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Three ideas.

1. Try moving through Pamlico Sound.

2. The artillery at Ft. Clark may have starved, leaving an infantry-only garrison behind.

3. Add in the blockade fleet.

P.S. Repeated kudos to Jarkko for this grand exploit.

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I was wondering, Columbiad and Rodman guns were large seacoast guns, however in the game there are Columbiad (CSA) and Rodman (Union) batteries of field artillery, so I was wondering what exactly represent those batteries? Rodman guns represent 30 & 40 lb siege rifles. Rodman had nothing to do with...

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I believe this might also have something to do with comparative rules of engagement.

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Elite infantry is provided by event, the only elite infantry you can build is marines. Skirmishers aka sharpshooters provide a combat initiative bonus to whatever unit they are part of. Elite units provided by event will often include a sharpshooter element. Add one of these units or an independent ...

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Updated.

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I should've said that sailors can combine with them. The sailor's TO&E has a free slot for line infantry.

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Gray_Lensman wrote:[SIZE="1"]ah ha, now there's a bonafide exploit... bet ole Jabberwock hasn't seen that one...[/size]

I'll take you up on that ... even give you odds. What stakes?

Not so sure it's bonafide, though.

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Ok, I should have been more precise about what I meant by a fort, I meant a coastal fortification made of brick or stone with a large battery of coastal guns, significantly different from the modest forts built during the war you cite. Fort Walker, for instance, had a single 10" columbiad gun in it...

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Yup -
My computer and Internet access have been extremely limited lately. I knew something like this was going to happen ... that's why I was so frantic about getting started. We're at turn 10, and I'll update this when I get a little more time.

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Easterner wrote:McCullough seems missing from 61 scenarios (he is on-map in 62) he should be in NE Tx at start in 7/61.

He should be in Southeast Texas at the start in Spring '61.

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moriety wrote:I've been unable to combine the starting Union regular regiments (found mainly in the West of the map) and called 1st US, 2nd US etc. Does anyone know what I can combine them with if any?

They can combine with sailors.

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Manstein wrote:I haven´t any problem with forgive the pkpowers´s error, because I want not win by a nonsense. I want win playing fair.

+1 for Torca

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berto wrote:Any other recommendations for definitive, comprehensive, detailed, affordable references/encyclopedias/atlases on the ACW?

Scribner's Campaigns of the Civil War - online links in the first two posts here

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lodilefty wrote:Wasn't Ft. Sumter 'reduced to a useless pile of rubble'?

I avoid using that one in debate. It was smashed by shore batteries ... The rebs kept a garrison there till almost the end of the war ... And they even used the rubble to repel an amphibious assault, so I wouldn't call it entirely useless.

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aryaman wrote:historically no fort was destroyed during the war by ship bombardement

SIGH.

Fort Walker
Fort Hindman
Fort Clark
Fort Henry

Of course, troops were available to accept the surrender of several of those. That doesn't mean they made any significant contribution to reducing those forts.

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Sharpshooter regiments are represented with 250 men, IIRC. IME, they are more fragile in combat than any other unit except militia, but their presence is vital to causing extra enemy casualties. I think that adequately represents the 2-company issue. They were generally used as snipers rather than a...

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I don't think that you can go soley off a states population for available units. I think you also need to look at what the percentage of a states total population versus the troops that were actually raised as well. Florida had the lowest population of any Confederate state. It sent the least troop...

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Nice work Nikel! I should have better access by New Year's, and will be able to add some work in January.

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Hi Uncle John - 1. You can reorganize to put more troops under the active generals. 2. The extended seige is working to your advantage. Bory's 50,000 should be getting pretty hungry even with the depot at Baltimore. Leave about 70,000 under your two <ahem> "best" available generals to continue the s...

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Richmond, it would be a terrible shame if the entire ANV were to trip and break their kneecaps simultaneously ...

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You can separate one unit from an army, rename the separate unit, and drop the army onto that unit.

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I've been hovering around this forum in the hope that at some point this would be alleviated, but alas, it appears not. It also appears that there are some smart people on this forum (I mean that sincerely) that do not believe this is a problem, so I suspect this 'go North young man' tendency of th...

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1) Industrialization 3) A random roll 1-6 must be less than the general's strategy rating for him to activate. 4) Dunno. 5) Each experience star a general earns will raise either defensive or offensive rating, odd stars raise defensive, even raise offensive. 7) The list . Combining transports allows...

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Turn 1 - USA captures Rolla Turn 2 - USA captures Springfield Turn 3 - CSA captures Bloomington, destroys Fayetteville Depot [CENTER] Turn 4 stats NM: 100 - 100 FE: 2 Losses: USA 660, CSA 630 VP: USA 27, CSA 32[/CENTER] Turn 5 - USA captures Jefferson City Turn 7 - Indians capture Rolla Turn 8 - Ind...

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There is one opion missing: "No matter who to discuss things with, because Athena decides my moves anyway." I think dooya and Bertram win the point in this particular instance. Havely (and/or AM) has lots of friends. But no matter if Bill, Gray, dooya, Daxil, Rafiki, I, or someone else were to offe...

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I suck at humour

Errr.... Was this targeted at/to me?

I laughed, does that mean I have a Finnish sense of humor?

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Not sure if the other remark was directed at me or not, since I have no favorite strategy to use. Like Berto, I have yet to play a campaign game all the way thru, since I've been working to improve the AACW graphics and data files for over 15 months now. (rough guess 200 to 300 man-hours per month)...

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detailed answer is here.

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Just realized this is the 'How to improve AACW' forum. By saying substitution would be fairly easy, I did NOT mean to imply that I think it SHOULD be changed.

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This is meant to model the fact that most southern cavalry horses were seriously undernourished by mid-war. Substitution would be fairly easy.

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