Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
New Madrid
Owensboro
CWOL 2010Campaign Summary
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
CWOL 2010 Campaign Map
Paducah
Cairo
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
New Madrid
Owensboro
Western DepartmentSummer 1862
Kirby Smith, personal friend of Jefferson Davis, has launched is campaign to re-claim Kentucky
Union forces are left without a commander as Henry Halleck has just left for Washington DC and his new appointment as Army Chief of Staff
Sterling Price moves his Army of the West to northern Mississippi to link
up with Earl van Dorn and contest the forces of US Grant and Rosecrans
Braxton Bragg, newly appointed commander of the Army of Mississippi, has railed his troops to east Tennessee
and marches to join Smith
Army of the Ohio -McCook’s Corps
Cavalry Brigades
Supply Depots
Garrisoned Cities
EK Smith, Army of KY
Unit Legend
L. Polk, Army of Miss
W. Hardee, Army of Miss
S. Price, Army of the West
E. van Dorn, Army of West TN
W. Breckinridge, Reserve Corps
Commodore van Buskirk, River Defense Flotilla
Army of the Ohio - Crittenden ‘s Corps
Army of the Ohio - “Bull” Nelson’s Wing
Army of the Miss - (northern Mississippi)
Army of the Tenn - (attached to AotM)
Army of the Tenn - (garrisons in W. TN)
Army of the Tenn - (Paine’s Division - Nashville TN)
Baton Rouge garrison - (detached - Army of the Gulf)
Mississippi Flotilla - Commodore Foote
CSA Home Guard
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville
Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling Green
Hopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
Clarksville
Nashville
MurfreesboroFrankli
n
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
New Madrid
Owensboro
CWOL
2010 -
Setup
Scenario Situation – It is August 1862; the CSA counter-offensive in the West has started
Union - Union CG has just left to be Union Chief of Staff; Union Armies in West are not tracking CSA forces
CSA - CSA has “stolen a march” & has 2x field armies in KY; Van Dorn & Price are starting supporting attacks
Historical Unit Placement
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
New Madrid
OwensboroCWOL 2010 -
T2
Situation (T2) – CSA opts to not push North to Frankfort KY; Army of the Ohio pursues blindly
Union - Captures Franklin TN w/garrison forces from Nashville
CSA - CSA uses T1 & T2 to maneuver west into central KY / District of MS loses a battle outside Corinth MS
CSA Moves West
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Owensboro
Situation – End of T4: CSA shifts into Cumberland River basin / USA pushes into central TN
Union captures Elizabethtown KY & Murfreesboro TN
CSA captures Bowling Green KY, Dyersburg & Jackson TN (militia) (Militia in Nashville crushed)
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
CWOL 2010 -
T4
CSA takes Bowling Green
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Owensboro
Situation – End of T6: CSA splits USA in KY / USA masses in south central TN & isolated on TN River
Union captures CSA depot in northern Alabama
CSA captures Hopkinsville KY/ Militia capture Franklin & Murfreesboro TN
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
CWOL 2010 -
T6
CSA captures Hopkinsville
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Owensboro
Situation – End of T8: CSA has abandoned Bowling Green & is massing at Nashville / USA at Bowling Green
Union captures Bowling Green KY & CSA depot in northern MS / Riverine forces capture Helena AR
CSA wins Riverine battle at Vicksburg MS & captures 2 USN vessels; re-captures Somerset KY
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
CWOL 2010 -
T8
USA re-captures BG, takes Helena AR, & raids depot
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Owensboro
Situation – T10: CSA captures Nashville & pursues USA to Clarksville / USA abandons central & west TN
Union trades Nashville for Clarksville; masses troops at Memphis to go south; secures L&N RR (KY)
CSA captures Nashville; loses Clarksville after battle; raids into Bluegrass; CSN defeats landing S of Vicksburg
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
CWOL 2010 - T10
USA abandones Nashville; secures central KY
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Owensboro
Situation – T12: CSA loses Vicksburg & Nashville; wins major battle (13K USA losses) at Clarksville; penetrates into Indiana; masses troops at Jackson MS / Union captures Vicksburg via Riverine; re-takes Nashville but sufers major defeat at Clarksville (Army of the Ohio is decimated); secures KY but abandons TN except along Cumberland River; losses now exceed 50% of its starting strength
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
CWOL 2010 - T12
USA captures Nashville & Vicksburg; major CSA victory at Clarksville
Vicksburg
Jackson MS
Natchez
Baton Rouge New
Orleans
Elizabethtown
Louisville Frankfort
Lexington
Richmond KY Pikeville
Somerset
Bowling GreenHopkinsville
Paducah
Cairo
Owensboro
Situation – T14: CSA masses forces for final battles at Hopkinsville KY, Nashville TN, & Vicksburg MS; CSA re-captures Nashville & Vicksburg / Union wins a major Riverine battle at Vicksburg sinking a gunboat while losing an ironclad; central KY stays in Union control but KY state capitol at Frankfort is lost; Union forces in central TN are isolated & without supply // Scenario ends: CSA wins due to tactical victories & re-claiming TN
Dyersburg
Jackson TN
Memphis
Helena AR
ClarksvilleNashville
MurfreesboroFranklin
ChattanoogaCorinth
Tupelo
Florence
Huntsville
Decatur
CWOL 2010 - T14
CSA re-takes Nashville & Vicksburg, masses at Hopkinsville; USA abandons TN. End campaign.
Final Results
USA losses: 67,702 menForces at 41.7% of starting strength
CSA losses: 34,093Forces at 73.2% of starting strength
Union Victory Point total was 11,147CSA Victory Point total was 12,020
Victory Point margin was 873 (12.7%)
Union controls Bluegrass region & central KY, Mississippi River to
Vicksburg MS.CSA controls Gulf states, Vicksburg
MS, & Tennessee except for Memphis
