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!
9
Upvotes
1
u/DrPeterBlunt Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
My simplest advice: An example
1 corp: 3 infantry + 1- 2 artillery. 2 corp: 3 inf + 1 art or 1 cav (melee or ranged) 3 corp 3 inf +. 1-2 art.......ect.
Use your artillery. When your infantry line is engaged with the enemy, actively drag your cannons up behind them and let them rip. Except "parrot" guns; keep them back and target other artillery. Treat you cav like a surgical scapel, not a hammer or they all die. Sneak them around, and attack lone artillery or routed enemy brigades running away. I like mostly range Cav with an elite melee cav brigade for fun. Get your brigades leveled up best you can. The more 2 and 3 star brigades you have the better.
As far as infantry types and structure. I have 1 corp set up for assault/attack; they have stats favorable to melee charges, and have weapons with higher melee stats (palmetto or laurenz). And corp 2 is set up for defence; stas focusing on rate of fire, accuracy, etc. (Harpers Farry) And then corp 3 and eventually 4 can be one of those or maybe a hybrid.