great campaigns / acw 1862 [Updated October 2004]  

2004 WBC Report  

 2005 Status*: pending 2005 GM commitment

* To be combined with GC3 henceforth

Chris Withers, CA

2000-04 Champion

2nd: Ed Beach, MD

3rd: David Cross, VA

4th: Paul Nied, KS

 5th: Robert Dwyer, NJ

 6th: Dennis Mason, ME


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Event History
1993    Ed Beach*      22
1994    Ray Rooks*      22
1995    Bruno Passacantando*      22
1996    Paul Tisevich *      27
1997    Jeff Otto*      22
1998    Bruno Passacantando *      13
1999    Ken Lee*     18
2000    Chris Withers     19
2001    Chris Withers     20
2002    Chris Withers     18
2003    Chris Withers     19
2004    Chris Withers     16

* Stonewall Jackson's Way

PBeM Event History
2000    Ed Beach      17

 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1. Chris Withers

CA

04
150
 2. Ed Beach

MD

04
  64
 3. Pat Duffy

NJ

02
  29
 4. David Cross

VA

04
  28
 5.  Paul Nied

KS

04
  21
 6. Steve Likevich

OH

03
  21
 7. Michael Pacheco

CA

01
  18
 8. Dennis Mason

ME

04
  18
 9.  Robert Dwyer

NJ

04
  15
10. Ken Lee

PA

03
  12
11. Mark Booth

VA

03
    9
12. Ed Karpowicz

DC

01
    9
13. Jim Pyle

VA

00
    9
14. Brad Anderson

OH

02
    6
15. Scott Spurgeon

ONT

00
    6
16. Forrest Speck

MD

01
    3
17. Doug Pratto

MA

00
    1

Past Winners

Ed Beach - MD
1993

Ray Rooks - MD
1994

Bruno Passacantando - CT
1995, 1998

Paul Tisevich - FL
1996

Jeff Otto - OH
1997

Ken Lee - PA
1999

Chris Withers - CA
2000-2004
 


Great Campaigns of the American Civil War: 1862

The year 2000 brought change to The Great Campaigns of the American Civil War (GCACW) series tournament play. Instead of trying to pack an ever expanding series of games into a five-day tournament it was decided to consolidate down to two events. Additional campaign games were added for those who love truly looonnnng games. The first tournament was titled '1862' which encompassed four games: Stonewall Jackson's Way, Here Come the Rebels, Stonewall in the Valley and On to Richmond.

                                                

16 players entered the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War 1862 tournament for the second straight year. Scenarios for the preliminary rounds were South Mountain from Here Come the Rebels, Jackson's March from Stonewall Jackson's Way, Brandy Station and The Great Flank March from Stonewall's Last Battle, and Seven Pines and The Great Flank March from On to Richmond! The preliminary rounds saw the balance tilt towards the Union for a change, with a 13 to 10 lead. However, the elimination rounds would soon see the balance tilt back towards the Confederates.

This year saw a Union trend in Jackson's March with a wide variety of Union and Confederate strategies. One of the most interesting was Joe Doughan's use of Stuart to slow the Army of Virginia instead of trying to damage the railroad stations on the Orange & Alexandria.

The semi-finals matched Paul Nied vs. Chris Withers and Ed Beach vs. David Cross in Sedgwick to the Rescue. The first match had Paul's rebels roll poorly during Jackson's surprise attack but still managed to rout Howard's corps. Night fell before Jackson could attempt any other attacks but Jackson still managed to capture Chancellorsville in a Grand Assault with the 23rd GA regiment leading the attack. Turn 2 saw Reynold's I Corps reinforce Sedgwick while Hooker also transferred to the eastern wing of the Army of the Potomac. Hooker then lead the Union back by successfully breaking out to the west and combining the flanks while causing numerous rebel losses.

In the other match, Ed as the CSA managed to capture Chancellorsville by the middle of turn 2 but his units were too exhausted to keep up the attack. David as the Union commander patiently set up two different +0 attacks, needing only a +2 result to advance and win the day, the first failed but everything looked great when Ed rolled a '1' on the second attack. The Union commander was jumping up in glee. However, his spirits were soon dashed when he too rolled a '1'

Paul Nied (left) and Dennis Mason re-fight the Civil War.

Our final saw Chris as McClellan hold off Ed as Lee in Retreat to the James. Ed had generally poor dice, he would push the Union back but wasn't able to get enough initiatives to follow up his gains. Chris was able to hold the line while conducting some spoiling attacks of his own. The rebels resigned early on turn 3 when it became apparent that McClellan wouldn't be forced to retreat to the James. Congratulations are due to Chris for winning this event for the 5th year in a row.

Next year at Lancaster GC2 and GC3 will be combined into a single event.

 GM      Paul Nied  [1st Year]   NA
    PNied@aol.com   NA

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