JonReb(CSA) v ShootMe(USA): Glory of the South!

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Events 2/2

Just finished my Camp which has started giving me an extra 500 reinforcements this turn. I'm now receiving 3,000 reinforcements every turn. My Factory is also finished so I will have a slight increase in labor income.

Lucky!! Disease hit a small garrison out in the middle of Louisiana so that's nothing to worry about.

Looks like my diplomacy went down again. The Union must be spending quite a lot on diplomacy. I'm going to leave my current expenditure, no need to increase it and I can handle myself without lowering it. Other Europeans also sent me 20 gold so this is great news.

Joseph is happy I started construction on that barracks, I hope he does something in return, just like the wonderful Charles of New Jersey is now helping with my engineering even though he's not in the CSA!

Joseph Brown really is a pain, just like in real life. He has a %15 penalty on my French diplomacy and is considered a firm adversary.

Strangely enough the Governor of Missouri wants me to send 13 brigades there? He is also a member of the Union, maybe he would join me if I did as he asked?

Lastly I picked up quite a lot of Iron this turn so I'll be ready to begin construction of my second Ironclad next turn. I've sent my runners off to pick up some money which will be extremely useful.

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I'll start with some big news. The Union has it's fleet coming down a long my coast with 30,000 men!!

This is very distressing. Where are they sending them? How am I going to counter it?

My navy is still beat up. I'm going to send my Ironclad to join up with my fleet in Savannah to see if I can do something about this. I have no idea what is in this enemy fleet, but I'm pretty sure it has their Ironclad involved.

I have no idea where they are going to hit so I'm going to try and muster up some units and watch what they do. I don't expect to win in the naval fight so I'm going to avoid it, but we'll see what happens.

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For the west:

Ewell has finally arrived and reinforced the Army of Tennessee. I'm hoping the Union didn't notice so I can surprise them if they try anything. The AOT is now at 65,000 men.

Next I've sent Early's division from Mephis to take care of this Brigade watching over me in the Central Miss. River. I'll quickly take it out then move them back to Mephis trying to avoid battle.

The last of my Garrison reinforcements have come up and now all my forts near Mephis are up to at least 6k men. Overall, 29,000 men.

Missouri still has Union occupancy with 25,000 to 40,000 men. Forget it Governor, I'm not going on the offensive quite yet.

Illinois has approx 40,000 men, but they are greatly divided with two divisions still further north.

Kentucky has approx 53,000 men. I'm assuming it's around 50,000 to 60,000 men which is manageable.

My forces in the west is now boosted up to approx 90,000 men. It's more efficient but may not be enough.

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For the east.

I'm moving the ANV back up the Fredericksburg. Not only is this a better position, I have just learned that hospitals use the railroads and that the hospital coverage is actually HIGHER in Fredericksburg than anywhere else! It doesn't matter that much anymore because my Disposition is back to normal, oh well.

The Army of the Potomac has moved away from the river. What does this mean? I'm a bit more cautious with moving Jackson now because he may try to completely destroy him. I don't like this. I'm moving Jackson back to the Shenandoah. It's not worth the risk of an entire Corps and one of my best generals.

A smaller annoyance is my raiders in the Potomac has disappeared. There was no event of him dying so I don't know what is up with that.

Overall I have about 84,000 men in the East. It should be enough. The Union army should be at about 120,000+ I assume. It's almost twice my size but I still doubt he will try any offensive.

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And an overview

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Now I want to skip the economy expenses for now and go straight to upgrading my forces. I really fear something brewing out in the west so I'm going to upgrade the weapons of my AOT.

Now EVERY single brigade has at least a Minie rifle. Most of my higher quality units have Enfields and Lorenz.

That's all for this turn, I'm just taking precautions.

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Now for the economy. I REALLY need more money income so I had to turn down my diplomacy a, unfortunately.

I need more production spaces for Richmond so I'm building a plantation. This will not only get me more building spaces, it will increase my income +2 for Money, Labor and Horses. It's going to take awhile to build though, 12 turns.

Next I'm going to build a Mint in Wilmington to help out my money income.

Because of these 30,000 men hobbling down the river I need something to counter them. I'm going to start mustering some units. Two Brigade attempts. This method of recruitment is very dangerous so I don't want to do it excessively. It's almost spring so hopefully the population gaps will fill up.

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A quick look at the research. I've almost got enough for another training upgrade, engineering upgrade and Weaponry just a little behind, so this is good.

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And that's about it for this turn. Things are getting very tense.

I went with Branch for another 2 star promotion. He's one of my pretty good division commanders for the AOT.

Also since I could use a few more guns I've set my raiders to steal weapons.

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Turn 9

Events 1/2

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Events 2/2

Ok, so. Union has finally gotten an upgrade.

My conscriptions worked at the cost of governor support. My raiders unfortunately failed.

I also finished up a barracks in Tallahassee so I can start building Corps Containers there. My Naval College also finished so I will be getting an increased rate of Naval research.

Britain sent me a load of Training Technology, but unfortunately the support is now at 1. My Runners also grabbed 65 money. I'll go ahead and send my runners off to grab some money and weapons.

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My Ironclad joined up with my fleet in Savannah. The enemy transport fleet is making steady progress to Florida is looks like.

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Now for the west.

We have a crisis on our hands. The army in Illinois just moved over to Kentucky and is joining forces with the army there which will form up to a unit of about 100,000 men!

I have to act immediately to counter this. No doubt he is not planning on sitting back to continue watching.

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For starters I'm going to move the AOT and Early over to Cumberland within the vicinity of Ft.Donelson and Nashville. I'm leaving behind a division under Branch to watch and protect Mephis.

With Early and the AOT at Donelson that brings the AOT up to 86,000 men. Next I'm going to go ahead and reinforce the garrison at Donelson with one of the Garrisons at Mephis boosting it up to 6k men. Then I'm going to add a rifle pit and Breastwork. Finally I'll give the fort the best I can afford, a 42 pounder Rifle.

My Army Container just finished as well so I'm going to send that over. Sibley in Command. Next I'll just need some Corps Containers.

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In the east all of the Union forces have amassed into one huge unit at Cumberland. Jackson is vulnerable so I'm moving him back to join the ANV. I don't have many resources left to upgrade any units here, but I gave as many units as I could a few Muskets or Mississippi rifles to avoid having too many Improvised weapons.

Also I found my Raider. Apparently he was hiding in Richmond, the coward. I've sent him off to Cumberland to try to cause some damage.

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Army of Tennessee (AOT)

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Army of Northern Virginia (ANV)

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Next in the new "Southern Theatre" I'm sending a division container to pick up mustered units and try to hold back this incoming invasion. Don't worry, this container was accidentally left in one of the forts in Fredericksburg when I reinforced them with a division from the ANV.

This will also serve as a good feint to put the Unionists off.

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Overview:

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Now for the economy. I can't stretch it any further so I'm leaving my diplomacy as it is.

The governor of Georgia is requesting a Camp. This guy really hates me and I could use another camp, so I'm going to accept his request and build one in Milledgeville. I'm also building a Mint in Atlanta and a Factory in Montgomery.

Because of all the upgrades I've been making to my military I can't build anymore and I can't begin construction of my second Ironclad. However I will build another Raider in the west.

I'm also going to do a Conscript in Charleston and try to Impress some Iron out of Austin.