Jim-NC wrote:1. You gain some CS from battles. As your units take damage, some fraction of the damage is added to your CS pool. I believe this would be for the wounded, who go back into the army later. 170 seems to be a lot from this method however. I only remember seeing 10-20 points added (but it would depend on the damage inflicted on your troops). I don't know the formula for how this is calculated. You can sometimes see it during a turn with a lot of battles, the computer will show your current CS levels between the battles, and you will see a jump after a bloody engagement.
I think this is it. As I said it was incredibly bloody. In the 15 day turn I lost 35,000 men and 4,700 horses and had 38 Infantry elements dissolve. The rebels lost 37,000 men and 5,700 horses but only lost 12 Infantry elements. I also lost 3 generals.
2. It is related to how that general performed in the battle. You can be congratulated for a defeat, and blamed for a win (real world - think Burnside at Antietam. The union won, but he could have been blamed for not crossing the bridge, the CSA commander (David R. Jones) at the bridge could have been praised for holding the bridge against supperior odds for hours and hours).
I think it may be a combination of this and moni kerr's idea above. Thomas was involved in the bloodiest battle of the turn (33,000 men lost between us), but there is something else strange. Thomas MTSG but after the battle he stayed in Hickman instead of returning Graves and he was placed in Passive posture, just like he had lost a battle, which he didn't.
