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About American Civil War Battles

Great Battles of the American Civil War is based on the ‘Great Battles of the American Civil War’ board games, which started with the classic game ‘Terrible Swift Sword’. This game recreates the significant battles of the American Civil War. Each scenario in this game is a grand tactical, regimental-level simulation of a single battle, enabling players to test their generalship under the same challenges faced by the Union and Confederate commanders.

Key Features:
- Historically accurate game play.
- Accurate Civil War units.
- Play as either the Union or Confederate side.
- 10 scenarios.
- 3 levels of difficulty.
- Five categories of unit quality.
- Different types of formations.
- Detailed combat analysis.
- In-depth reference charts.
- Advanced tactical features including:
- Map zoom.
- Strategic movement.
- Flank attacks.
- Low ammo.
- Unit disruption.

Scenarios:

- Wilson's Creek
- Pea Ridge
- Kernstown 'Historical'
- Kernstown 'Breakthrough'
- Shiloh
- Shiloh 'Confederate Attack'
- Shiloh ''The First Day' Scenario'
- Cedar Mountain 'Control'
- Cedar Mountain 'Offensive'
- Pleasant Hill
- Monocacy Junction 'Delayed Arrival'
- Monocacy Junction 'Prompt Arrival'

What's New in the Latest Version 3.0.1

Last updated on Dec 9, 2021

Old Versions

Fix: Some sound effects not playing following the last update.

Version History

3.0.1

Dec 9, 2021

Fix: Some sound effects not playing following the last update.

3.0.0

Apr 3, 2021

Add: Support for the Metal graphics system on all Apple devices, improving graphics performance.
Change: Updated the combat capabilities of Cavalry armed only with Pistols.
Change: Improved A.I. opponent.
Fix: Missing some mount dismount button options.
Fix: Some screen layout issues.
Fix: Invalid font selection on some buttons on some platforms.

2.0.8

Jan 22, 2021

Fix: Change: Tutorial 2, so all units start in shooting range of each other.
Fix: Change: The unit shoot animations of 'fire and reload' often not working, giving the false impression that units did not, or could not shoot.

2.0.7

Jan 9, 2021

Fix: Some projectile animations not displaying.
Fix: The in-game player message were sometimes cropped at the left edge of the screen.

2.0.6

Jan 6, 2021

Change: Improved A.I. opponent.
Fix: Some screen layout issues.
Fix: Some units blocked from changing formation when playing on some wide screen devices.

2.0.5

Sep 9, 2020

Improved: AI has received a pass to help improve performance.
Change: Some UI updates.

2.0.3

Apr 30, 2020

Fix: Units may sometimes have been unable to attack adjacent enemy huts or tents unless charging.
Change: When a general ends alone in a hex adjacent to an enemy, after enemy shooting, it now evades if possible, or is destroyed.
Fix: Some units were not getting their shock combat bonus in a charge combat.
Fix: Some time flank attacks provided no benefit in combat.
Fix: A rare crash which could occur after charging.

2.0.1

Dec 19, 2019

Fix: Some line of sight issues from high hill hexes across lower hill hexes.
Fix: An issue where changing formation while leaders and artillery are in the same hex could sometimes cause a crash.
Change: Improved map zoom.
Change: Base line of site improvements.
Change: Faster A.I. turn execution.

1.4

Mar 24, 2018

Add: A whole new way to play, 'Historical Mode'. This is now an option on starting a new mission.
Add: Change log for all updates in the latest edition of the game.
Add: Change log to the help menu.

1.3

Sep 18, 2017

Fix victory conditions for the Pleasant Hill scenario.
Fix issues in Tutorial 4.

1.1

Jul 13, 2017

Fix an issue where infantry reinforcements would arrive in line instead of column formation.

1.0

Jul 6, 2017

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