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<r><B><s>[b]</s>dale<e>[/b]</e></B>, i basically agree with just about all of your comments. Keep in mind Jackson made a legend of himself in the Shendoah Valley because he was on his own soil, knew the terrain and best how to use it to his advantage. If one looks at all the earlier major Eastern ba...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>Jim<e>[/b]</e></B>, thats good to hear as far as fellow commanders not under the player's control. However for the Division commanders under the player's control, will HOLD actually and really mean HOLD or will they disobey and wrecklessly go suicidal anyhow?<br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s><B><s>[b]</s>jb Hood Wrote:<e>[/b]</e></B>in tc2m open play it´s nearly impossible to loose an engagement. it´s very easy to cut off whole divisions or corps and slaughter them. they are coming wave after wave.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> The only time i'll occassionally lose an O...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>dale, Greg<e>[/b]</e></B>, some good points.<br/> Yep dale, by late 1864 things looked grim for the South no doubt about it. Effectively blockaded, starving, Federals controlled the Mississippi effectively cutting the CSA in half, Georgia's industrial base shut down so on and so on. ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s><B><s>[b]</s>dale Wrote:<e>[/b]</e></B>When was there a better time to invade the North? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> IMO, short answer, never!... considering the imbalance of logistics and manpower between the two sides.<br/> <br/> The way i look at it, the South invading the gre...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>So in a sense it is a fabrication twice removed from what happened. It becomes embellished with each telling so that it becomes the myth of Gettysburg. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> AHH! but the end result, the historical facts of that battle, how it ended, its aftermath are no fab...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>Little Powell<e>[/b]</e></B>, yes indeed, its <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> fun to imagine the possible scenario's.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> I doubt seriously even in he best scenario with the best of luck, Lee could of destroyed the AOP. Cause them to retreat or redeploy, possibly...mig...

Jim Wrote: (3) Yes.

By smarter lets hope that means less suicidal!

Ahh! the what if scenarios!:woohoo:
Just give me the historical original scenario and i'll make my own TC'd 'what ifs'! :laugh:

<r>Assuming Lee took Cemetary Ridge, the big wild card would be how much artillery ammo would he have to fend off a large scale counter attack from Meade. Hopefully, he'd acquire any captured guns and ammo. I don't believe he could of relied on a supplies from Virginia as the rains following the 3rd...