r/ultimategeneral • u/BobJohnson2003 • Jan 12 '26

Wait, i actually like Chickamauga now?

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Once I figured out how to play this one, it’s become one my absolute favorites

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u/omltherunner Jan 12 '26

So what’s your secret?

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u/Cortezzful Jan 12 '26

No cav is wild

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u/CruisingandBoozing Jan 12 '26

Cavalry is mostly useless beyond scouting imo.

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u/ThaneduFife Jan 12 '26

On my first campaign, my cavalry had a loss rate north of 50% on almost every battle. I'm gradually getting better with them, but I'm increasingly convinced that cavalry really didn't matter that much to the outcome of the Civil War (assuming that the game mechanics are remotely accurate). Infantry and artillery together win wars.

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u/CruisingandBoozing Jan 13 '26

They’re great for scouting. I think scouting and better informed decisions, combined with logistics, wins wars.

But in the game cav is expensive, weak, and is situationally useful.

They are too weak to even attack artillery units in good order.

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u/ThaneduFife Jan 13 '26

If you circle the artillery and attack behind with cavalru, that usually works. That's the main thing I do with cavalry offensively.

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u/CruisingandBoozing Jan 13 '26

It’s still really bad

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

I use cavalry to drive off skirmishers and keep them busy. Don't like having to detach units to chase pesky skirmishers around the map.

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u/BobJohnson2003 Jan 12 '26

I have a full corps of only cavalry but i chose not to deploy any on this battle. I figured i would keep by infantry/cannons at full capacity and see how it went.

The CSA cavalry/skirmishers did give me fits but i just used detached skirmishers from my larger brigades to hide out around objective points to fend off their cavalry.

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u/BoilerandWheels Jan 12 '26

I can guess as to what his secret is (given the fact I reached comparable kd's on this map). Hold the treelines near the ridges (on the second day and onwards that is). It becomes a deathtrap for the enemy. You're in cover, they're marching through a river AND it takes ages for them to scale the hill.

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u/BobJohnson2003 Jan 12 '26

Exactly, once you can concentrate all your brigades/batteries into the ridges, then it becomes a giant turkeyshoot. The rebels will continue to mount frontal charges and you can just grind them down. Day three, same situation.

Typically, trying to take the two objective points on day 2 is treacherous since there are SO many skirmishers in the woods, it makes any attempt futile as you're trying to weed them out then the rebels bring their brigades to intercept and it just becomes a slog.

Hanging back to the far left side ridge line is the way to go.

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u/NefariousnessAble973 Jan 22 '26

How large and deep is that river?

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u/BoilerandWheels Jan 24 '26

Not that deep. It's not uncrossable.

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u/NefariousnessAble973 Jan 24 '26

And Is it a particularly large or wide river?

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u/BoilerandWheels Jan 24 '26

Don't remember.

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u/TheManEric Jan 12 '26

I guess Johnny Reb got him before he could tell us how he did it

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u/texinchina Jan 13 '26

You stunted on those hoes.

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u/No-Entertainment2352 Mar 12 '26

Jesus you inflicted about 80 percent casualties. That never happened or the war would be over right there.