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Four days later on August 16, Lyon demanded his exhausted forces to take the town, which was being held by 2,000 men, most of whom had not been a part of either of the two previous battles, neither that against Shelby nor Magruder. The confederates did not have a general officer still on the field, ...

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General Lyon, in the meantime, followed confederate forces south and west towards Springfield. On August 12, just outside of Springfield, they caught up with a detachment of forces believed to be those under Shelby he had met July 10th and charge into what they believed were a disorganized rear guar...

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On July 16 the rearguard forces under McDowell were forced to fight against Beauregard's Army in order to affect a retreat across Bull Run Creek and back to Alexandria. This battle was considered a success, both armies losing just under 4,000 men. [ATTACH]38357[/ATTACH] The next day came the first s...

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Nice maps. I'm impressed with your pursuit of recreating history. I can never bring myself to order that Union death march on Manassas. Thanks. It is a new trick for me, but fun to do. I'm not a real life tactician, so let me know if I design a battle that looks totally implausible. Honestly, I sen...

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The Philippi Races were exciting for all involved, but did not lead to a full battle. Floyd's 1st brigade was met on July 2 by the two light brigades from Ohio which had met with General Blenker. The skirmish cost about 100 casualties on both sides and Blenker moved his forces west to secure Charles...

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Interesting idea. I wonder if two players recreated the actual timeline of the Civil War as closely as possible with the game...who would win? I tried playing against myself in that way, but kept getting the wrong results in battles and it was taking too long without being fun enough. This game has...

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In early June, 1861, General Patterson had gathered a large group of forces in the mountains of northern Virginia, what would later become the eastern part of West Virginia - and from here on in this narrative will be. These forces were given two important tasks. One, they should secure the rail lin...

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I'm looking forward to this! Thanks. We'll see how it goes. I play a very regimented style in the early war, trying to recreate history with variations I find interesting and plausible. This game, my variation is that the Union is going to prioritize recapturing federal installments. So the Battle ...

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In April and early May 1865, treasonous madmen took control of the political machinery of the southern US, taking Fort Sumter, Norfolk and Harpers Ferry. Rumors [ Straight Arrow's points to know ] suggest that outposts in the Far West are at risk. In order to deal with the threat, forces began to ga...

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Game on!

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I'm looking for a bitter ender (willing to play until NM victory or end of war). I want to play as Union. I'd aim for one turn a day, and prefer historical attrition and veteran activation. I'm open to other house rules. I do not wish to host. I'd like to start sooner than later.

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Once you start using the spreadsheet/database (DB) and splitter, editing the event files is easy. The Scenario file takes another step, see: http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?9756-Scenario-creation-(example-from-AACW) (the pictures were missing when I used it, if you are careful you can stil...

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... Lastly, once armies get big enough to split into several corps, the best place for stack artillery is directly in the army stack, allowing your corps to max out on combat effective divisions. It will automatically support corps in the same region and gets +10% to its MTSG for engaged corps in a...

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Just a note, the element/unit/regiment/brigade name mod seems to not work with the current version.

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Hmm, I'm not sure one way or the other. Don't count on me to update it soon - particularly as I'm still too busy to play let alone mod and I'm curious how grimjaw's mod comes together. That said, I would be very surprised if it did break. The unit and model files usually only change between patches ...

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Thanks very much for the idea. I do not contribute to wiki, no idea on how to do so. That would also take more time to properly edit and reference material. The main reason I write on wikipedia (when I do) is that the wider audience forces me to do exactly those things - focus on editing, referenci...

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I didn't mean that ragtime, jazz, or blues started during the war. Rather, I'm curious about how the war changed parlor music (and in particular Warrall or Worrall or I'm not sure) and did those changes play a role in modern music (we know music from 1860 influenced modern music, this question is di...

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Thanks for this. One thing you don't mention is the role of sheet music. Sheet music was very popular in this era, I think, and played an important role in spreading new music. Further, while marches, folk tunes, and ballads were popular and are the common focus of discussion of music during the war...

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You need to delete the Models.Cached file (it will be regenerated from the rest of the files in the folder). Depending on what you are editing, you may need to change the name in the Units folder as well. You may enjoy my earlier mod, http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?34979-Moding-Brigade-(U...

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... Local militias were formed in almost every county in the south during the tense period prior to hostilities. These drills and formations were widely publicized in southern newspapers and encouraged the local citizenry to take part and join. These militias would go on to fill companies and regim...

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I don't know. If you can't keep them sharp, there are still some things you can do. You can value skills like engineering and logistics that matter in peace and in war so that your force has advantages in those areas. You can also provide pathways for promotion outside of seniority so that during a ...

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This answer is just for fun and I don't really think it would go this way, but what if... While France sent only about 25,000 troops to Mexico, together France and the UK sent 500,000 to Crimea, so there is precedent for large land armies moving long distances over sea from those countries in that t...

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My guess is ultimately the outcome would be the same. I've written a few guesses below. In a flight of fancy, I've also written a possibility in a second post, but it is just for fun and very much not serious. In my opinion, European intervention after the Emancipation Proclamation would be fractiou...

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Sorry, that turn is long gone.

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I have gotten this error again. I run the turn and before the turn finishes it returns me to the menu screen. This time I am playing as CSA and have Belle Boyd in Beverley, WV (region 785). I check the main log and see: 2:30:27 PM [Error ] THost.CheckHarshnessDamage Exception caught: Violation d'acc...

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Yes, but I believe he would pass his passive status on to the troops he is commanding, not by making them passive too, but by making them suffer from him being passive. -- If he's in the region, and highest in rank, he's in command. That is weird. So even if he is in command of a stack and is passi...

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Would he still be in command if put into passive?

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I don't think my library carries that journal, sadly. For what it is worth, there is a nice webpage dedicated to cataloging North American forts, for those interested.

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A difficulty with irregulars in WV (and somewhat in Tennessee - especially Eastern Tennessee) that isn't so present in Missouri is the mountainous territory makes movement very slow even for cavalry units. I'm not sure if partisans perform better, but slow movement is difficult for an irregular unit...

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What is twitch?

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