One trick I just started using more is when you move one brigade with a general that adds movement, if you still have 2 left, you can transfer the general to the next unit in the division and then they get the bonus as well. Very useful when trying to catch prisoners.

<t> You should be able to win the game by the time you have this kind of Cavalry division.<br/>
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Cav. Leadership only affects Cav. Charges, I think, so really, you don't need them. I like generals with nice move bonus, and combat bonus.<br/>
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You will always have the upgrade option no ...

Heh heh,

I love the list of units hard sarge captured. I like to get those too. Especially Berdan's Sharpshooters. Hopefully you picked up their rifles.

I don't understand why my Fireball Catapults keep getting hit by counter-fire from barbarian units with the tribal shaman attribute...I thought only buying the wizard attribute could make infantry counterfire indirectly?

Terje,

You disband your river boats as the CSA?

How much do you save?

If you are the south, keep your ships in port and ignore them.

Has anyone ever used them as the South?

If you are the North, creating blockade fleets is very useful, and even maybe some amphibious landings.

I didn't know Pioneers could build entrenchments. Cool.

Can Engineers?

Hospitals have a range, so they need to be closer to where the troops are.
Camps don't need to be close to the front.
Manufacturing centers only help the city they are in, so build them where you plan to build stuff.

<t> I don't buy anything but muskets and try to get better stuff off routing Yankees (you get to keep some of what they drop when they retreat in detailed combat.) Later on, when I have more money, I will but some of the better rifles, but nothing too fancy (like an Enfield!) Also, they get more ...

I thought if they were just in the same province they would help out. I have to attach them?

That's half the fun!&nbsp;

<t> I am not sure what version, but its fully up to date.<br/>
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I just won the game last night. After a while the Feds stopped invading New Orleans - I would wait with a division or two nearby and as they got besieged down to low numbers I would come in and fight them, hoping to capture a few ...

If it is too easy, move up to 2nd Lt....

<t> Include Union state flags. I like to use those, as they make it easier to figure out where units are.<br/>
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I'd almost say drop the forts in DC, and give me so many "entrenchment points" that I could use myself as fortifications. A lot of the time the forts seem to actually do worse than ...

In my experience, one unit can only help entrench maybe 2 sides of three hexes before they are exhausted and can no longer do this.

And I just had the AI do some surprise attacks in Fredericksburg just to get around this problem.

But even if they have the brigade artillery, which are 6 pounders, how do they counter-fire INDIRECT fire with those weapons?

Also, how can it be that sometimes units can fire behind the lines at my supply caissons, etc.?

<t> I tend to keep the guys with the Superb tactics but low inititiative, etc. at the brigade or division level because they give the combat bonus.<br/>
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If the general is all around good, he goes up higher...so it is sort of included in the game. High initiative, because it is multiplied by ...

<t> It is something I have noticed, but I would say its anecdotal. If no one else is seeing that, it might just be random. This game the Union consistently lands at New Orleans, besieges until I kick them out, then they come again. Its a pain in the rear (ha) for me to keep heading down there to do ...

<t> Just had some battles against the Yankees where they were fielding elite brigades with Spencer rifles. Ouch. The best solution is to flank them. And hope they drop those rifles when they flee. I also try to surround and force surrender for any elite units.<br/>
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As usual, the artillery ...

I wanted to correct my initial tip...its division commanders who give a combat bonus to all units in their command.