Sharpeville Campaign : Turn 8

Pope's HQ and most of the large Army of the Potomac V Corps are revealed at the Cutler House.
Yankee cavalry lurk on Jackson's flank.

 

10:30am. With the two armies closing quickly, a lot of command points went into scouting this turn, with the result that Longstreet and the artillery reserve are not as close to Sharpeville as I would like. Depressingly, I can see that Pope is now well prepared to receive our attentions, and notions of local Confederate superiority are fading fast ! Jackson has moved into a position to be able to strike at Heintzelman's Corps in the town as soon as we are ready  (the enemy has formed a battle line in anticipation of such an attack), although the appearance of Porter's Corps to the northwest has dulled our enthusiasm for immediate battle somewhat. Lee and the supply train are close behind Jackson (positioning of the supply wagons is critical as ammunition rules will be in use for any table battle).

[ If anyone has stumbled across this blog by chance, these are the Confederate turns in an email campaign being used to create tabletop battles. The Union turns can be found posted by General Pope - my brother ! - at http://roadtoappomattox.blogspot.co.uk/ ]