Campaign in the Shenandoah 1862

We have started a small campaign in the Shenandoah valley.  It is not an historical scxenario but the Shenadoah geography makes it a great place for campaign scenarios with smallish forces.  The plot is that the Union have been building up supplies at the rail heads in preparation for an offensive.  Jackson has been ordered to destroy enough of the supplies, the railways & blue bellies as necessary to prevent the offensive.
Mike & SteveJ are the Confederates.  Mark & Chris are the Union.

The first major contact  occured late on day 2 when Jackson's Corps arrived on the south side of the bridge over South Fork near Mt Jackson.  Mt Jackson is one of the railheads & supply depots that are Confederate objectives.  General Fremont has orders to defend the town.   TheSouth Fork banks are heavily wooded & the ground is flat so neither side has much intel. Fremont's intel is that the Rebs have superior but not overwhealming numbers.  General Jackson's intel is that Fremont's forcxe is smaller than his. 

The campaign map is from the Australian Army Jourrnal No. 56, Jan 1954.  For battles additional detail is gleaned for Google Maps.

At dawn on day 3, the Confederates attack.

The rivers are only crossable at fords.  The umpire diced to determine the status of each 100mm section, 6 = ford.  The Union map showed the fords, the Reb's didn't - they have to search for them.
At the start only units visible to the enemy are on the table.  The Union has improvised defenses where it has deployed in & around woods & farms where materials are available.

The Rebs have sent 10 units thru the woods on their left.  They find 4 Union regiments there.
In the centre the Rebs find 2 defended between the bridge & the confluence, none to the left of the bridge.  They engage the defenders with musker fire.  Gyns exchange fire accross the bridge.  
On the far side, the Rebs had found fords of table & infantry have appeared there.  Artillery cannot cross the fords until the engineers have cleared a path thru the scrub.

The armies are now deployed on the table. The union have 20 inf, 2 cav & 3 batteries.  The Rebs have 30m inf, 4 cav & 2 batteries visible near the bridge.
The Union are still holding the line on their left & centre.
The Rev cavalry has broken the outnumbered Union cavalry on the far flank. 

The Union line is starting to crack on their left & centre.

4 Reb batteries have appeared behind their left flank.  The Rebs have gained footholds accrss the river ninthe centre & weight of numbers has finally firced the Union to retreat in the woods.
Fremont decided he'd done enough to keep his job & has ordered a general retreat & had the supply dump set alight.

The union make a retreat up the turnpike leaving Mt Jackson in flames as the Rebd try to put the fires out & salvage as many boots a possible.

The Union  has lost 9 unkits broken & has 2 units with heavy casualties, but can claim to have made an honourable fighting retreat against superior numbers of slightly tougher troops.
The Rebs have lost 4 units broken & 9 with heavy casualties & gained acampaign VP for taking Mt Jackson.