Eastern Campaign 1862
Jut got the need to play a new campaign of Civil War II: Generals again and decided to share that one with you ;). First battle of the campaign is Kersnstown. Did i say that i hate this battle? Yep...it's tough one and a hard start in the campaign...let's see...my objective is to take as few casualties as possible.
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Battle of Kernstown, 23th of March 1862
In the early hours of this sunday of March 1862, i move my army to meet the men under Brig. Gen. James Shields from the Union's army. Reinforcements will be coming in the next few hours. 6 regiments and one artillery division.
Col. Turner Ashby will have to scout and skirmish the enemy so i can place my division in positions.
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We move up to Kernstown and will establish a first line. The enemy has about 3 times the numbers we have so we won't move up to far to the north.
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First plan for the day is to establish a defensive line according to what is drawn below and find out where the enemy is. Ashby will take his men on Pritschard's hill to have a better view over the valley.
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At 0830, we have reached our position.
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First reinforcements have arrived....
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One of my favorite games of all time. Thanks, Anguille, for doing this!
Sweet! O0
This is a free game? It looks cool but I'd never heard of it before. :-[
It's a lot of fun. The amount of battles you can play is good sized. IIrc, there are three Campaigns: Eastern, Western and Grand. I only played as the Union. I wasn't confident enough to take on the role of the underdog.
How can you run this in modern machines without anomalies?
It's actually not a free game. I bought it in 1997. There's a no-cd version somewhere on the internet. It runs fairly well on xp, 7 and even 8 (though i have a problem with the screen resolution on that one). There are just a few files that have been removed from Windows that you have to add to the Civil War folder in order to make it work. Actually there's a lot more than 3 campaigns....i always play the Confederates...i like the challenge ;)
0830
We continue to deploy our troops...no sign of the enemy yet.
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The fresh regiments are moving up north to reinforce the line.
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Got this to run under Windows 8.1 a while back. I need to dig it out and try to re-install now that I have a new rig. Then I really need to give it a proper go.
Thanks for the AAR!
0900
Enemy troops spotted! There's a lot... :-\
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I am putting my troops into defensive position. Let's see if crossing the rivers will weaken the enemy.
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0930
Our men are ready for the battle!
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Ashby will attack the artillery unit approaching...they are still limbered! Attack!
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1000
The Union's troops are getting ready to attack us! They have a lot artillery units...this is going to hurt.
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Ashby and his men have to pull back or they will get slaughtered...their order is to go behind the enemy and, if possible, attack the artillery units behind the troops.
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1030
The enemy is getting closer!
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Ashby and his men are going behind the enemy lines...
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The battle is about to begin...
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1100
The first men fall in the center as the troops fire at each other at the entrance of Kernstown
Meanwhile, Patton and his men aim for Pritchard's Hill in order to attack the artillery.
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Ashby and his men are coming from the back...
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We try to hold the lines but the enemy has a lot of troops...we lose a lot of men already...and it's not yet noon...
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