i frequently defeat the US as the Confederate states. First thing to do is abandon the idea of economic development proor to victory. As soon as the game starts, every available body must be mobilised into the army.The key is to defeat US armies in pennsylvania and northern Virginia, holding your
ground in maryland long enough that the state of maryland votes to leave the USA and join your confederacy. This will be giving you breathing space, AND manpower(MD is quite a populous state-vital for the early confederate army-they you build sufficient troops to punch through Kentucky-holding it long enough that it defects toyou, and the, the killer blow to the US is to cut through Ohio to the great lakes-this cuts the links between the eastern US and the west-no troops can be deployed out west after that, so as long as you have sufficient defence of your frontiers out west, that should remain stable, giving you time to devote all your effort to building armies headng due east.
I generally find that, as galling as it is, you should never call the US bluff when they go for peace-never demand `all theborder states`-just take what you have....by the time you get any peace offer, your economy, such as the CS economy is at first, has been totally given over to supportin the war, and you need to demobilise your armies ASAP to get ppl back into the labour pool(generally, every man available is, of necessity turned into a solider to support the confederate armies)
What are other peoples confederate victory ideas?
ground in maryland long enough that the state of maryland votes to leave the USA and join your confederacy. This will be giving you breathing space, AND manpower(MD is quite a populous state-vital for the early confederate army-they you build sufficient troops to punch through Kentucky-holding it long enough that it defects toyou, and the, the killer blow to the US is to cut through Ohio to the great lakes-this cuts the links between the eastern US and the west-no troops can be deployed out west after that, so as long as you have sufficient defence of your frontiers out west, that should remain stable, giving you time to devote all your effort to building armies headng due east.
I generally find that, as galling as it is, you should never call the US bluff when they go for peace-never demand `all theborder states`-just take what you have....by the time you get any peace offer, your economy, such as the CS economy is at first, has been totally given over to supportin the war, and you need to demobilise your armies ASAP to get ppl back into the labour pool(generally, every man available is, of necessity turned into a solider to support the confederate armies)
What are other peoples confederate victory ideas?
