well i tried to follow everyone's advice. mclean's [?] army came up from the sea and hit richmond, and a separate union army moved southwest from harper's ferry and burned the shenandoah and headed south towards NC before turning to link up with the union army besieging richmond. in late 1861 i corn...

: D the ANV and shenandoah force always seem to be locked right up until the point where the union army comes bearing down on them. i assume the amount of time they are locked is fixed. is there a way to unlock them quicker?

thanks to everyone for the quick replies.

cool, thanks for the heads-up. any of you CSA players have advice on how to handle northern VA during those first few months? i tried breaking up the army of northern VA and attempting to minimize my command penalty, but the US would send HUGE stacks of troops at me and crush all my brigades.

hey all, i'm having trouble forming corps and divisions in the new 1.14 patch. i fired up the April 1861 ACW full campaign, and i can't seem to form ANY divisions or corps out of any units. as a result, the army of northern virginia constantly gets beaten because all my units are deactivated or over...