We are in early September 1862
To bring you up to date
East
What I do in the east is usually build a couple of iron works, print money and take some inflation and get more numbers against the Rebels. The sweep around Shenandoah usually is enough to push the Rebels out of Manassas and Culpepper. Tyler has developed a strategy to counter this. Note the numbers he has in Manassas, Culpepper and Nelson. Almost 9000 CBT. I have 10,000 CBT in the area, not including 2500 more in Kearny Corp doing the right hook, but his positioning is forcing me to defend Washington, well Alexandria to be exact, so I can't push around as many troops as I like. His position also gives him interior lines so he can quickly shift his forces.
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The key to taking Manassas is Nelson. From there, I can cut rails in Albemarle and that removes supply into Manassas and the Rebels have to retreat. Realizing this, Tyler sent Lee to deal with Kearny and won a victory, though he took twice as many losses. I was expecting something, so Kearny was prepared to retreat.
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