N. B. Forrest

I'm afraid General Sir, you only get one shot to fight a battle, you will have to accept the losses and outcome from your first attempt. "There can be only one" No saving and reloading Your men are relying on you, Inspire them ! Kind Regards

I changed the AIScalingExperienceMultiplier to 0.85 and refought 1st Manassas, I didn't mind the Union having more troops so I left the SizeMultiplier at 1. It was touch and go for about 2 hours, I was able to hold Mathews Hill for about 1 hour and repulsed the unions initial assault with 4 Brigades, once they fell back I realized they would come back and I could not stop them so I fell back to Youngs Branch, however Franklins Brigade decided to charge me down the hill and killed General Bee and routed his brigade. I had to pause the game and take a walk at this point. Bartow was wounded and he suffered over 300 casualties as well. My Brigade was lead by Colonel Kemper and he was able to retreat into the woods below Mathews Hill and recovered in time to fend off the Unions relentless skirmish attack from 3 different units and saved my Artillery giving them time to make it to Henry House Hill. I got lucky though because earlier the union cavalry foolishly charged my lines at the stone bridge and had to retreat so they were not able to reinforce their attack in time. I did have to bring up Hamptons Brigade over to cover the crossing at Youngs Branch because I could not get Bee's Brigade across fast enough before the Union Brigades were down the hill. At least I was able to save them from total destruction but he lost over 500 men in the mornings engagement. At this point Jackson was still 45 minutes away from showing up and I had Sherman & Key's brigades ready to assault the stone bridge, all I had was Archer's & Siegfried's Brigade to hold it along with 18 Guns from Cabell's Battery. Somehow Sherman's Brigade including the Fighting 69th Irish regiment under Colonel Corcoran made it through a frontal artillery barrage and got over the bridge and tried to flank my left, I could not hold and he was able to form up again. Meanwhile Franklin, Porter, Burnside & Wilcox Brigades were pressing on Henry Hill and I was getting squeezed, they crossed the stream and Bee & Bartow's Brigade barley held in the woods before Jackson finally arrived. Amazingly the Unions Brigades were all still over 2000 men strong and once they attacked it was another desperate struggle to hold Henry House hill even with Jacksons newly arrived regiments. For some reason I didn't see Wilcox brigade sneak over to my left flank and cross the creek undetected with 2700 men and I had to withdrawal to the trees on the right side of the Henry House. Stuart's Cavalry had not arrived yet and I had one cavalry unit that was trying to neutralize Sherman's Artillery before I totally lost the Stone Bridge. I now had 8 full union Brigades assaulting and charging me in succession all along the front of my lines. I was unable to route any of them like I did on BG difficulty so this was the darkest point of the day. My only saving grace was I held the village and forest areas giving me excellent cover and Jacksons artillery finally took position and started hammering all across the union front just when they were trying to cross the creek. Time after time they charged across and up Henry Hill just before they were sent reeling back under heavy rifle and canister fire. At this point Sherman's Brigade had been decimated attacking the stone Bridge and fell back out of view giving my artillery time to retarget to assist Jackson on Henry Hill. I had stopped the union attack and my cavalry along with newly arrived Stuart's unit were successful in destroying all of the union Guns. Once I was able to rest my units and shore up my line before they tried another attack I received Johnston's final reinforcements and finished the victory for the confederacy. In the end Beauregard suffered 21% casualties, Johnston was at 13%, Jackson 25% and My Corps under Taggert was at 19%. All in All this was a very good battle and I did not know who would win until the last moment and it felt very close to the historical battle. Also I was happy with the casualties and looks like the small change in the AIConfig file seems to work well for my playing style at least. Thanks again for the help.

Thank you for the latest updates, continue to enjoy these mods. I have a question, I have been playing several campaigns and have only made it to the Peninsula so far, it seems that on Brig. General difficulty it is starting to be too easy and no longer feels historical if you will. However I just started to play on Major General difficulty and cannot win the battle of 1st Manassas as the confederates. I get swept off Mathews hill almost immediately and cannot hold the stone bridge long enough for Jacksons Brigade to show up with reinforcements. Is there a way to somehow split the difference between these levels ? Should I keep playing on BG difficulty to see if it will get harder or is there any chance MG difficulty might ease up later as the confederates. I'm sure my tactics are mid skill level, but I do not know what else I can do. On MG difficulty many of my brigades get wiped off the map by union cavalry and skirmishers if you can imagine. I find myself running for the hills as soon as I see a 300 troop skirmish unit charging me. If I do manage to win my casualties are like Antietam every battle. Thanks again for the hard work, really enjoy the Mod.

Yes I am using your Mod J&P Re balance 1.26.1 The first battle Potomac Fort sometimes will have 2 identical union brigades or my own Confederate will have 2 Birney brigades in the same battle, I have also seen 2 identical Stuart cavalry brigades show up or identical artillery battery's when starting a battle, if I reload it may duplicate other brigades or none, seems random. I think I read there was a random chance of duplicating brigades in game as a difficulty modifier in the config file, is this correct, I believe I found the file and changed it to 0. 2 Birney Brigades 1000 men each both same general, if this was indeed a feature then I think it is resolved.

I have noticed that the AI has duplicate brigades on occasion with the same size and general, is this a bug and if not what is the purpose and how can it be disabled. Also it seems like there are duplicate generals or wounded generals in my barracks that are not from my Corps. Is this also a bug still. Thank You gentlemen for the great work you have done and continue to do, your efforts are greatly appreciated and have successfully kept me from getting a good night sleep for many nights.

I have noticed that the AI has duplicate brigades on occasion with the same size and general, is this a bug and if not what is the purpose and how can it be disabled. Also it seems like there are duplicate generals or wounded generals in my barracks that are not from my Corps. Is this also a bug still. Thank You gentlemen for the great work you have done and continue to do, your efforts are greatly appreciated and have successfully kept me from getting a good night sleep for many nights.