Teleporting Stacks

[Guardsman]

Time for another question since this game is both confounding and confusing me. Take a look at the screen shot. You'll notice a CSA stack in Shenandoah VA, which just so happens to be the Army of the Shenandoah. Not really surprising so far. The catch is that particular stack, literally just one turn previous was besieging Norfolk. This means that in one turn that stack lifted the siege, and somehow moved all the way to Shenadoah, VA.....by rail for at least the final part of the trip. The other catch is that you'll notice that the Union controls all the railways leading to that location.

You will also notice another CSA stack sitting in Fredricksburg, which is the Army of the Potomac. This stack was also at Norfolk the previous turn.

How is it possible to move 2 large stacks so far in 1 turn, especially when at least one of them did not have a clear path?

[Cardinal Ape]

Are you playing against the AI? Is the AI difficulty set high enough that the AI gets a movement speed bonus?

It seems fairly ordinary to me unless you have the rail lines from Norfolk destroyed and there is no mud in their movement path. Moving by rail only takes one day per region. If the enemy still has some military control % in the region then they can still use the rail. I would recommend sending some cavalry into the interior of Virginia to bust some those rails up.

If you are playing against the AI you can rollback the turn and load up the other side to see exactly how they did what they did.

[Captain_Orso]

I see a clear path from Norfolk to New Market, as bright as day. Johnston takes the train from Norfolk to Staunton and then marches into New Market.

The only thing which is not obvious in this move is that the rail line going from Spotsylvania (directly between Charlottesville & Fredericksburg) to Charlottesville does NOT pass through Culpeper. It used to pass through Culpeper at one time, until some... ... changed it, but it's been like this for a quite a while now.

I don't imagine you thought that Johnston isn't allowed to combine the use of rail movement to get to Staunton and normal marching to New Market, but I'm asking just to be sure .

[John S. Mosby]

I'm still trying to understand why both the Army of the Shenandoah and the Army of the Potomac were in Norfolk the previous turn (March 1862) leaving the rest of Virginia exposed.

[Rod Smart]

I see CSA flags over New Market and Strasburg. Perhaps that means that the US doesn't have enough control to shut down the railroads. If I remember correctly, you can use a railroad if you own more than 25% of the region.

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And yes, that is realistic. Stonewall Jackson moved his army from the Shenandoah to Fredricksburg in less than 15 days to help beat the crap out of Burnside. Elements of his command got there in as little as 4 days.

[Captain_Orso]

A faction's flag flies over regions that faction has captured. Since Johnston apparently fought and won against Hunter I believe it is, the Confederate flag flies over New Market; for no other reason.