haha love those old Civil War Generals quotes
Regarding the shattered units: I too wish you would at least get a few men back after the battle and not lose the complete brigade. Let's look at hobo's example (this once happened to me too. I used a cavalry unit to scout and ran directly into the fire of an infanty brigade I didn't spot. The whole 500 man unit was shattered immediately [but only lost around 50 men or so]). While I understand that it's a major blow and the morale must be very low at this point, I still think at least a few men should rally after battle and should still be available, regardles what happened. Maybe keep the unit after the battle but with just 10% of it's initial menpower. So, instead of the initial 500 men only 50 are available after the battle. Would still be costly to replenish this unit but you will not lose the unit completely.