Provided you are talking about decent-sized, full-fledged corps (with ** commanders), I'd say that it might indeed take some time to gather those kind of forces :) This is a "grand strategy" that can be used to focus force recruitment, movement, aggregation, and deployment. Enough 2-star generals a...

For the North, a good general strategy to follow is to form (over time) 4 armies. 1) A smallish Western army based in St Louis to keep order west of the Mississippi. This army can also assist a southward push on the west bank of the Mississippi. 2) A medium size army (3-4 corps) based in Cairo IL. T...

I am playing my first game as CSA (I have already completed two as the Yanks) and I have a few naval questions from the CSA perspective: 1) How does the CSA "run" the blockade versus trying to actually sink blockading ships and reduce its impact on the CSA economy? Is "running the blockade" simply a...

In a recent campaign game I moved an Union amphibious force (independent corps) and landed them in the Duras, LA bayou area, which is one zone away from New Orleans. After spending a turn to get my corps organized, I attempted to march the corps one zone to Iberville, LA, where I would attack New Or...

After many hours of play in my first campaign, I still do not fully understand blockading. For inland ports do you blockade the zone where the rivers or estuaries exit to the sea (which seems to make sense and is what happened historically) or do you need to put the units in the areas listed in the ...