Dawn at Chancellorsville

**Dawn at Chancellorsville** is the first mission in *History Civil War: Secret Missions*.

## Walkthrough

"Because the South had less weapons, less supplies and were often
outnumbered, the South's great General Robert E. Lee had to improvise
whenever possible. So he made bold and unexpected moves, taking the
Union army by surprise, changing the odds in his favor whenever possible."

Mission Briefing - Dawn at Chancellorsville:

"Several days ago, a large Union military force under the command of Gen.
Joseph Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River. Their target is to gain
control over Chancellorsville, which must be prevented at all costs. Your
task is to gather information about the enemy positions and gather all
supplies you are able to find."

The mission starts off with your Lieutenant going around waking you and
your fellow soldiers up. He's reporting the enemy is approaching and to
not waste your ammo.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Get to the Chancellor's House and report your findings.
- Defend the church.
- Find and heal all wounded soldiers (bonus objective).

Move to a window and begin shooting at soldiers across from the church.
You may also go up the stairs to the second level and fire from a
slighly better angle.

There will be several soldiers by a covered wagon overlooking the church
firing and taking cover. There will also be two soldiers to the left at
ground level firing. Be sure to target them as well. Your first target
should be one of the two soldiers manning the cannon in the center of
the group.

There are three ammunition boxes at the rear of the church along the back
wall. There is also a Whitworth Sniper Rifle next to the stairs by one of
the ammo boxes. Grab it if you want to work on headshots for the "Sniper"
achievement.

Once the enemies are all defeated, the objectives update.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Get to the Chancellor's House and report your findings.
- Find and heal all wounded soldiers (bonus objective).
- Scout Catherine Furnace.

Reinforcements show up at the church. It's the General of the Rangers you
are part of. He isn't thrilled that your scouting mission engaged the
enemy. He then instructs your unit to continue its mission of scouting
the nearby furnaces for enemies.

When the FMA ends, you will find yourself outside of the church. Turn
around to find the first of three wounded soldiers in the mission laying on
the ground. Walk up to him and hold down the Y Button to revive him.

Walk to the front of the church and turn the corner and stop. Your fellow
soldiers should run ahead and take up covering positions with one at the next
corner to the building. Look into the distance to spot a large gray rock
with a small path leading to it in the grass. Follow that path to the rock.
In the bushes there will be a dead soldier and the hidden picture in the
mission.

Return to the church and follow the path that the soldiers are looking at
behind it.

As you approach the trees, some Union soldiers run out of the woods in the
distance. Throw a grenade to take them out at the same time and continue
on.

You will round a bend in the path and see another log on the ground. This
marks another location where soldiers will run out of the woods. Quickly
shoot them and continue on the path around the bend to Catherine Furnace.

Run behind the boxes to the left of the road and use them as cover. You can
toggle the lean to help stay alive here and pick off the Union soldiers.

There will be roughly three soldiers in the center area designated by the
posts and about five on the right where the covered wagon is. There is also
usually one near the left side of the house in the rear. Keep firing at
the soldiers near the center and the make a dash for over behind the furnace
to the left. When you take cover there, more soldiers will run to the left.
One will take cover by the house and another two will take cover behind the
fencing. Aim for the soldier by the house first as he can see you more than
then fence soldier. Kill them and clean up the rest by the wagons and the
objectives will eventually update.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Get to the Chancellor's House and report your findings.
- Find and heal all wounded soldiers (bonus objective).
- Scout the area for enemy presence.

Your fellow soldiers will run up the road by the covered wagon. Pick up any
weapons you desire and check under the wagon in the rear of the furnaces for
an ammunition box.

Go down the road your commrades ran down and make a left at the bend in the
road overlooking the bridge.

You will see two tree stumps and a little past that will be another log on
the road. You should now know that this means enemy soldiers will be
attacking. Throw a grenade to quickly kill the soldiers and then move
through the area.

After another bend in the road, the backside of the furnaces will be reached
where another three soldiers will be waiting to attack. Kill them and
continue down the road to a stream where the objectives will update.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Get to the Chancellor's House and report your findings.
- Find and heal all wounded soldiers (bonus objective).
- Eliminate enemy presence.

Take position behind the rocks and start shooting Union soldiers. Slowly
make your way down towards the water while killing the enemy. When they are
all dead, go behind the wagon across the stream to find some ammo. Grab it
and take cover as a few Union soldiers will attack from above the wagon down
the road.

Either shoot them from a distance if you still have the sniper rifle or just
have faith in your long range accuracy. Another option is to run towards
the wagon and shoot them at a closer distance.

Once all of those enemies are dead, the objectives will once again update.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Get to the Chancellor's House and report your findings.
- Find and heal all wounded soldiers (bonus objective).
- Find the enemy camp.

At the fork in the road where the wagon is, go down the left road. At the
bend in the road that goes right, there will be the second wounded soldier
in the mission laying on the ground. Approach him and hold down the Y Button
to revive him.

Guns should be firing by the time you revive the soldier. Continue on the
road and you should see your commrades taking up positions on the logs in
the road. Join them and eliminate the Union soldiers taking cover behind
a felled tree. This is easily done with a single grenade to the front
of the tree.

Follow the road around a turn to the left to find the Union camp.

Run to the right down by the boxes and some cannons to have the objectives
update.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Destroy the lookout towers.
- Get to the Chancellor's House and report your findings.
- Find and heal all wounded soldiers (bonus objective).

Approach the first cannon and begin firing at the large tower to the left.
If you fire towards the white tents on the left, you can get the tower and
the exploding barrel in this mission as well as a few Union soldiers.

Continue firing at Union soldiers if you wish to earn kills towards the
"Cannons Away" achievement. This will also make advancing through the
camp easier when you need to move.

The tower on the left should be burning to let you know that you've hit it.
If not, aim for the top of the tower and fire until it bursts into flames.

Look towards the United States flag and a little to the right in the distance
is the second lookout tower. Aim for the top once again and shoot until it
catches fire. There is also a second set of cannons near the first tower
that makes hitting the second tower easier, but roughly ten soldiers will
attack from behind the tent in front of them as you approach. They can
be killed with a handful of grenades without much harm coming to you.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Get to the Chancellor's House and report your findings.
- Find and heal all wounded soldiers (bonus objective).

Exit the cannon when Union soldiers stop attacking and it's time to
investigate the camp for the remained of the collectables in the mission.

If you did not destroy the exploding barrel with the cannon, go towards the
white tents to the left. There will be a larger sized tent with an US flag
above its entrance flap. Shoot the barrels to destroy them and earn credit
for finding them in this mission.

More Union soldiers will attack when you approach the area of the lookout
towers. Defend yourself or continue searching for hidden items.

From the barrels, turn right and find the wooden cabin with the brick
chimney. Jump through the door and look to the right next to the doorway to
find the hidden picture in this level.

Exit the cabin and look to the left. There are two wooden buildings next
to one another and the left one has its door open. Enter the structure and
turn right at the door to find the third and final wounded soldier. Revive
him to unlock the "Attention to Detail" achievement. Head around the boxes
in this structure to find two ammo boxes if needed.

Exit the building and go towards the second lookout tower defeating any
Union soldiers that may attack.

Find the road and follow it to a large brick building where some Confederate
soldiers are kneeling around someone.

An FMA will play and this marks the end of the Dawn at Chancellorsville.

You should unlock at least two achievements at the Level Statistics screen.
"Chancellorsville" and "Pioneer". If you did not press down on the Left
Stick at all during the mission, you will unlock the secret achievement
"Smell the Roses".