$Intro <FONT=HelpHeader,C,8,12,24>CHI10-The Finale, Afternoon of the 20th (U-Army)
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Carryover from: <FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>CHI08-Morning of the 20th (U-Army)
  
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Length of Play:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> 2 hours, 30 minutes
(Battle Time Represented: 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM)
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Command:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Major General William Rosecrans
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Date:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> September 20, 1863
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Location:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Chickamauga, Georgia
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Weather:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Clear and cool
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Situation:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> The Army of the Cumberland is undergoing damage control.  As a third of the army retreats northwest, along with General Rosecrans, General Thomas, now in command, is steadily positioning new battle lines.  The line along Kelly Field is still solid and battle tested but a new line opposing the Rebels advancing from the south is yet to be adequately occupied.  And that's where the final chapter of this saga begins, as General Steedman's division is ordered to set up defensive positions along an impressive and fortuitous natural barrier, Horseshoe Ridge.
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Mission:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Hold all objectives.  You'll defy history achieving a Major Victory by holding all the objectives through their alloted time limit plus having a sufficent engagement score.
  
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Victory Conditions:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>
  15000 = Major Victory
  14500 = Minor Victory 
  14000 = Draw   
  13500 = Minor Defeat
  13000 = Major Defeat

 
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Forces Available: <FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>37,162 - Army of the Cumberland
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Opposing Forces:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Army of Tennessee
 
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Scenario Author:<FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24> Randy Keen "RebBugler"
 
<FONT=HelpText,L,25,25,112>Author's Notes: <FONT=HelpText,L,8,12,24>Hold out to the end, get a Major Victory, and become the latest: "Rock of Chickamauga".
 
To stay on track historically a successful escape sequence would be standard for this scenario. However, considering the Army of the Cumberland's primary mission was to seek out and destroy the Army of the Tennessee, I don't see how a general retreat, no matter how successful, could ever merit a Major Victory. So, consider this scenario an historical what if: What If the Union Army stood it's ground till dark, dished out more than it received, and didn't suffer the losses resulting from the frantic 'retreating escape' that historically occurred into the night? That would merit a Major Victory in my eyes.
 
A critical turn of events:
    Although General Thomas had originally contemplated sending Steedman’s division to fill the gap between the forces on Snodgrass Hill and Kelly Field, the sounds of fighting at Horseshoe Ridge west led him to order Steedman’s troops to the right to occupy the ridge instead.
    These fighting sounds were General Kershaw's brigade prematurely attacking the ridge around one thirty before necessary support was in position.  Had this unsuccessful attack not happened the ridge would not have been fortified by Steedman's division.  This would have allowed the Rebels to flank Snodgrass Hill unresisted and then roll up the newly formed Union line attacking it's flank from the west.  Once that line was routed the Confederates would have been in the rear of the Kelly Field line, essentially surrounding the Union army.  There would have been no "Rock of Chickamauga", only a shattered, if not destroyed, Army of the Cumberland.  
 
