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I'll leave my diplomacy as it is. I hope they get some more support.

In Charleston, SC, I'm building a Horse Farm to make my governor happy.

In Little Rock alone I'm going to start building a Mint for money, a War College for tactic research, and a new Camp for reinforcements.

Ending the turn, I have two new upgrades.

I'm choosing Artillery Discipline to increase my Artillery's damage.

For the next upgrade I choose Invalid Corps. This will increase my camps' reinforcements +%33! This should be a significant improvement.

I set my Raiders to try and steal weapons and destroy supplies.

And that's the end of the turn. I have a strange feeling in my gut something will go wrong, but I have to take chances.

Turn 17

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A lot of battles were avoided this turn. Only one small battle in Charlotte where surprisingly that beat up division beat me. Oh well, I don't care to pursue them any longer. That division is now at brigade strength.

There was even a smaller small battle at Appalachia .. Nooo!! Timmy died!

Finished a Mine and Aresnal which is always good. Also Hill has arrived. I'm going to try and get him over to the AOT.

Disease hit Garnett's division believe it or not.. It's not too bad, my disposition is still normal I just lost a few men.

Also notice I am now getting 5,000 reinforcements every turn now! That's approx +1000 men from that upgrade and that bonus will keep rising as I build more camps.

Diplomacy is doing about the same. However England has now gone down to 0 with the USA, which is good. Isham Harris now supports Engineering Research which is a +5 to it's research each turn. My runners were successful and get me some money and weapons. It's too bad, there is absolutely nothing to grab this turn..

EDIT: Changing my strategy from earlier. I thought it through a little more, I guess that's the benefit of having more time. [;)]

Starting in the east. The enemy Corps of 35,000 men is coming down across Virginia from Washington into my rear. I have to try to stop him from reinforcing the armies in the west or whatever his plan may be.

I'm sending up the 9th Division and 6th Division from the south by Rail to the Shenandoah. On the side they might run into that retreating division (Rather brigade, by now) and hopefully destroy it this time.

I had a division within the forts at Fredericksburg so I'm bringing them out as well and putting them under Hill's command. I'm then bringing up the Corps Container, bringing them over to the Shenandoah to join the other two divisions, and calling this the 4th Corps at about 30,000 men.

Garnett's Division of 10,000 men are cut off. I'm guessing it is highly likely this enemy corps will take advantage of this lone division and try to destroy it. I'm moving them over to Parkersburg.

Finally I've decided to bring up the ANV back to the Eastern Theatre and abandon the pursuit of the AOP for now. I want to try and destroy this corps. If I do this I can cause further trouble and be wide open to Union soil. I'm moving the ANV to Grafton to try and intercept the Corps in case they go after Garnett. If it is successful it is highly probably I will do a lot of damage to them if not destroy them. I will then have a wide open front to Union Territory.

Now for the west. A big battle was avoided in Bowling Green with the AOT and the now depleted AOP of 50,000. Both forces are still in Bowling Green, waiting.

However, the Union has a force of Approx 100,000 men by a river nearby and 10,000 men near Lexington. I have no doubt he is going to try and overwhelm the AOT and defeat it so I'm bringing the AOT back to Cumberland. If I am successful in the East I don't think I will have to worry about these two armies joining up for a joint operation again the AOT. They look too beat up, anyway.

On the side I'm sending two cavalry brigades to try and defeat that cavalry in Sparta/

My Fleet in New Orleans is still safe, not sure what to do with them since they don't stand a chance against the Union navy.

Now for my economy. First I must admit a big mistake on my part: I have been building up Mints, Factories, Mines, etc. However I have forgotten you can only pick Money or Labor, Iron or Horses. So I have been building random resources all over the country and hardly in the right places. Now I've learned from my mistake I'll be more careful.

My diplomacy is working a little so I'm going to leave it as it is.

In Little Rock I'm building an RR Station to further increase my railroad transportation efficiency and make the Governor of Arkansas happy.

In Selma I'm building a Factory to increase my Labor. I'm also building a Plantation to increase my economy here and get more building slots.

In Chattanooga I'm building a Mine to further increase the Iron production here.

Overview:

For anyone interested in the stats, here they are:

This is the Strength of both sides. USA is light green.

I am actually at an advantage here believe it or not. I've caused a lot of casualties to the enemy and mine have simply been raising from all the reinforcements.

Here are the Casualties:

Red is the USA. As you can see I have a rather large advantage here as well. The Union has been losing a huge amount of his troops while I've only lost a fraction of that.

VP and National Will isn't important right now so I'm skipping to Quality.

I also have an advantage here. My quality is literately off the chart.

Now for weapons. USA is Pink.

Believe it or not I am at an advantage in this section as well! I have an advantage in every single possible way against the Union, so I have to take advantage of it.

That ends the turn. I set my raiders to destroy supplies. No upgrades or promotions.

Next turn should be interesting.

Unfortunately guys we have to wait until Monday. ShootMe is away for the weekend. I don't know about you but I will find it hard for me to stay sane. [:'(]

Turn 18

At last!

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Victory in the east! I was successful in my maneuvers and gave the enemy corps a beating.

My raiders were successful with their supplies and have no doubt caused some further damage to the AOP.

Another Camp finished, raising my reinforcements to 6,000 per turn. One of my Laboratory's also finished so my logistics research has increased.

Two new generals, Pickett and Paxton, have arrived. I could always use skilled brigade commanders in the ANV so I'm sending them over.

Disease hit one of my garrisons; I'm glad. I wouldn't want it hitting one of my larger armies.

Diplomacy is rising. Britain sent me some firearms and my trade level is increasing. European Support increases to 1 which is good news.

The Governor of Tennessee seems to be happy with my army's presence. No problem, it was nothing. [;)]

My Runners still have nothing to grab at. Hopefully that will change soon.

Things remain the same in the West. The AOT is now at 100,000 strong but has yet to see combat.

I'm expecting the AOP to try and head back east, there is nothing I currently plan to do about this.

To cause some trouble I'm sending Van Dorn's division of 12,000 men to cause some trouble in Missouri. Missouri somewhat dislikes the Union so I want to see if I can force him to hate them further and join my cause. By force, or not.

I've decided to leave my navy where it is until I can focus my resources on it. There is no possible chance they can even contest with the Union navy so I'll have to build it up slowly.

In the east I'm going to push on. I'm going to form up the new 4th Corps at Shenandoah and send have them temporarily join the ANV to head north. Once I have the ANV capture Cumberland I'll send them deeper into the north to cause damage.

I'm sending the ANV to Franklin, then Cumberland. This Corps is simply a bother in the way I'll attempt to crush but will not put my focus on it. My focus is now Union territory.

I'm sending Garnett's Division to Ohio River to try and capture Wheeling. It will take a siege and I have no artillery so it will take a long time. The AOP is surely to return so I'll have to be careful.

I'm setting my forces in the east to Normal Supply to focus reinforcements on them for the upcoming sieges and to better supply them. This affects my economy a little so I'll have to fix that. I've also upgraded a lot of my weapons for the ANV especially their artillery, along with a few attributes for high-quality units.

My economy is taking a big blow but I have no choice. I have a huge opportunity to cause damage in the East and I want it in full throttle.

I'm not going to build anything so I can save up valuable resources for later.

Overview: