Chancellorsville "To the sound of the guns" (scenario)

[NY Cavalry]

I have been rereading Sears' Chancellorsville book and playing some of the new scenarios. So I fire up the scenario "To the sound of the guns". I know from the book that only Sykes is my front. I decide to drive Sykes up, now I have plenty of reserves, but little room to maneuver. I push out Semmes and Mahone and I send Kershaw to the flank of Mahone. If I need to I will change out the front line brigades with the reserve brigades as I drive towards Chancellorsville house.
From history and Sears' book I know the only help that might have come for Sykes was from Meade who was on the River Road to the north. In the actual battle Meade simply withdrew back to the Chancellorsville house, when ordered to, seeing no combat.
So, I feel confident in my drive. Sykes puts up a very stubborn fight, but the final push by Kershaw sees him falling back in disorder. I start to regroup the regiments back into a line to continue my drive and I see my reserve brigades deploying for battle. Not understanding what they were doing I look the the north. There I saw Meade with the rest of the 5th corp coming down on my flank. Now Mahone and Kershaw have been heavily engaged and were in no position to receive an attack. I desperately try to forma line to face north. My reserve brigades advance and after some fighting check the Unions advance, but Kershaw and Mahone have no such luck. Out of position, weakened, and tired they are unable to hold of the Union regiments. I get a courier from Jackson stating that he is going to send another division to my support, but it is too late.
My right front was smashed up pretty good and casualties soon became even. Any advantage I had was lost. So, I just had to think that in a way Little Powell got me. He must have designed some variant just to keep players honest. Job well done. Of course, next time I will have to forget that this is not a game and get serious.