Next Orders - Friday October 24th and Tactical Turn Notes

Orders for Day 2 - 10:00 a.m. are due by Friday October 24th.  This is a tactical turn and implications for orders have been sent out to each corps with the corps reports.

Tomahawk is a "Battle Map."  All infantry divisions at Tomahawk (or arriving at Tomahawk in the next turn) must submit their orders separately by their Division Commanders.

To maintain the integrity of stances, elements of at least one division from each opposing corps will engage at least lightly before completing any other orders. By default, this would most likely be units along the road, the lead of the engaging corps and the rear of the defending corps or division closest to the road.

The reason or this is so that if you set on engage, you know that you will engage in the first tactical turn, at least lightly. If you then want to back off and establish a defensive line, that is OK, but muskets will fire from at least one division. Likewise, if you set for defend, you will also be engaged if the enemy sets for engage. You can still withdraw, but will have to fight a rear guard action.

So.... during campaign mode:

1. Engage Stance: You will engage, at least lightly with your lead division, if you come up against an enemy corps set on defend or engage. Any other deployment or movement orders will take place during or immediately after this engagement.

2. Defend Stance: You will engage, at least lightly with one division, if you come up against an enemy corps set on engage. Any other deployment or movement orders will take place during or immediately after this engagement.

3. Do Not Engage Stance: You will keep giving way before the enemy and no tactical turn will be declared.


I/DEF and I/AOA both took a defensive stance at Locust Grove, so no engagement has taken place. They will be allowed to give deployment orders for defensive positions within a limited area (marked by blue and red on the D2/1000 map). Additional infantry may not be brought onto Locust Grove unless one side orders an attack against the enemy and there is engagement.

Nuances: If I/DEF orders an attack on I/AOA in the next turn, DEF could order infantry into the fight at Locust Grove from Wiley's Cove or Lebanon.  If I/AOA orders an attack on I/DEF positions in the next turn, it could order infantry into the fight from Big Flat, Sylamore, or Richwoods. The arriving infantry would arrive roughly halfway into the tactical turn and begin marching to the assigned deployment positions.

Because a battle map has been declared, any infantry sent to Tomahawk from Lebanon or Yellville will arrive at the edge of the map at the beginning of the tactical turn and start marching towards their positions.