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The Great Plains War (RECTONNED)

This was a conflict I drummed up between Calcaterra and North Nebraska as a sort of independence war back when the United Nations used the map of Earth instead of the map we have now. When we changed to the current map this war became unneeded and thus was rectonned.

The Great Plains War was a conflict fought between Calcaterra and the Nebraskan Republic. This page will list all of the battles of the Great Plains War.
Battle of Strangefeilds
Battle of Talsman Farm
Battle of Frankfort

Battle of Strangefeilds
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Date

6 March 1809

Location (Roughly)

~ 1 Mile Southwest of Fort South Bend

Result

Nebraskan Republician Victory

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Casualties

Nebraskan Republic (+allies)

72

Calcaterra

449


The Battle of Strangefields was fought on March 6, 1809, roughly 1 mile from Fort South Bend. The battle was fought between the Nebraskan Republican Army under the command of General Kelmen, with the support from the Head of the Circle tribe, and the Calcaterrican Army under the command of General Murphy. It was the first major battle of The Great Plains War.

Prelude
In February of 1809, due to territorial disputes in the west and the legitimacy of the Nebraskan Republic, Calcaterra officially declared war on the Nebraskan Republic on March 1, 1809. General Frank Cook of the Calcaterrican Armed Forces ordered General Dane Murphy to begin an offensive to capture key points along the Platte River and hold them until reinforcements can arrive. General Murphy informed the High Command that he did not have enough soldiers to begin an offensive, so requested he be able to take troops out of the garrison at Fort Abram. His request was granted, and he took his 350 men, along with 100 out of the 356 men stationed at Fort Abram. He began his march towards Fort South Bend on March 5. As he marched, his men were spotted by a native hunting party, but he ordered his men not to fire upon them. He did not know, at the time, the native hunting party belonged to the Head of the Circle tribe, which were loyal to the Nebraskan Republic. The leader of the hunting party, Jumping Bull, reported to Fort South Bend that an army numbering in at around 400 was marching towards the Fort South Bend. The commander of the fort, Captain Henry Franker, sent a messenger to General of the Nebraskan Armies, General Kelmen, who was stationed 30 miles away in the city of Douglas. Captain Fanker did not write how many men were in the approaching force, so General Kelmen believed this was the main Calcaterrican force, so he began his march towards Fort South Bend. He did not have his whole army with him, as the were training in Columbia. Instead, he enlisted the help of several Militias and native tribes. General Murphy needed to stop his forces at 9:30 PM due to weather. General Kelmen was able to rendezvous with Captain Franker at a small farm on March 5, 10:34 PM. General Kelmen took control over Captain Franker’s troops, and had them rest for the night. After the weather cleared up at 10:45 PM, General Murphy marched his troops another 2 miles, before setting up camp for the night.

Battle
Morning
Calcaterra
General Murphy had his men prepare to march towards Fort South Bend at 6:00 AM. He believed that he would put to siege the Fort, so his men could take turns resting while his sappers prepared siege works. Most of the men only getting about 4 to 6 hours of sleep, also they did not receive breakfast, as General Murphy believe they could eat while the sappers were working. At around 6:45 AM, scouts spotted General Kelmen's men stationed atop a hill and in a nearby farmhouse to the north, so he had his men line up and prepare to march forward. The scouts failed to spot men General Kelmen had stationed men in a large tree line to the south, and a company of native horsemen that Kelman had hid behind the hill.

Nebraskan Republic
While perform their morning prayers on a hill at around 6:30 AM, natives from the Cosca tribe spotted General Murphy's men about 700 yards away marching towards the farm. Upon finishing their prayers, they rode back to General Kelmen's camp, and informed him that a large group of Calcaterrican soldiers were marching towards the farm. At 6:40 AM, Kelmen and 3 other men surveyed the land. Kelmen came to the conclusion that he could fire upon the advancing men from both the hill and a nearby farmhouse. He also had a two platoons hid in a large tree line. They would protect the force stationed on the hill from a flanking maneuver, and they were also told to hold their fire until ordered. He also had native horsemen hold position behind the hill, as they had no ranged weapons.

Midday
At 10:46 AM, General Murphy had his whole line advance, and hold fire. Seeing the advancing line, General Kelmen had all his men to hold fire until further notice. The Calcaterrican line, consisting of 450 men in four ranks, marched at a walking pace towards the hill through a wheat field. General Murphy hoped that by marching his men through the wheat field, it would make them harder to hit. As the Calcaterrican line came within 200 yards of the hill, General Kelmen had his men on the hill and in and around the farmhouse fire at will. The first volley from the hill and the farmhouse killed about 3 men in the Calcaterrican line. As the line continued their advance, another 17 men from the middle rank fell. Upon the line coming in to about 80-120 yards from the hill, the General Murphy ordered his men to halt, and had them fire 3 volleys. Those 3 volleys killed about 22 men atop the hill, and 5 men stationed around the farmhouse. The Calcaterican line was ordered to advance after the third volley. As they advanced, 16 men fell. General Murphy had the line halt at about 50 yards from the hill. As they stopped, General Kelmen ordered the two platoons at the tree line to open fire at the line. The first volley was devastating, killing about 45 men. General Murphy had his men focus their volleys at the farmhouse and the men surrounding it. General Kelmen ordered the men in the tree line and the men atop the hill to unleash volleys one at a time. After the first volley, Kelmen order the men at the farmhouse to retreat to the hill. During their retreat, 18 men were killed. After the remaining men reached the hill, he ordered all his men to fire at will. The Calcaterrican line, which was in the open, took heavy casualties. The Calcaterrican line was ordered to fall back to the wheat field. During the fallback, another 32 men fell. The Calcaterrican muskets did not have the range Nebraskan muskets did, so the Nebraskans were able to inflict more casualties upon their enemies. That this time, the battle had been raging for about 2 hours. At 12:56 AM, the leader of the Cosca tribe tribe, Chief Crazy Water, informed General Kelmen that his men where ready at any time to charge the Calcaterrican line. Kelmen had them hold, and ordered all of his men to fire three volleys. It is unknown how many were killed by the volleys, but after the third volley Kelmen had his men draw swords and fix bayonets, and ordered all men and the tribe horsemen to charge. During the charge 20 Nebraskans fell. As the tribesmen smashed in the Calcaterrican line, many tried to flee, only to be cut down by the horsemen. After the half and hour long melee, the battle came to an end at 1:48 PM. Of the 450 Calcaterrican soldiers, 449 were killed. This was because the General Kelmen gave full permission to the native tribes to kill as many as they wished, so they did not hold back. Only General Murphy survived the battle, after he rode horseback back to Fort Abram at full speed.

Aftermath
After the battle ended, General Kelmen had his men to bury the dead of both sides in separate graves. The tribesmen were allowed to care for their dead separately. Both graves were marked with white crosses. At 3:14 PM, General Kelmen had his men return to Fort South Bend. General Murphy returned to Fort Abram, and had a messenger sent to North West City to inform the Calcaterrican government of the devastating loss. President Jerry Clarke was personally handed the message. Two days afterwards, he ordered General Murphy of the Calcaterrican Armed Forces to send a force of 30,000 to crush the Nebraskan Republic. Many historians argue whether the order was given as a direct result of the message, or whether he was already planning on sending more troops to combat the Nebraskan Republic.

Battle of Talsman Farm
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Date

10 March 1809

Location (Roughly)

Talsman Farm, North Nebraska

Result

Calcaterrican Victory

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Casualties

Nebraskan Republic (+allies)

58

Calcaterra

22


The Battle of Talsman Farm was a minor battle of The Great Plains War, fought on March 10, 1842, in village of Talsman Farm. The battle was fought between the Nebraskan Republican Army and a Nebraskan Militia under the command of Lieutenant Jack Plodermen, and the Calcaterrican Army under the command of Captain Wes Killian.

Prelude
After the defeat at the Battle of Strangefields, General Dane Murphy of the Calcaterrican Army managed to ride back to Fort Abram. Upon his return, he was informed that the Nebraska Republic had ordered their Militias to attack any supply shipments heading into forts that were near the Nebraskan Republic border. Knowing that Fort Abram would starve before any shipments could successfully come through, he ordered Captain Wes Killian to go and raid several nearby villages for food and supplies. Captain Kilian mustered a raiding party of 51 men (himself included) out of troops in Fort Abram's garrison. His first target was Talsman Farm, simply because it was the closest village to Fort Abram (22.5 miles). He set out for Talsman Farm on March 9, 1842, at 8:12 AM. Learning from General Murphy's mistakes, he brought whatever food he could and allowed his troops plenty of resting time. This slowed his march, but he was never spotted by a Nebraskan Republic scout his entire march. On March 10, 1842 at 2:38 PM, villagers out tending to cattle from Talsman Farm spotted Captain Kilian about 2 miles from the village. They quickly mounted their horses, and rode to the village at full pace. Upon the Village Elder receiving the news, he ordered a messenger sent to Fort South Bend. General Kelmen, upon receiving the message, knew that he could not march his army to Talsman Farm in time to save the village, so he sent Lieutenant Jack Plodermen ahead with a detachment of 24 cavalrymen to aid the villagers. He guessed, correctly, that the village would put up some sort of resistance. He did not know, however, that the surrounding villages had sent a militia numbering in at 62 men to aid Talsman Farm.

Battle
Evening
Calcaterra
Captain Wes Kilian was fully aware that the village would send out messengers to nearby villages and Fort South Bend. So he sought to make the looting of Talsman Farm quick. He also sought to do so at night, so as to make a battle and march difficult for any forces trying to aid Talsman Farm. So he set up camp on a nearby hill overlooking the village at 4:56 PM, and he let his troops rest and prepare for battle.

Nebraskan Republic
Captain Wes Kilian began to raid the village on March 10, 1842 at 6:17 PM. The women and children were ordered to flee to the nearby village of Frankfort. This left 12 men to defend Talsman Farm. They set up their positions on the south side of village. When the nearby villages of Frankfort, Groining, and Lunbervile received word that Talsman Farm was going to be put to the torch, they mustered a militia of 62 men, and the began heading to Talsman Farm at 6:34 PM. At 7:12 PM, Lieutenant Jack Plodermen met up with the militia, and together they marched at full speed towards Talsman Farm.

Night
Captain Wes Kilian, seeing the makeshift defenses that the villagers had put up, ordered his men to fire at them from atop the hill. They fired a total of seven volleys, killing 10 of the 12 villagers defending Talsman. The other two quickly retreated and ran at full speed to Frankfort. They encountered Lieutenant Plodermen and the militia about a mile away from Talsman Farm, and they joined the militia.

Upon looking over the village and not seeing any other defenders, Captain Kilian ordered his men to descend upon the village, which they did at 6:23 PM. They looted what little food and supplies the village had when at 6:47 PM, a soldier spotted Lieutenant Plodermen's forces approaching from the north. Captain Kilian, knowing that he had not yet collected enough supplies from the village, ordered his men to take up defensive positions. Even though he was outnumbered, 51 to 88, he sought to use the village as a defensive position. None of Lieutenant Plodermen's forces saw Captain Kilian's forces in the village. Lieutenant Plodermen assumed that they were still stationed on the hill, so he ordered the 64 militiamen in the village to set up defensive works. He would take his cavalry and cause chaos in the encampment atop the hill. So, he swung his cavalry around the village and descended came upon the hill from the west.

The 64 militiamen, not expecting a fight, did not ready their weapons, and they were all on low alert. Captain Kilian had his forces hide in the houses and buildings, and had them wait until a shot was fired to begin firing. Once all roughly all the militiamen were inside the village, Captain Kilian opened fire, and with that, so did the rest of his men. At point-blank range, the first volley was devastating, killing 43 of the 64 militiamen.

Lieutenant Plodermen, upon not finding anything atop the hill, heard gunshots and screams coming from Talsman Farm. Immediately, he ordered his cavalrymen to ride at full force towards Talsman Farm.

Captain Kilian, rather than having his men reload and fire, order his men into a melee with the now confused and stunned militiamen. The melee killed 13 militiamen and 3 Calcaterrican soldiers. What was left of the militia (only eight militiamen survived) ran from the village and scattered off to their respective villages. Just when Captain Kilian thought he achieved victory, Lieutenant Plodermen's cavalry came smashing down into Talsman Farm, killing 19 Calcaterrican soldiers. Lieutenant Plodermen was tempted to make another run at the soldiers, but he couldn't risk losing any of his cavalrymen, and with no infantry left, he ordered a retreat.

Aftermath
Captain Wes Kilian and his men continued to raid Talsman Farm, and put the village to the torch at 7:38 AM. He had his men set up a camp in the nearby forest. They consolidated what was looted, and sent two soldiers back to Fort Abram with the food and supplies looted. He then marched towards the village of Frankfort, in hopes of capturing more food and supplies before the main Nebraskan Republican force arrived.

Lieutenant Jack Plodermen and his cavalry rode back to General Kelmen's forces. Upon informing General Kelmen personally about the defeat, General Kelmen responded, "I sent you to defend that damned village! Not ride away from it!" Despite his anger at Lieutenant Plodermen, General Kelmen kept him, knowing he would need good cavalry commanders.

The battle showed that this wouldn't be just a "clean" war, with just armies fighting, it would involve the whole of the Nebraskan Republic. It also strengthen unity among the Nebraskan Republic, as previously many had doubts about the war. Propagandists used that battle as a rallying cry, recruiters sometimes even used the battle to scare villages into aiding the Nebraskan Republic.

Battle of Frankfort
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Date

13 March 1842

Location (Roughly)

Frankfort, North Nebraska

Result

Calcaterrican Victory

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Casualties

Nebraskan Republic (+allies)

208

Calcaterra

163


The Battle of Frankfort was a minor battle in The Great Plains War, fought on March 13, 1842, in village of Frankfort. The battle was fought between the Nebraskan Republican Army under the command of Captain Jonas Kersey, and the Calcaterrican Army under the command of Captain Wes Killian.

Prelude
After the successful raid at Talsman Farm, Captain Wes Kilian was to follow the plan General Dane Murphy had gave him, and raid the village of Frankfort. However, Captain Kilian only had 29 men left, which he feared may not be enough to raid another village. He sent a messenger to Fort Abram, requesting more men. General Dane Murphy has fearful of sending more men out, but he had just received a small amount of reinforcements, so he sent 200 men to reinforce Captain Kilian. This number was more than four times what Captain Kilian, but once the reinforcements arrived, he decided to take them all under his command, and they rode for the village of Frankfort.

After their defeat at Talsman Farm, General Kelmen ordered scouts to ride across the countryside to scout for any more Calcaterrican troops. Upon finding any Calcaterrican troops, he would order his cavalry to ride upon them, shoot three times, and ride away. He called this tactic "smash and dash". The tactic was not intended to destroy a force, but rather to quicken them for any upcoming battles.

Battle
Morning
Calcaterra
As Captain Kilian marched towards Frankfort with his men numbering in at 229, he has harassed by Nebraskan Republican cavalry, although the cavalry didn't kill any of his men, it did injured a few, and put all of them, including Captain Kilian, "on edge". However, Captain Kilian ordered his men to continue the march.

Nebraskan Republic
With the introduction of the new "smash and dash" tactic, Nebraskan Republican scouts spotted Captain Kilian's forces two miles from Frankfort, estimated at around 9:45 AM. The scouts quickly rode back to General Kelmen's encampment, and informed him of the approaching force. He ordered 225 of his men, under the command of Captain Jonas Kersey, to march to Frankfort for its defense. General Kelmen's plan was to "slap em', punch em', then gut punch em'." This represented his three part plan, slap em' meant the weakening of the forces using cavalry, punch em' meant inflicting as many casualties as possible in the defense of Frankfort, and after they failed to raid Frankfort, he would take his main force and destroy the remnants of them.

Noon
Captain Kilian arrived at Frankfort at around 10:30 AM, initially, he expected little resistance. However, Nebraskan Republican troops began firing on his men once they were within range of the their muskets. Knowing that the Nebraskan Republican muskets has superior range, he ordered his men to withdraw from the advance, and regroup. Although the Nebraskan Republican troops initially though they were victorious, cavalry scouts informed them that the Calcaterricans had just withdrawn, and had not be routed.
Captain Kilian regrouped his men behind a small hill that was around 650 yards from Frankfort. Despite his initial reluctance to do so, he ordered his men to advance through the dense forest that was on the western side of Frankfort. His reluctance stems from his concern of becoming bogged down, and cavalry surrounding the forest. However, it would provide excellent protection against the musket fire. So, at around 11:00 AM, he ordered his men to advance through the forest.

Captain Kersey didn't expect an advance through the forest, nevertheless he did position a handful of men to guard the points where the forest meets the village. It wasn't until the Calcaterrican troops came within 35 yards of the village, did the Nebraskan Republican troops spot them. They opened fire, killing two of the 229 men. Captain Kersey realized his mistake, and order his men to aid in the defense. They were only able to fire two volleys, killing 14, before the Calcaterrican troops were upon them. A large, fierce melee fight ensured, killing 72 Calcaterrican soldiers and 89 Nebraskan Republican soldiers before Captain Kersey ordered them to fall back to the village center. They were able to unleash one volley, killing 32, before fighting once again devolved into fierce melee fighting. The melee went on for 15 minutes, killing 43 Calcaterrican soldiers and 56 Nebraskan Republican soldiers. Soon, seeing the desperate situation for the Calcaterricans, Captain Kersery ordered the rest of his men to charge the remainder of the Calcaterrican troops. However, all this time the Calcaterrican soldiers had a round loaded in their muskets, and Captain Kilian, seeing the charging Nebraskan Republican troops, ordered his men to unleash a volley. The volley, which was at point blank range, was devastating. It killed 63 Nebraskan Republican troops.

With only 17 men remaining, Captain Kersery ordered a retreat from Frankfort.

Aftermath
Not wanted to waste time, Captain Kilian did not have his men pursue or even shoot at the retreating soldiers, instead he had them immediately start looting the village, and they set fire to the village at 1:12 PM. He and his men went back to the same forest he had previously used as a camp, and consolidated what was looted, and sent four soldiers back to Fort Abram with the food and supplies looted. He then marched towards the village of Lunbervile, in hopes of capturing more food and supplies before the main Nebraskan Republican force arrived.

Captain Kersery and his 17 men regrouped with General Kelmen. It was upon Captain Kersery informing General Kelmen of the defeat, General Kelmen ordered a halt to the march, and gathered all his captains to his tent. He told them, "If you guys allow one more village to be burned, I will personally shoot you then burn you." General Kelmen knew that Lunbervile was the only other village left that could be raided without having to make a long march. He ordered his men to march for Lunbervile.

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