gregg also gets a dispatch from Pleasonton who orders him to use McIntosh to counter the Southern cavalry and to relieve Custer, sending him to rejoin his division (Kilpatrick) on the Union left.53 Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer is at the junction of the Low Dutch Road and the Hanover Road. He sends two companies from the 5th and 6th Michigan out to scout his front. One company of the 6th Michigan is on the Hanover Road and moves to the west. Other units of the 6th Michigan are posted to the east. The remaining horsemen of the 6th stay with Pennington’s Battery M, 2nd U.S. Four cannons are pointed to the north and the other two are aimed toward the west. A thin picket line from the lst Michigan borders Little’s Run and then turns right below the Rummel farm. The 7th Michigan and the those u its of the lst and 5th Michigan not elsewhere, camp at the important crossroads.
 
Maj. Gen. Jeb Stuart has finally reached Lee and the Southern army. From June 25 to July 2, Lee had not heard from Stuart. After being chastised for his worrisome disappearance, Stuart is ordered to move on the Union right. His troops are fatigued and understrength. Stuart adds Jenkins’ brigade of mounted infantry that are attached to Ewell’s command to his force which includes Col. John Chambliss, Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton, and Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Two of his brigadiers—Rooney Lee and Albert Jenkins—are not with their commands. Rooney Lee was wounded at Brandy Station and subsequently captured and has been replaced by Chambliss. Brig. Gen. Albert Jenkins was wounded on July 2, and his cavalrymen are now commanded by Lt. Col. Vincent Witcher. Col. Milton Ferguson, who is senior to Witcher and should be in command, is not present and so Jenkins’ brigade is being led by Witcher.5"
 
Accompanying Stuart are ten cannons—four belonging to Capts. Thomas E. Jackson (Charlottesville) and W.H. Griffin (2nd Baltimore) and two other cannons belonging to C.A. Green’s Louisiana Guard Artillery which were borrowed from Ewell’s command. Five other batteries are not readily available. Capts. James Breathed and W.M. McGregor (lst and 2nd Stuart Horse Artillery) are low on ammunition and are being resupplied. Capts. R.P. Chew (Ashby Horse Artillery) and M.N. Moorman (Lynchburg Battery) have been left in the rear between the Potomac River and Hagerstown. Capt. J.F. Hart (Washington Artillery) arrives late and is assigned to Longstreet who posts them on the Confederate right. Jenkins’ Brigade (Witcher) leads Stuart’s column followed by Grifiin’s and Jackson’s batteries, and then Hampton’s cavalry and Green’s artillery. Fitzhugh Lee is last in line. Stuart endeavors to make his move in secret but, unknown to him, he is quickly discovered by lookouts on Cemetery Hill. Stuart will blame this discovery on Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee when they ride out of cover and into the open, but any hopes of keeping his movement concealed had already been dashed. 
 
The topography of Cress Ridge, a rise running southwest from the Stallsmith farm to the Hanover Road, hides Custer’s position along the Hanover Road. The Miller house and the Rummel farm are farther south as is Little’s Run, a small stream that empties into Cress Run, then White’s Run, and then Rock Creek. A farm lane connects the Rummel homestead with Low Dutch Road which leads to the Baltimore Pike and the rear of Meade’s army. 
 
Witcher directs Jenkins’ brigade south off the York Pike as Stuart hastens the rest of his command to close up. Stuart likes what he sees in front of him - open fields in all directions that will enable him to maneuver his horsemen with an apparent clear ride to Hanover Road. It has never become clear what Stuart’s orders were on this flank of Lee’s army.  Some have him aiding the grand assault on Meade’s center, others think he was to take advantage of any retreat had the grand assault been successful.





 








 







