Alternate Stones River: Morning of January 1st 1863
Deployment: In this scenario Confederate general Braxton Bragg has been struck by command paralysis and left his troops in their positions as they stood on the night of 30th december, with Hardee's corps east of the river and just Polk's corps to hold the west bank. After failing in his planned assault on the east bank, Rosecrans throws four divisions into the fray, hoping to wipe out the rebel bridgehead west of the river before reinforcements can arrive. Union Turn 1: Union forces advance slowly on the flanks, shuffling out the line and preparing for a general assault. Negley boldly orders his division to attack the rebel breastworks. As the lead brigade climb the hill they are decimated by cannister fire and their charge is bloodily repulsed. The brigade leader is captured and the men scatter back into the trees. Confederate Turn 1: General Polk lazily begins to form a reserve line, but the density of the woodland slows their deployment. Union Turn 2: Sheridan is ordered t