Von Birnstock

I had to share. lol. I have no idea how to stop this from happening but it really sucks when your unit goes berserker mode and chases a retreating enemy, while frantically hitting "HOLD". I took some screen shots of two particularly bad situations and had to post them just for the laughs... In the first screen Waltons Brigade was in the fortified location in the woods in the bottom right corner when he was charged and engaged in melee. He was successful and then chased the fleeing enemy into the heart of the enemy forces. I am really not sure how he got so far carrying gonads the size of canon balls. I then moved Sill's Brigade into the defensive fortifaction (ie woods) and he was also charged and engaged in melee. Which he also won. Not to be out done by Walton he also chased the retreating enemy unit. In the second screen shot you can see Walton in the top right corner, who made it all the way through multiple enemy brigades, across a river crossing and then ran smack dab into an enemy artillery unit, where he promptly took a round of grape shot at point blank range and decided to head north. Again, not to be out done Sill's did the same thing. Sadly neither officers survived, although both units remained intact. After the battle both Brigades were renamed to Waltons Devils and Sills Berserkers and are the 1st brigade in the 1st division in my 1st and 2nd corps respectively.

I had Brigadier General Mott commanding my 1st Infantry Brigade (which I renamed Stonewall Brigade), 1st Division. He was wounded during 1st Bull Run. He stayed wounded until the Peninsula campaign and is now in my Academy list. Now maybe I had two officers with the last name Mott and I am just mixing them up but if so than where is he? He isnt listed as wounded and he isnt in my reserve list. Can they die from their wounds while in recovery? Or maybe it was just a glitch. I currently have 4 wounded officers. Darryl Sigfried, Oscar Averell, Gilbert Mccord and Curtis Roberts. I will keep and eye on them and see if they come back into my reserve.

So I purchase an officer, assign him to a unit, he fights in a few battles, gains some attributes, gets wounded, heals up and then is sent back to the academy and if I want him not only do I have to pay for him again but I have to pay even more because he ranked up. After he recovers shouldn't he be in my reserve officers list? When a soldier recovers from his wounds he goes back to his unit. In this case the officer would return to the corps and either take over his old brigade or used to form a new one at the corps commanders discretion.

Zouaves would be a Great addition! Also add sharpshooters unit with green uniforms. (or make skirmisher units have the green uniforms (not the ones detached from a brigade during a battle, but the formed skirmisher units)) Would also like to choose my commander portrait at the beginning of the campaign. Just a little thing that adds to the immersion.