caranorn wrote:Don't be so certain that the leader who is leftmost in the stack will in this case be the one to actually command when the computer executes the turn. I've seen this many times in WiA (where Howe and Clinton start at same rank and seniority in the same command) and I'm sure a few times in AACW. They could switch roles during march (particularly bad if the second is inactive) or combat. In this case I'd definitelly leave Polk out of the stack unless you absolutely need him...
Note, I really like how the game handles this. You should never be certain who will command your force if you place two leaders of identical rank and seniority into the same force. A historic situation like this in the ACW would be McCulloch and Price (I still assert McCulloch was senior, but many say the opposite), one a very senior CSA brigadier general, the other a MSG major general who disputed each other over who should command their combined command (Army of the Indian Territory and Missouri State Guard, also probably still the Arkansas State Guard brigade present at the time). The issue finally being settled by bringing in CSA major general van Dorn to supercede both...
Agreed. That's what I intimated by saying leave 2 similar generals out. Fort Donellson had the same problem.
I've had plenty of times when Jackson and Longstreet were both at 1 seniority and command switched back and forth. There should almost be a penalty for having 2 commanding generals without a clear leader. I'll just say I like the uncertainty, regardless of how specific some wargamers want the numbers to be.