Another gem from the manual....

Here is another rule from the manual:

Ordnance trains that are unguarded will be captured if they encounter the enemy. Guarded trains will escape or destroy their ordnance while the guards engage the enemy.

Maj. Gen. Hobbs just used some uncharacteristically strong language when he received word that an unguarded ordnance train that had been sent to resupply Martin's Brigade was captured with its ammunition by Marple's Federal Brigade as the wagons passed through Arkadelphia. Col. Marple had a more positive view on the turn of events....