Ultimate General: Civil War

Ultimate General: Civil War

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Malvern Hill Battle(OH HILL NO)
By ✠Baron Von Dorf✠ (SF9912)
Are you playing as the Confederates (aka hard campaing)
If you thought that Shiloh was hell on earth then you are right but oh boy it is just because you havent seen Malvern Hill yet
Do you HATE MALVERN HILL
Never fear for this guide is here
to help you over come the dammed Feds and their dammed cannons which is the biggest concern for you in such a scenario
I struggled same as you to get that damm battle with the lowest casualties possible and surprisingly I succeeded and here is how I did it :D
   
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First and Foremost your soldiers on the field
This was My composition and Brigade names and levels just so you the reader can have an idea of what I had at my disposal aswell as the size of the units and the (unfortunate) casualties and their kills :D
The line infantry brigades
8 infantry brigades
The Kemper Bads (the creme de la creme of my army been with me since Fort Sumter): 3 stars brigade 1101 out of 1700 and killed 2174 yankees
Minnie Hatchers: 1 star brigade 1101 out of 2000 and killed 1884 yankees
Fed Fryers: 2 stars brigade 1301 out of 1700 and killed 1560 yankees
Barrettiers: 1 star brigade 556 out of 2000 and killed 1447 yankees
Tremblers: 2 stars brigade 1232 out of 1700 and killed 1300 yankees
Trabuers: 2 stars brigade 811 out of 1600 and killed 1228 yankees
Raul's Brigadiers: 2 stars brigade 1006 out of 1700 and killed 1161 yankees
The Crooked Brothers: 2 stars brigade 577 out of 1600 and killed 722 yankees

The skirmisher brigades
2 skirmisher brigades
Naylor's Wits:[armed with Whitworths(TS)] 1 star brigade 456 out of 474 and killed 1641 WAN.KERS (Team fortress 2 reference :D)
Cabell Snipers:[armed with hunters] 1 star brigade 262 out of 500 (yeah im not proud of that really) and killed 682 wan.kers
The cavalry brigades
3 cavalry brigades
Church's Colters: (melee cavalry) 1 star brigade 256 out of 750 (not proud of this either heh :/) but killed 1150 yankees most of them were those blasted OP cannons that the feds have hence the high casualties to this brigade
Shaw (yeah I did not name this one heh): (melee cavalry) starless brigade 112 out of 400 and killed 268 yankees and again most of them were cannons

Forest Gumps (creme de la creme of my cavalry :D a skirmisher cavalry with long range carbines): 3 stars brigade 260 out of 290 and killed 260 yankees again killing loads of cannon crews I unmounted them and kept them in the woods as long as possible and with this brigade many skirmishers were annihilated
The artillery brigades
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3 cannon brigades

Stedman's Howitzers(12 of the 24 pounder howitzers yeah you should get them as soon as you can whenever you can :D): 1 star brigade 292 out of 300 no cannons lost and killed 591 yankees

Jonhstoners Arounders(12 of the 12 pounder napoleons yeah the most basic cannon you should get for small range effectiveness): 1 star brigade 299 out of 300 no cannons lost and killed 184 yankees not much you might say but killed enough of them and at the right time to just stop some charges

Them Crooked Crows(again 12 of the 10 pounder parrotts great for killing other cannons and it was ordered to do so with great effect): 2 stars brigade 280 out of 300 no cannons lost and killed 223 yankees not much but most of them were cannon crews
Second and Secondmost in which fields should your troops be in
Now I decided to use my 2º Corps made out of the 2 infantry brigades, sharpshooter skirmishers brigade and 1 cavalry brigade this Corps are the greenest soldiers of my army so I used them as a distraction while not losing many soldiers in the process
"THIS WRETCHED BATTLEFIELD"
This is what you do at the beginning

Thats right loads of marching boys, I had to run with my 4000 men skirmishers and cavalry to the other side of the river and would then set up the line infantry to guard the river crossing and then just sit there and wait while my sharpshooters would snipe of loads of feds and after many feds killed the AI suddenly thought that it would be a good idea to make the river a great advantage that it had into the reason of their demise (my original Idea was to rout the enemy brigades guarding the river crossin and the nmarch on the Union flank) as they tried to charge my skirmishers and since i had my line infantry guarding the only crossing 4000 rifles being fired you does not make your brigades that much healthy when the barrage is done and so the Union brigades would charge just to lose a lot more men and rout and then send another and another until I was overwhelmed and for a moment I though that my strategy would not work after all and so I retreated my soldiers deeper into the woods and the feds gave chase the AI used almost all of it's brigades to chase my 2° Corps (except the ones that are garrisoning the trees on the right and the trenches on the left)and their cannons were being targeted at them too so they were a little closer to the front

With all this in mind you should then move the fresh brigades that arrived to help your distraction forces killing and routing the soldiers on the woods of the left leaving a gap open in their defense which is advised to be exploited as your distraction troops might not hold out for long and get completely wiped out I moved the 3 cannon brigades on the hill as represented by the 3 on the map and started to shoot their batteries and with my advancing infantry brigades picking of any cannons that were defenseless the Union soldiers that tried to fill in the gap were slowed since they would need to cross the river to get back to the right flank and as they retreated my 2 infatry brigades distracting them opened fire at their backs resulting in a massive rout and while all of this was happening my snipers were always picking of more enemies whenever they could set the cavalry units to the points that needed to be captured
After that all happened with the expantion of the battlefield I sent my cavalry to capture those points I was able to finish of the skirmisher units of the enemy that spawned with my FORREST GUMPS and CHURCH's COLTERS aswell as get any artillery cannons on the way I dismounted the forrest gumps on the forests next to the southest capture point and shoot those enemy skirmishers to smithereens do not get cocky though even with most of the feds distracted with my green 2° Corps it is still dificulty to breaktrhough the right flank and the cannons are still too slow to get too close to the front and there might be 4 cannon brigades close to each other which is a tough nut to crack nonetheless hence why I lost so many men
I ended up causing as much as 14316 Union soldiers to lose their lives this day

and all objectives captured

That is all for now I hope you are sucessful in this battle and if there are any constructive arguments or tips then I am happy to hear about it see you guys in Antietam(another very dificulty battle so the rumours say :D)
And Last but not least
This is for when you want to fight the dammed yankees and their mercenary horde :D afterall why not hear some fine tunes from your real country ey mates anyways here it is:
The Southern Soldier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_vlmbd72o
I Wish I Was In Dixie Land:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OKdbc0DYpM
Bonnie Blue Flag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5xdgYLuFCk&list=RDf5xdgYLuFCk
The Irish Brigade:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ot7amDyqbY&index=12&list=RDf5xdgYLuFCk
Good luck out there my good confederate comrades and godspeed to you and your men :D
yours trully Brigadier General Andrew White Castle


WIN THE MALVERN HILL BATTLE but it turns out I can
Also here is the REBEL YELL good boyos as Stonewall Jackson said so himbloodyself :
"YELL LIKE FURIES"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3J3GuJFmE
PLUS WHY NOT GIVE IT A LIKE AND FAVORITE OR LEAVE A COMMENT IF IT WAS USEFUL TO YOU :D
16 Comments
✠Baron Von Dorf✠ (SF9912)  [author] 9 Dec, 2021 @ 2:44pm 
anytime and yes for people who think it is just because of states rights they are nitwits
A Spoon 9 Dec, 2021 @ 2:02pm 
Thank you. You accept history
✠Baron Von Dorf✠ (SF9912)  [author] 9 Dec, 2021 @ 4:20am 
States rights...















oh and slavery
A Spoon 17 Mar, 2021 @ 1:38pm 
Quick question why do you think the Southern States left for Dorf?
✠Baron Von Dorf✠ (SF9912)  [author] 13 Mar, 2021 @ 6:10am 
Checkmate Lincolnite
A Spoon 12 Mar, 2021 @ 7:08pm 
*Opens door* Ey guys I brought my Union army what did I... oh wrong Guide... I'll... I'll just go before people start calling me a filthy thievin' Lincoln lover in your words
✠Baron Von Dorf✠ (SF9912)  [author] 13 Dec, 2017 @ 1:33am 
No worries good fellow noe go on and show those damm yankees what for :D
Kristoph42 12 Dec, 2017 @ 10:35pm 
@Barron . . . . I flanked the left with 3 INF and 2 CAV. I also flanked the right with 4 INF. It worked out pretty good because the Yankees where concerned with those 3 on the left and ignored the 4 on the right. Thanks for the advice.
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1229842878
✠Baron Von Dorf✠ (SF9912)  [author] 10 Dec, 2017 @ 2:01pm 
oh well the Confederate Campaing IS the "hard" campaing :D hehe
Despotić.- 10 Dec, 2017 @ 12:17pm 
Correct, but Laurel Hill wasn't worth it for me. I lost so many men that I regretted ever fighting that battle. My comment was about the Confederate side. The Union side of all three battles is easier overall.