I finished the demo as the CSA for the second time. Another stalemate. The bright point was when Union force besieged Harper Ferry and I managed literally to encircle it. It split; one stack retreated to the north thanks to an inactive CSA commander, the second st,ack under McClernand(sp?) pushed for Frederick region in Maryland. This movement ignited a loopside battle with my smaller stack there which lasted for ten days. Wow! Won all the battles (one stalemate), although took substantial losses as well.
My question is: what is needed to trigger loopsided battles? Do you have to corner or encircle your enemy? My force in Frederick was in Offensive posture and I had probably 60 -95% (can't remember) military control of the region. I had my units in every region McClernand could move to. Such a loopsided battle gave a big boost to NM and seems a perfect and fast way to drive Union NM down, better than fighting ten separate battles. So do these battle happen only in encircling manuevers? What are the requirements to trigger them?
Thx