Version 2

I have used the extra troops in the CSA OOB to make variants.
New buildings and houses have been added.
Changes to help the AI.
To use the difficulty levels, I have made versions of the scenarios to be played as either CSA or USA.
I have added a randomization line to the Hillsman House scenario.  For the Cross Roads scenario: apparently a randomization line does not work with an all cavalry force.


To install: (unless you are short of hard disk space) make a copy of your Gettysburg folder and rename it as SaylersCreekSMG.  Unzip into the SaylersCreekSMG folder with "Use Folder Names" and "Overwrite Existing Files" checked.  Say "yes" if asked to overwrite any read only files.

If your operating system is using the default of "hide common extensions" you will not see ".exe" etc.  Make a shortcut on the desktop by right clicking on lee.exe, "send to" then "Desktop (create shortcut)".  When you have had enough SaylersCreekSMG, delete the SaylersCreekSMG folder & shortcut, no need to restore. Choose historical on the options screen if you wish to ensure a programmed scenario.



Graeme

http://smgettysburg.webs.com/SMG.htm

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***THE BATTLE OF SAYLER'S CREEK VA***
	It was the night of April 5th 1865.  Just three days ago Petersburg had 
fallen to the Yankees under heavy assault.  That same evening Richmond, the 
beleaguered capital of the Confederacy was evacuated and burned to prevent 
its entirety being ceded to the hands of the Yankee invaders.  Any hopes of 
saving the Confederacy were now crushed, and all that kept the Army of 
Northern Virginia together was the troops' undying devotion to their leader, 
Robert E. Lee.
	In keeping with Jeff Davis's orders Lee continued to fight on although in 
his heart he knew it useless.  The only foreseeable option for Lee was to 
attempt to lead his men southwest where the ANV and the Army of Tennessee 
under Joe Johnston, which was then retreating from Sherman in North 
Carolina, might be able to combine forces.  However, as Lee headed west the 
Federals were continually nipping at the heels of the Confederate column 
resulting in a series of sharp skirmishes.  While Lee moved west Federal 
cavalry were moving south of him, between the two Confederate armies thus 
keeping both armies moving west.
	On the morning of April 6th 1865, the Confederate army woke up tired and 
hungry in Amelia County.  That day they would continue their retreat 
westward.  As the rear of the Confederate army, comprised of Ewell and 
Longstreet's (then commanded by Anderson) Corps, drew close to the border of 
Price Edward county, the lead elements of Anderson's Corps under Johnson 
found Yankee cavalry commanded by Merritt blocking Rice's Station Road 
around mid afternoon.  Johnson and Pickett quickly formed a defensive line 
as the Federals prepared to charge. Meanwhile a mile or so to the northeast, 
Ewell was feeling the effects of Merritt's roadblock.  Upon being forced to 
halt Ewell soon discovered that Federal infantry was closing in on the rear 
of his column and after a brief delaying action near the Hillsman House, 
Ewell fell back across Sayler's Creek.  He quickly established a defensive 
line on a hill on the other side of the creek bottom from which he would 
make a last ditch effort to save his small force.
	Along Rice's Station Road to the southwest Anderson's Corps was doing 
everything possible to maintain control of the road.  Eventually, however, 
the unstoppable force of Merritt's relentless cavalry charges broke the 
Confederate defenders, resulting in a complete route and the capture of many 
battleflags only after brutal hand to hand combat.
	As the Federal infantry pressed across the creek bottom and up the hill 
Ewell's men poured wave after wave of lead into the Federal ranks.  
Nevertheless, by the irrepressible weight of numbers, Ewell's command was 
shattered.  The pockets of Confederate resistance were slowly overwhelmed by 
the Yankees while the rest of Ewell's Corps retreated to the Marshall House 
where Ewell surrendered his 6,000-man command to the Federals.
	By the end of the day the Army of Northern Virginia had suffered well over 
8,000 casualties in the engagement at Sayler's Creek alone, not to mention 
the throngs of deserters and stragglers captured by Yankees across the 
region.  This defeat cost the army roughly one fourth of its total strength. 
  At a distance Lee watched the event unfold.  One witness said, "At this 
spectacle General Lee straightened himself in his saddle, and, looking more 
the soldier than ever, exclaimed, as if talking to himself, 'My God! Has the 
army dissolved?'" General Mahone, a weathered veteran who had been with the 
army from the beginning replied "No, General, here are troops ready to do 
their duty."  After a pause Lee ordered Mahone to form his troops into line 
and rally the men as they made their way across the hills.  For 4 more long 
days, the Confederates would continue their retreat, fighting almost all the 
way, until reaching Appomattox Court House, where in the McLean Home Lee 
would surrender his Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant.
                                                              -BARROW 
WHEARY-CREATOR

GAME HINTS
***By the way, I have made it nearly impossible for the Confederates to win 
the Hillsman House or Ewell scenario.  The troop numbers are what really 
make it this way-BUT- If you do as Ewell did, by setting up a series of 
skirmish lines on the north side of Little Sayler's Creek and fortifying 
reserves on the hill on the south side, you may be able to pull off a minor 
defeat-(or minor victory-maybe). By using the skirmish line you can inflict 
great casualties on the Yankees while receiving few before any heavy 
fighting starts.  Also I have designed it so that you can win even if 
losing all the Victory points on the north side-so- feel no obligation to 
hold them-(I strongly advise that you not bother with the north side 
objectives)-I have designed this map and scenarios so that they are as close 
to the real conditions as possible so don't feel disappointed if you lose 
these scenarios while playing Confederate.
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