The Staff Officers - B & O Winter Command Simulation

"Staff Officers" will help the players navigate the complexities of the campaign and simulation.  An abbreviated staff for each army will be used in the simulation.

Simon Forrester Barstow, 

Jackson's staff is well documented. Lander struggled to fill his staff and was under-staffed through , much of January 1862. For simulation purposes, Lander will start the simulation in the campaign theater on January 1st (he actually arrived in Hancock a few days later) and will have his staff in place. Lander's staff members are taken from information in Frederick W. Lander, The Great Natural Soldier, by Gary L. Ecelbarger.  Some officers are assigned positions that they may not have actually held. Maj. Dwight Bannister, for example, was a paymaster, but is assigned Chief Ordnance Officer for the simulation. Likewise, Capt. Ambrose Thompson was quartermaster, but is assigned the role of Chief Commissary.

Lieut. Alexander "Sandie" Pendleton

There is a slight difference in the players' staff compositions. Jackson will have access to higher quality maps through Captain Jedediah Hotchkiss, but Lander has an extra trusted staff officer who can be sent to the field and bring back reliable assessments of the military situation. (Capt. Frederick A. Barton, Jr. was the son of one of Lander's trusted colleagues from his trail blazing days in the west.)

The staff that will be used in the simulation will be as follows:

Staff Position	Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson Valley District	Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Lander Lander’s Division
Adjutant General (Chief of Staff)	Lieut. Col. J. T. L. Preston
Assistant Adjutant General (Chief of Staff)		Capt. Simon Forrester Barstow
Chief Commissary	Maj. Wells J. Hawks	Capt. Ambrose Thompson
Chief Ordnance Officer	Lieut. Jas. M. Garnett	Maj. Dwight Bannister
Chief Engineer	Lieut. J. K. Boswell	Maj. John Frothingham
Medical Director	Dr. Hunter McGuire	Dr. George Suckley
Chief Topographic Engineer	Capt. Jed. Hotchkiss
Staff Officer		Capt. Frederick A. Barton
Aide-De-Camp	Lieut. A. S. Pendleton	Lieut. Henry G. Armstrong
Aide-De-Camp	Lieut. George Junkin	Lieut. Fitz-James O’Brien