+1. A few of the ideas in this thread are awesome. I would love it if the whole Shenandoah Valley battle set were presented in this suggested "campaign" mode. Also, would love some battles where you bring a division instead of a corps or a brigade instead of a division, and your brigades are cut into smaller chunks (5ish for the brigade level, and maybe 2-3 for the division level battles). Could have randomly generated sub commanders, and the brigade commander could appear like the corp commander in bigger fight (or the division commander could appear, if applicable). I do expect that this would be a lot of work, but personally, I would pay for this (as an expansion, maybe?). To be clear, I would want this integrated into the main game, not as a standalone or separate expansion.
Would also be great if battles were included as part of the Western theatre, with us having the ability to detach some of our Corps and be able to participate with rewards being scaled for the amount of troops we detach. This would mean those troops might not be available for some Eastern theatre battles, so it would be a balancing act with risk/reward (travel time figured, etc.). This would really bump the AO stat in importance. Again, would be willing to pay for improvements like this.