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    Battle of Chickamauga

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    Posted · Edited by jennison

    I planning to start my CSA campaign over.  Hopefully this battle will be a little less suicidal with the new campaign updates.  I've played it probably a dozen times (trying out all tips in this thread) and never even get far enough for Longstreet to show.

    Battle of Chickamauga

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    Thanks for the informative post, Kloiste.  I've already accepted the draw and have moved on to the Overland, in which I'm suffering even worse defeats... lol  I think my Army is about spent.  I'm at the point where I may need to backtrack a few battles and re-consider my strategy to conserve forces.  It seems like from Chickamauga on, the battles become punishing.  Saunders Field, Laurel Hill.... brutal..  "Yay I barely defended the ridge!  Oh wait, now I have to counter attack with the few men I have left?"

    I suppose it's pretty historically accurate though--at this point in the war the CSA was clinging by a thread.  It's just not very fun in game form.  :)

    Battle of Chickamauga

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    18 hours ago, Koro said:

    You can fall back from them for most of day 1 and recapture them later by encircling the overextended Union forces since they will form a . It allows you to bring up your forces and hit them with one concentrated blow. You will still suffer a lot of casualties but it makes "holding" the two points easier. The treelines behind the points is much more defensible

    Well I didn't have too much problem capturing the objectives on my last go, but again I think I lost too many men and it ended in a draw before I could even advance to the last day..

    Battle of Chickamauga

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    Posted · Edited by jennison

    I finally managed a Draw.  I held all objectives, but I guess I lost too many men and the scenario ended before I could advance to the last day (I assume this is when Horseshoe Ridge is attacked)

    So now I'm concerned I lost too many men to continue the campaign.  I'm starting the Overland with about 32,000 tired, war-weary souls.  As Alexander Haskell once wrote "None but heroes are left."

     

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    Battle of Chickamauga

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    I've lost the CSA version about 8 times..  I can never hold Brotherton and Kelly's Ford long enough.  By that point in the scenario, my forces are so thin, I just end up rushing single depleted brigades to those objectives in between the union lines.. I'll grab the objective for a few moments, but the lone brigade is eventually surrounded and routs.. 

    I start the scenario with about 60k men which seems like enough.  I don't understand because I consider myself a pretty decent player--I've had victories on all scenarios up to this point.  I'm about ready to throw in the towel and accept defeat, but I don't know if I'll be able to continue the campaign with my decimated army.  Frustrating..

    Battle of Chickamauga

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    2 hours ago, Slobodan said:

    I won it by holding union on right flank and sweeping it from left with my best brigades. But it was very costly, some of my brigades finished with less than 300 men (started with full 2000)

    Thanks for the tip; I'll give that a shot.  I think I've bee sweeping from my left flank, from South to North.  I'll try the opposite. 

    Battle of Chickamauga

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    Yeah this battle is tough indeed, for both sides.  I consolidated my CSA army into 2 Corps, just over 50k.. I've tried 3 times, all ended in a crushing defeat.  Your forces are spread out so far, it's tough to get good concentrated attacks on the Union objectives..

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