ElPirato

As the Battle of Washington for CSA, there is no real historical precedent for the Battle of Richmond for the Union. The game draws up a scenario where you have to attack or face European intervention. So you can't sit back and siege Richmond. Add to that the battle is EXTREMELY bloody, in my MG campaign I had around 240 000 total infantry casualties. Around 40 000 of those happened during the Battle of Richmond alone (I think I brought around 130 000 men in 4 corps, the 4th Corps was more or less only rookies with 1842s and 5 artillery brigades First of all I've played the battle both on Brigadier and on Major General difficulty, with success in both cases so what I say should hold true if you aren't on playing on Legendary. I'm not home over Christmas and can't access my computer and my save so everything from the top of my mind. The general flow of the battle is that you have to assault the Confederate earthworks, breakthrough, establish a beachhead and start rolling up their line. You should always keep a reserve to deal with confederate counterattacks from the west (which there are plenty of). A division to hold of each counterattack should suffice if you can act quick enough and contain the Rebel reinforcements, otherwise you may have to delegate more troops to it and loose momentum in the general attack.