The entire army started in a position north of Soudersburg. My corps was the southernmost and was assigned to take the objective, the Hornberger Farm on Hornberger Hill. I believe the enemy may have been to the south, so I initially concentrated the III Corps south and southwest of town, with Delaney's Division (1st Division) at the school house and Almhouse, Smead's Division (2nd Division) at the Rudolph Farm and Crowell's 3rd Division as Jones.
As the divisions got into place, I moved to the Hornberger Farm to scout and could not see any enemy to the south. I then advanced Crowell to Hornberger, changed Delaney to have an eastward facing with his left on Cemetery Hill and right near Koontz, and I put Smead's Division as Koontz facing east.
Rooney's Division (2nd Division, III Corps Army of the Arkansas) eventually appeared coming on Westminster Road from the east and began to engaged through the Sykes Orchard. My position was elevated and supported by Coleman's and Nixon's Batteries and Rooney was repulsed. Enemy batteries deployed at Unger to fire on my position, as Hawley's Division (3rd Division, II Corps, AOA) assaulted from the same direction as Rooney.
As Rooney and Hawley's assaults were taking place, Ewing's cavalry division appeared to the south, coming towards Hornberger along the Soudersburg Pike. Crowell refused his right flank (Malone's Brigade) across the road supported by Wiley's Texas Battery as Ewing attack with Kraft's Brigade and attempted to move around the right flank and rear, blocked by elements of Crowell's reserve. Hackett's cavalry division also arrived in support, as I called for more reserves from the rest of the army.
Hawley was also repulsed Adam's 1st Division, the USCT Division under Brig. Gen. Simon P. Henderson, finally appeared at Unger. The USCT Division deployed in a much more coordinated manner than the two lead division and has started engaging. Only one division of reserves were sent to my support, Maj. Gen. Carter Stevenson's 3rd Division, II Corps, DEF. Stevenson's Division is large and inexperienced and would be more than enough to completely stop III AOA in its tracks, but..
1.) My front line regiments are running out of ammunition and leaving the line.
2.) Bradley's Division (2nd Division, II Corps AOA) has just been sighted.
Bradley's Division is the largest division in the Army of the Arkansas. (The order of battle has II Corps AOA organized into two divisions, with Bradley's Division having 5 brigades.)
That is where I have stopped the test for the moment. I noticed that I had not properly set up Westminster Road. It is reading as New Windsor Road close to the town (visible in a screenshot in which Delaney is on the road.) The test will continue another day. If Wingert's Division is close behind Bradley, it could become a close contest if more re-enforcements don't come down from the rest of the army's position to the north.
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