[Renaming Brigades]

55 minutes ago, Admiral666 said:

Interesting. I only name some units, and usually only as a result of noticeable battlefield performance, i.e. 'Walton's Wall," a particularly stalwart brigade during a defensive action; "The Devil's Brigade," a unit which inflicted massive casualties and ended the battle with 666 combat-ready men; etc. Otherwise, I by and large leave them with their commanders' names. Admittedly, that can be confusing when I lose officers or they are promoted to larger commands.

Some interesting naming schemes here. I particularly like the notion of explicitly named Reserves; as it stands currently, if I can afford to hold a reserve, I tend to reserve an entire division, rather than a brigade from each. Hm.

I tried out giving a couple of brigades unique names, like Jackson's Legion or Jeb's Raiders, but I think doing so makes you put more faith in them than they can live up to. It's possible for that brigade to get utterly obliterated and/or lose its star general just because you instinctively put it in the most danger. Possibly why the Iron Brigade suffered so many casualties.

[Renaming Brigades]

First union run at naming brigades, I named each division after prominent British regiments. 1st Corp was the Scottish corp, containing the Blackwatch, Coldstream Guard and Highlanders. 2nd and 3rd corps contained variety of Welsh, Irish, English and Colonial regiments.

My most recent run as the CSA was more organised. Brigades were numbered sequentially, followed by division commander and level of veterancy (i.e. 2nd Jackson's Regulars). Made it a lot easier to tell brigades apart and each division had reserves it could call on. Artillery was simply named based on the type of cannons and cavalry were either sharpshooters or raiders.