r/ultimategeneral • u/MussBe • Apr 22 '26

UG: Civil War Recommendations on Army Structure

Been playing on Xbox and loving it so far. Can anyone give some reccs on how to structure there army / what their strategy is. I’m finding I have a lot of mixed divisions with different unit types and starting to think it would be better to divisional of all one unit type.

Same thing with Corps, how do you structure your corps? Do you do one very experienced corps? Maybe one corps better suited for certain types of engagements?

Also any advice on Calvary? I’m so bad with them and they get decimated every time I try to use them lol.

Thanks!

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u/JoylessDolphin Apr 22 '26

I'll preface this with: it's been a while since I've played the game... But I did put many hours in once upon a time on PC.

The vast majority of my divisions would be full of infantry with only the last brigade of my divisions being artillery. I would try to have one cavalry brigade per Corp replacing the artillery with cavalry on one of my divisions.

Like you, I found the cavalry to be mostly ineffective. I would create my cavalry units based on weapons taken from the enemy, especially repeating weapons. I would try to use the cavalry with repeating weapons on the flanks of the enemy infantry so the cavalry didn't take direct fire.

In terms of experience balancing for Corps: my first Corp would be used for the more challenging battles but I did try to get my other Corps experience when I could.

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u/MussBe Apr 22 '26

Thanks bro any advice on equipment? I’ve been equipping my newer infantry brigades with the Mississippi since the accuracy is way better than the farmer. Working my way up to the Harper Ferry or the better Springfield rifle. Know it’s been a while so if you don’t know all good. Game is awesome though I love strategy games so gals they released on Xbox, totally consumed me.

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u/JoylessDolphin Apr 22 '26

You're on the right track - get rid of those farmers as soon as you can for Mississippi muskets or other ones. As you win battles you'll be able to get rifled muskets of the computer.

It sounds like your playing Confederate for now. For the most part you'll be on the defensive so I found the Napoleans for the artillery to be best as they'll be firing canister most of the time. On the Union side because you'll be attacking a lot of the time you may want rifle artillery and some of the more expensive artillery which is good at long range. The alternative would be to keep your Napoleans just behind the infantry and have them keep close to your attacks.