Death of Holcomb - Sim Perspective

Brig. Gen. Albert Holcomb was killed at Midway on May 6th. Within the TC2M game engine, it was one of those random deaths that happens sometimes. He wasn't amidst a melee. He didn't march into the enemy. He wasn't far ahead of his men. We was just slightly in front of one of his regiments and I looked and found him dead.

Although Holcomb was dead and gone in the game engine, from a sim perspective, I did not automatically count him dead. The death of a commander in-game triggers a manual response in the sim. I roll a 12-sided die and the officers sim fate is sealed by this table from the first WAR IN ARKANSAS sim rules:

1 - killed
2 - killed
3 - killed
4 - killed
5 - killed
6 - severely wounded, returned to friendly lines
7 - severely wounded, returned to friendly lines
8 - severely wounded, returned to friendly lines
9 - severely wounded, captured, sent to hospital
10 - severely wounded, captured, sent to hospital
11 - lightly wounded, captured, sent to enemy HQ
12 - captured

In Brig. Gen. Holcomb's case, the roll of the die came up a 3, and he was reported as killed.