In my recent game (April 61/USA) I came up with the idea to simply build LOTs of gunboats and stationing them in every single river zone from St. Louis/MO to Charleston/WV early on. It wörked just fine and didn't hamper army build-up (much, I'm still fielding 15+ fullgrown divisions and have already fortified Springfield/MO, Harpers Ferry, Washington and Alexandria in September 61), yet this somewhat smells like an exploit or at least "over-kill" to me. It ist much cheaper (manpower-wise) than raising a lot of militias from Illinois to Ohio (though I miss out on the nice free Cavs which are raised to counter incursions).
I guess I'll have to live with raiders in Missouri, Kansas and the Indian Territory (and later in Kentucky, Tennessee et. al.) but since that's where my armies and militia garrisons are anyways, there's not much harm done...
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However, I'd like to know how YOU are dealing with them pesky bushwhackers, do You just live with them, try to prevent them from entering Your home stastes entirely, assemble rearguards to chase them around as they come or what?
