I am making some additional changes to the Confederate Order of Battle for the simulation. Lieutenant Cutshaw's section appears in the orders of battle, although it had historically been captured in the week before the period covered by the simulation. The section was two small guns manned by members of the 33rd Virginia. I had thought of removing it from order of battle for a while and have decided pull it. The guns were four pounders and I will not enter them into the Federal OOB.
But.... I have also realized that the Rockbridge Artillery (Capt. McLaughlin) was not accurately represented in the order of battle. I had the battery with four six pounders, its original configuration. After 1st Manassas, those four guns were returned to the Virginia Military Institute and the battery was re-armed with six captured Federal guns. The battery will appear in the OOB with two 10 pound Parrott Rifles, three six pound smooth bores and one 12 pound napoleon.
In the end, there is no net change in the number of Confederate guns in the OOB, but with McLaughlin's Battery receives better pieces. Given that Rockbridge Artillery has a higher quality rating that Cutshaw's section had, it is potentially a significant boost to the Confederate artillery's effectiveness in the simulation.
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