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BTW, N.B. Forrest was promoted Lt. General over the heads of some forty senior Confederate Major Generals. D.H. Hill was promoted the ninth Confederate Lt. General with seniority from 11 July 1863 before he went to Tennessee as a corps commander ...

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Sorry *Buzzsaw*, your contention was that no green 1-Star General would <U><s>[u]</s>ever<e>[/u]</e></U> be promoted 4-Star General, that such a thing would "never happen"; a statement that is entirely incorrect however you wish spin a ...

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Is it not the case that there is a disadvantage in splitting a brigade?&nbsp; Ie. the fact that once a unit goes below a certain strength level, it will break?<br/>
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I realize there are advantages to be gained in terms of total firepower, but I find that keeping the ...

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The way cavalry works on the detailed battle maps is totally unrealistic.<br/>
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How is it that they take less casualties in standup slugfests?<br/>
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I had a Cavalry brigade hemmed in against the bend of a river, by 4 infantry brigades, and everytime one of these ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>As I mentioned before, the methodology used by the re. officer promotions is faulty. As it stands now, you can take a totally green one star general and promote him to 4 star in one step. This would never happen in reality ...

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Those who insist that Lee or Jackson should be able to fight anywhere betray a complete lack of understanding of why these men went to war.<br/>
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Both of them subscribed to the philosophy of "My State first", the Central Government very much a distant second. That ...

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Another issue with the game is the way it allows leaders to fight anywhere.<br/>
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For many of the Confederate leaders, the reason they joined that side was to 'defend their home state." That was the case with Robert E Lee. He refused to be transferred to any other ...

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The South had a definite advantage in Cavalry morale.<br/>
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That was because riding and hunting on horseback was a southern tradition amongst the leisured Upper classes. <br/>
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When the war started, many of these types formed Cavalry regiments, and the southern ...

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Couple comments about the game giving the southern soldiers higher morale.<br/>
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To give the Southern soldiers higher morale across the board is incorrect.<br/>
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The historical reality was that SOME of the Northern recruits were lower 'morale', the reasons for ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Gil R.<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>It can't be a normal port, because it was qualitatively different from New Orleans, Charleston and other ports in FOF. So there would have to be some specialized coding. But I'm a bit confused -- why can't you land an army there now? In ...

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The game should have differentiated between Coastal and River guarding forts and the inland fortifications which were created by Infantry digging trenches. Gunboats and Ships were able to run the gauntlet and get past the river guarding or Coastal forts, as they did at New ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jonah<br/>
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I believe you are mistsaken. To the best of my understanding you can go up rivers, I think. At least gun boats can and they are really the only ones that did.<br/>

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Wrong. Farragut went up the Mississipi with his ...

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I have the latest patch.<br/>
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What do I think is missing re. gunboats? That they could control supply across rivers they patrolled. As the game stands now, they are no impediment at all to enemy ground units which want to trace supply. Plus they are destroyed far too ...

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Now I'm looking at the scenarios:<br/>
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How is it that the July scenario start has the Union with a bigger economy than later with the November start? Hugely bigger.<br/>
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And the November start has the Union start with a number of ships which could not possibly ...

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Bought this game not long ago, and have to say I'm disappointed.<br/>
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Too crude movement areas, too much a question of abstracted details, based on ratings, not enough actual maneuver or planning. No real sense of the terrain which shaped the war.<br/>
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The ...