When armies in Virginia were released, GrayFox left Alexandria (except for the garrison) and increased the force
inside Harper's Ferry
I moved my forces in order to occupy the southern edge of the Potomac river, besieging HF and Alexandria.
Harper's Ferry:
I decided not to assault the city because :
- The garrison was too large
- From my point of view the importance of HF was its value as a defensive position (hills + behind a river)
- I could at the same time take advantage of the position (see point above) and block the northern force inside the city denying its use to the Union.
Unfortunately I had to retreat from the region for two reasons :
- Due to my decision to start the game "as usual" I was lacking renfort against the flow of blue soldiers.
- My force at HF was hit by the disease event
(reducing cohesion by half) just when GrayFox was gathering a huge force against it.
Alexandria:
After a few turns I gave assault to the city for the following reasons :
- The garrison is very small at the beginning but get reinforced with several brigades later in the game. If you want to take it easily, you must do it before this reinforcement (note to the game designers : the reinforcements did appear even if the city was no more in Union hands and were isolated and destroyed by my force in the region --> the event should be corrected to avoid this)
- Take ownership of the battery to move it somewhere else on the southern coasts.