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Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863- In overwhelming fashion, the Confederate Army charged into this small Pennsylvania town this week, capturing Culp’s Hill, Seminary Hill and Little Round Top, while leaving the Union battered and beaten, and furthering their own cause at securing independence. “The South will take over our country now and I’m in grave fear about my future,” said Federal Captain Meika McMillan.
The war was staged in three battles, with the Union successfully defending their land in game #1. “We started well, but we didn’t defend our cities with enough people after that,” said Private Casey Garry, 36th Ohio regiment. The Rebels began their charge in game #2, most notably capturing the Union stronghold at  Cemetery Ridge, and then the South dominated game #3, controlling every territory by battle’s end. “We won because we had a better strategy,” boasted Private Peter Craig, 19th Alabama Cavalry. By contrast, Colleen Dunn of the 20th Maine claimed, “We lost the last two games because we got tired. The whole game was tense and competitive.”
As with the actual Civil War, this camp clash pitted brother against brother. Said Corporal Andrew Gonzalez of the 63rd North Carolina Infantry, “I thought it was fun that when you got caught, you didn’t have to go to jail. So we got to play a lot, and I got to hit my brother with flour hawks a lot!”
Once again, the event was a huge hit, in particular with session #2 campers playing their first of several all-camp games. “I had the most fun throwing flour hawks at people, and you could go to your flank and rest,” said Craig.
The final score was: Confederacy- 94,900, Union- 61,300. Rumors are circulating out of Washington that the Union will once again make a change at the top, replacing General George Meade with Ulysses S. Grant, who is currently biding his time at Vicksburg drinking brandy and waiting for “the Rebs to vacate the premises.”
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