[Edit] So it seems that officers who have earned promotion must be removed from their formations and promoted immediately or they miss their chance. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I've had this happen before too. Sometimes not, though. Last game I played, A.P. Stewart became promotable after a big battle, and flash...

I tend to build regular units for ANV in NC, gather them at north-central location in NC by rail (like, say, Goldsboro or Garys) to form division with a pre-placed general, and then move them up into VA ready to join a Corps. It's kind of laborious, but shorter methods have been riskier. I made a di...

I've always found it interesting that these big bushy beards were only fashionable for a relatively short period of time. Rare to see a photo or portrait before the war with a monster beard...and they disappeared from the photographic record pretty quickly afterward, well before the end of the 19th ...