Arkansas
A clean retreat as Union did not yet move. The cav division will stand in Ft Smith for a month i think...indians are dealing with a cav bgde at Ft Gibson.
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Mississipi
A bad time For Johnston. Hardee and Braggs were victims of contrary orders(in real, i change of strategy during the turn and forgot to change the orders of these 2 guys); so they moved from madison to corinth, leaving the river without guard as Johnston had always to pass by. Badly, Grant decided to force the passage and crossed the river before Johnston. He only faced the reinforcements from Corinth, which were heavily outnumbered but fortunately, Hindman was wise enough to limitate the engagement
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Then Jonhston tried to cross the river. He succeeded but with heavely losses..We counted the complete destruction of Hardee's Corp(u cant see with battle screen but 2 brigades of 3or 4k men and a gun battery were destroyed) who was himself injured, when he runs at gun sound with Braggs along
*(somewhere i am thinking if there was not a problem in my losses counts; i am asking myself if there was not a problem when Hardee was injured as i feel that my total losses exceeded the battle losses)
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another skirmish when Grant tried to catch us on our retreat
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There, we can see the situation, with the Army concentrated in Corinth.
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It is time to reorganize the troops with the forming of 2 new divisions. U can see below the forces under Johnston after the first reorganization. Hardee would take 2 divisions in a Corp. I send Braggs in Louisiana with a promotion; Beauregard with the johnson bgde to Knoxville to command and reinforce our troops there
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Van Dorn
I plan to dismantle Van Dorn's command. He will replace Polk at the head of the cavalry corp. Price's division will go to Louisiana with Braggs. Most of the guns batteries are for Johnston. Beauregard will benefit of the hq
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East Tennessee
Chatanooga
Forrest command.
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Knoxville
THe orphan bgde is near condemned. I'll have to defend in Knoxville but the position is quite good in wild ground and behind a river.
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Here are the Knoxville's garrison and the reinforcements which come from Corinth
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Tennessee theater
Ok, there is the plan. I send beauregard to take in charge in Knoxville. I send Braggs to Baton Rouge; he will lead Price's division and suppletive forces in Louisiana
Johnston will make his stand in Corinth. It is quite hazardous to place troops in Memphis, due to the possible retreat line, especially with the broken railroad(this point changes with patch 1.04 which repairs the rail around Jackson..so next turn i will brain on defending Memphis), so i only send Polk to cover Mephis from an audacious cav raid. A feeling or a fact, i feel weaker than my opponent; i am for now condemned to an attrition warfare. As the majority of generals, i shout for reinforcements(like a certain general Meade ^^)
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