Old 'Battleground' Series by 'Empire Games'

[General Quarters]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it or it is generally known that a game similar to what is being developed was made by Empire Games in or around 1996 -  'Gettysberg 1863' in the Battleground series.  It was a great game around that time and it functioned perfectly (unfortunately loading it on present day computers causes the system to crash.  Just thought I would mention it because it may be worth taking a look at for ideas.  You are more than welcome to my original disc if you have an old system with 'Windows 98' or prior version.

[RyTide]

The Battleground series of Civil War games by John Tiller is excellent.  It was originally marketed by Talonsoft and can now be purchased as a compilation that works on modern systems.

 

http://matrixgames.com/products/319/details/John.Tiller%27s.Battleground.Civil.War

 

Updated versions of Tiller's Civil War games are available, but the graphics are inferior to the original Battleground series.

 

http://johntillersoftware.com/CivilWarBattles.html

[David Fair]

The Battleground series took a tremendous amount of micromanagement and thus time.  

 

You really never got the sense or satisfaction that you were commanding an army or making "big decisions".  Everything was really tactical at a large scale.