Unlocking General Lee?

[GenJackson]

This has probably been answered before, but does General Lee simply unlock automatically? Or does the CSA player need to set a chain of events in order. Historically, as we all all probably know, General Johnston was wounded, paving the way for Lee to take over. In the last game I ran, I actually left P.T. Boo in charge and sent Johnson west long before the date he was historically wounded. A bit of changing history there...

[Ol' Choctaw]

I had to ask that too.

This is what I was told.

Robert E. Lee arrives in Richmond, VA in Aug. 1861 and works for the War Dept. meaning he's locked in place at first unless attacked in Richmond.

Sometime between Early Mar 1862 and Late June 1862 he takes command (meaning he becomes activated). There's a 10% chance per turn starting Early Mar 1862. If he's NOT activated by Early June 1862 he's automatically activated and there's a backup event activating him in Late June 1862. If you are at a turn after Late June 1862, you have a corrupted event file and he will never activate. In that case, I suggest a complete uninstall/reinstall to be sure you get the proper event file.