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Over to the West.

Things are rather interesting out here. The Union forces are highly split up and his territory is vulnerable. However, because of the Winter and the AOTs low disposition, I can't take advantage of it.

I was kicked out of Frankfort by one of the enemy Corps. A waste of men really.. oh well. I'm bringing these 18,000 boys back to Cumberland River to refit.

I'm leaving the AOT of 50,000 men in the Lower Tenn. River to take back Ft.Henry which is currently un-garrisoned, then I'll send them back to Cumberland River as well. This should cause some trouble.

Finally I'm sending the two divisions at Mephis of 19,000 men to counter-attack against the corps still sitting at Crowley's Ridge. Due to the bad weather I don't expect to get into a fight, but at least I can try and take the territory back.

Altogether in the West I have about 100,000 men (including infantry divisions helping out in garrisons). I'm guessing the Union has at least 80,000-100,000 men in the West, and they are greatly scattered.

I really need to reorganize my command structure over in the west, so hopefully the Winter will give me time to do that. I forgot about a Corps Container I built in Florida so I'm bringing that up to the AOT. Next I need to build another Academy so I can get some more promotions.

In the East things have fallen into place. I've beat back the AOP causing huge casualties, refit my army with excellent commanders, weapons, disposition, supplies, quality and managed to take the Union city of Pittsburg. It's been a good long year and Winter is upon us.

When the AOP retreated the small Corps in Kenawha was left behind. Battle has been avoided for two turns but I'm leaving Jackson here in the hopes he can cause some damage before the Corps, undoubtedly, retreats. Whether he does any damage or not I'll then send Jackson's Corps over to Lynchburg for winter quarters.

I'm leaving the ANV in Grafton to retake the territory. After that I'll send them over to Fredericksburg for winter quarters. That's it. Even though the AOP has been demoralized it's winter and an offensive would be out of the question.

I have 40,000 men at Grafton under Lee and 25,000 men at Kenawha under Jackson. Altogether I have approx 70,000 men in the east. I'm guessing the Union has about 100,000 men in the east, believe it or not. Even though I have been winning major victories I have lost quite a bit of men to the silent killer: attrition. I have not been supplying my men well enough. I hope my numbers will inflate sooner than later. I have noticed several brigades coming in from the North reinforcing the AOP.. it seems the AOP will still outnumber me. However my men are in high spirits, gaining experience and excellent weapons. I just hope I don't lose anymore of my boys to lack of supplies and attrition.

Historically accurate I suppose. Even when the Union loses such huge battles they still manage to come back with more men on the field.

Moving onto my economy. Once again my Diplomacy remains the same. However, as you can see, my economy really is making a leap. This is WITH all my armies in supply.. getting very good.

I need an Academy for new promotions so I'm spending most of my gold on one in Savannah.

Next in Galveston, Milledgeville and Tallahassee I'm building Plantations to further increase the economy and building spots.

I also start production of two mints in Nashville to increase money income.

Finally I'm going to attempt to Impress some Iron and Labor out of several of my cities. The danger ratios are rather low so I'm hoping for the best.

Forgot to post one for last turn, but here's the overview:

To end the turn I get the Ironclad Program upgrade which will help greatly when I start building up my fleet again.

I then set my raiders to raid the railroads to try and do as much damage as possible to the Union's only reliable way of transport.

Turn 29

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I was successful in my recapture of Ft.Henry. I'm sending over a Garrison to man it.

It seems the ANV met up with some reinforcements taking out 2,000 of them including the surrender of a brigade.

My attack from Mephis into Arkansas was a failure however it is the Union who took more casualties.

Once again battle was avoided in Kenawha .. arg.

Most of my Impressments were a success however Knoxville went into unrest. It's not a huge deal, they weren't giving that many resources. However I have lost a lot of support from my governors so I have to be more careful. On the plus side I have gained a good amount of Labor.

My Sabotages of the Rail roads was a huge success. No doubt this has caused some disruption in whatever plans the Union have.

I also finished a Plantation in Selma and a Camp in Savannah.

A small garrison was hit by disease in Bayou. Better them than one of my armies.

Diplomacy is paying off at last. Eurrope has sent me 24 Iron and England Support has increased by 2.

My runners are going off to try and grab some Horses and Iron. I'm not sure why pickings are so short, my diplomacy is doing fine.

Starting out in the West as usual.

I've captured Ft.Henry back and I'm now sending a Garrison over to man it. It seems the Union was kind enough and upgraded Attributes while I was away.

The AOT and Ewell are now reuniting at Cumberland River. The Corps Container has finally arrived and I have formed the 5th Corps of 50,000 men under Early. I also have another Corps Container coming up which will form the 6th Corps. There is no one fit for command quite yet. This Corps is at 21,000 men so far but once Van Dorn is done in Arkansas it will reach 38,000 men.

I did a lot of damage to the Corps I attacked in Arkansas. However, he managed to defeat me. This time however I am coming back with 30,000 men (Nearly twice as many as before) to hopefully defeat it. Once I get him out of Arkansas I'll send Van Dorn back over to the AOT and the "Mephis Division" back to it's rightful place.

In the east I'm simply moving the ANV back over to Fredericksburg. We have been in the mountains too long, my boys deserve a rest. Although I have won great victories my strength has fallen due to the lack of supplies out in the mountains.

I'm leaving Jackson where he is for one more turn to try and engage that Corps in Kenawha.

The AOP seems to be growing rapidly. The Approx is already 80,000 men, and I'm beginning to believe it. To be on the safe side I have used up most of my resources to upgrade the ANV's weapons further. The majority of the ANV now has high-class weaponry such as Spencer Rifles and Springfields. All my batteries are now Ordnances as well.

Overview:

As usual my Economy and Diplomacy continues to grow grow grow.

To meet the request of my Governor in IL and increase my weaponry research I'm building an Armory in Baton Rouge. I'm also building a Camp and Mint here to further increase income and reinforcements.

That's it for now.

That ends the turn.

I set one of my raiders to sabotage railroads. The other one I set to destroy supplies.

Turn 30

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Not the most eventful turn, but a turn nonetheless.

Once again battle was avoided in Kenawha. I give up on this Union force, I'm moving Jackson to Lynchburg.

My Counter-Attack into Arkansas resulted in a small victory. About 800 enemy casualties to my 300. However I managed to capture some Springfield rifles which is great.

My Raids were a success and I finished a new Mint.

My Runners were also successful and got me some more Iron and Horses. I'm sending them out to get some more Horses. I need them so I can start building more Camps.

Finally another brigade disbanded. I hope these stop soon, brigades disbanding is not good at all.

In the West none of my units managed to move due to bad weather. I'm going to try and move them all again, hopefully more surely this time. The Union forces have failed to move at all themselves, probably for the same reason: Weather.

The enemy Corps in Arkansas has now retreated into Missouri. I'm going to keep up the pursuit to see if I can do further damage.

Nothing else really, I've been transferring around a lot of generals. Also I now have two Corps in the AOT which greatly helps.

In the East things are getting nasty. The ANV also failed to move due to bad weather and they have a huge amount of trouble with supplies. It's going to hit my Economy hard but I have to increase supply priority and get them over to Fredericksburg ASAP. It would seem the AOP is splitting up for Winter Quarters and his forces continue to grow.

I'm moving Jackson away from Kenawha over to Lynchburg. Battle has been avoided here too many times so I have given up.

My army being stuck in the mountains, lack of supplies and bad weather is doing huge damage to my army. This is a bigger emergency than a 100,000 man Union army and I Need to get them out of there.

Overview:

My economy has gone down quite a bit since I have to supply the ANV better. However, once I get the ANV to safety my economy should be rolling again. Diplomacy still remains the same.

In Atlanta alone I'm building a Camp for reinforcements, an RR Station for transportation, an Arsenal for weapons and a Mint for money. That's it for this turn, I'm going to stockpile the rest of my resources.

I set my raiders to Destroy Supplies and that's it. The Weather has done more damage to the ANV than the Union army, I need to get them to safety fast.