Bentbake

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What happened to your Antietam battle?

Started my first MG CSA campaign and was breezing thru until Antietam. 46K vs 112K. Eventually the Federal numbers crushed me.

What level? I just had a campaign end because I got routed on MG with 46K vs 112k.

Hi all First time poster here. Started playing UG Civil War back in February and it is up there with my favorite games of all time. Hadn't played in 6 weeks and figured I would start up a MG campaign with the Confederacy after all the updates. The very first battle was the hardest and took me 4 times before I could even get the campaign going. IMO, it is tougher that 1st Bull Run or Shiloh. I never skip a battle and play every single one. I want no advantage or skip any challenge and playing every battle is the only way for me to truly feel like I won the War. Gaines Mill resulted in ~2.5K casualties and I was very happy with that. I anticipated double that number so I was very happy. Malvern Hill was a challenge but with good coordination I was able to break the Yankee center and bring up my batteries to hold against numerous counter attacks. I had ~5K casualties which was once again a lower than I anticipated. By now I had a strong Veteran 1st corps with multiple 2 star brigades that was able to hold at 2nd Bull Run. On the second day I pulled on my reinforcements to Stony Ridge and held there for the victory. I didn't send any troops to Henry Hill since the other Victory option comes at a much less cost. Now I'm at Antietam! I've decided to go in with 46K soldiers but am going to face a Federal army of 112K!! That's right, 112K! I play to win every battle but there is no way I can imagine myself overcoming those odds! I guess I'll try to settle for a Fraw and hold in the West Woods for a good amount of time and gradually fall back to the town. I'd hate to have played a perfect campaign so far to see it all end here. MG is a whole different ballgame than BG so wish my luck. Any advice?