Day 3 Ready to Start

Most orders are in for Day 3 of THE OZARKS CAMPAIGN.  The simulation is in strategic movement, so the orders are only for the movement of Corps and Cavalry Brigades. No division orders are needed this week.

Knowing that Day 3 is starting in strategic mode, I have been a little slow on revising the order of battle following the fighting at Wilson's Junction and Baker's Spring Branch on Day 2. So far I have:

1. Replaced Brigade Commanders who were killed or wounded
2. Changed some regimental commanders where the regiments were routed (assuming some KIA or wounded regimental field officers)
3. Upgraded unit quality on all regiments and guns that qualified.
4. Adjusted unit strengths for losses on Day 2

All units will be resupplied with ammunition at the start of Day 3. I am still doing the calculations for how much ammo will be left in the ordnance trains. Once I finish that I will give the ordnance supply status to all Corps and Division Commanders and then send out the revised OOB.

I noted a few things:

1. Regimental Strengths:  Despite heavy fighting, no regiment fell below 100 men. The smallest regiments on the field is 103 men.

2. Green Brigades: The "Green Brigades" could be a force in the coming days. Stevenson's Division (3/II/DEF) and three green brigades in II/AOA all received an upgrade from green to trained without losing a single man. (Well.... in truth one of the green regiments in II/AOA lost one guy to shelling.) This means that the brigades have 3,200 men at "trained" level. A lot of regiments on the field are still at "fair," which is only one quality level higher, but with much fewer men.

3. Nixon's Battery: The unit that probably had the greatest quality increase at Baker's Spring Branch is Nixon's Georgia Battery. The battery has been around since WIA2 and picked up an extra gun that had been captured from Hudson's 6th Iowa Battery by the 29th South Carolina at Tulip Creek. It has engaged on the field a lot, but it has never been a very exceptional performer. After unloading all of its canister onto 2/III/AOA's center, however, Nixon's guns all have at least a "good" rating, with one gun at "veteran" status. This now makes Nixon's Battery a force with which to be reckoned on the field.