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A Regiment at War: A American Civil War Quest

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Wasn't there a letter from the War Departme t saying Yates could raise Colored Regiments from North Carolina and presumably Virginia too? I'd bet all 15,000 mustering out could be made good in a few months of training. Might even be able to get the troops heading out to help train the new Regiments-esprit de corps as the torch is passed on to March freedom down south.
 
Skrevski said:
Uhhhhhh you are asking a big ask here. I can get a map of the immediate area, but will not do the whole country way too much and dont have the time to that. I do provide periodic maps across up dates that do help with locations.
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Thank you! I'm really unclear on locations so this helps even if it's just a single squiggly line dividing the map. Which honestly was all I was expecting.

Skrevski said:
The second wont be happening any time soon nor will I be doing wiki boxes again. Way too time consuming and honestly it would take me days to track down all that information. Going to take several hours just tracking down the numbers for the Raleigh campaign I want to get out.
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I figured you wouldn't do wiki boxes, it's more I'm just curious to how big of a degree of victory or defeat each battle is and those were helpful to showing it.
 
My analysis post of the Beauregard POV. :) I'll also do a separate analysis of the regular update, since this update is quite the meaty one.

Skrevski said:
General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was tired.
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Yeah, I can imagine. If Yates was beginning to feel the pressure of the campaign, Beauregard was almost crushed by it.

Skrevski said:
His opponent, Sebastian Noah Yates, had stretched him to the breaking point, none of his considerable skill, training, and experience had prepared him for the man who had become a raising star in the Union. It frustrated him to no end, having done all he could and more he felt trying to counter the hyper-aggressive and flexible Yates as he pushed him out of southern Virginia and eastern North Carolina. All the way to the state capital of Raleigh.
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Yates's lack of military experience seems to have played in our favor here, since unlike many other generals Beauregard would have faced, Yates is an unknown factor and isn't weighed down by standard military doctrine, allowing him to pull off maneuvers like at Bentonville and Petersburg.

Skrevski said:
His men had gone above and beyond in their will to stop the Yankee advance, time and again showing skill and courage in their pursuits. Yet they had come short every time. He didn't blame them, there was no blame on their part...
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Definitely. I have the highest respect for the common Confederate soldiers, who've fought like lions during this campaign. Sadly, as Beauregard said, they always came up short.

Skrevski said:
the officers however...
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However, it's definitely the fault of the commanders and not the soldiers.

Skrevski said:
He still, nor did he feel he would ever, hadn't forgiven D. H. Hill at Southwest Creek, the feeling that had he waited they would have had the best advantage to actually strike and break Yates' Army. "Damn that man," Beauregard uttered under his breath as the continued to walk.
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Both history and Beauregard will definitely damn Hill's actions at Southwest Creek as what doomed the Confederacy in North Carolina.

Skrevski said:
He had to deal with strong personalities within his Army, especially with James Longstreet as one of his Corps Commanders. Longstreet had strong opinions on things, it was often clear the man wished he was in charge.
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Hehe, sounds like Beauregard's got his own Peck, eh?

... Now that I think about it, the two are remarkably similar to each other.

Skrevski said:
Then there was Whiting and Wilmington... every day a telegram asking for more troops, more support, more everything.

Whiting had been proven correct that he couldn't hold Wilmington, a situation that made it all the more frustrating for Pierre as he tried to figure out his next strategy to defeat Yates without the feuding taking place around him. Whiting was now deployed in and around Fayetteville, having held off Jacob Cox from taking the city, a small piece of good news coming out from his Department down here in North Carolina.
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While this isn't particularly good for us, at least Whiting won't be meeting up with Beauregard soon if Fayetteville has to be held.

Skrevski said:
While Stonewall Jackson was technically under his command within the Department, General Lee in Atlanta gave him freedom of action, letting him operate as he saw fit. It was irksome but in the end it allowed Pierre to concentrate on events here in North Carolina.
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Inter-Army politics, away!!! :V

Skrevski said:
As he walked, more men were now up and about, tending to uniforms, preparing food, and resting sore feet. The amount of marching his men had endured over the last several weeks had brought hundreds down, with many hospitals taking care of bloody feet as shoes were simply worn down and utterly destroyed. The fact his men still could march was a feat in itself, much less being fit to keep fighting major battles within weeks or even days of each other.
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Bloody hell, my feet ache at the description of all that. Hats off to the Confederates: whatever you may say of them, you can't say they weren't brave.

Skrevski said:
He often wondered if Yates suffered the issues he did, granted he was vastly more supplied and equipped than his army, though North Carolina had been doing its utmost to do so.
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The South's uberfocus on plantations instead of industry bites them yet again!

Skrevski said:
He had planned the best he could, trying to get into the mind of Yates and figure out the tactics that would be used against him. Ever the risk taker, Yates seemed to always have a new maneuver up his sleeve. His movement with his whole army around his own at Bentonville was masterful in his mind, the shear audacity stunning.
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That pleases the ego of us all. Continue to sing our praises, Beauregard. :p

Skrevski said:
For Raleigh, he figured Yates would eventually try and get around his flank, thus he put the whole of A.P Hill's Corps on the hills to the west of the town to counter it.
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Damn, he got our number there square on.

Skrevski said:
He had also taken Hampton's suggestion to link infantry with his cavalry at several points further back along the railroad and roads past Raleigh fully expecting the elusive and maddening deployment of Buford's cavalry against him. The fact the Union, both here and in Virginia, had finally gotten their head out of their asses and was being used effectively wasn't serving the Confederacy well at all.
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I can imagine all the many nicknames the Confederacy are giving Buford, probably none of which are complementary. :V

Skrevski said:
Hampton still got his licks in though, Morgan having moved a brigade around to the Union's east and hitting several supply trains moving up before being run off by Union infantry.
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That's not too good, although in the greater of schemes, it's probably just a scratch.

Skrevski said:
The sheer force able to the Union was mind-boggling, especially as new and terrifying weapons were being deployed. The guns at Southwest Creek had brutalized his men, and when seen across the field men trembled as they feared having to charge them. The damnable Yates had also learned how to effectively use skirmishers and equipped not just them but his cavalry with repeaters, once more giving him the flexibility to attempt maneuvers that only a few years ago no one would consider.
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Technology for the win!

Skrevski said:
Another groan as he thought about the fighting at Raleigh. Damnit he and his men had done all they could and more, did those back in Atlanta not see that? Dozens upon dozens of messages and letters fluttered in, almost enough to equip a division he felt if they had been soldiers. His men had fought and bled, had bled the Union valliantly, yet the fall was still hailed as a terrible defeat. Did they not recognize how much of his Army had been saved with his strategy?
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It must be frustrating to give all you can sacrifice, only for you and your men to be booed and jeered. I feel for Beauregard, he's tried his best and, begrudgingly, saved most of his army, only for his efforts to not be appreciated at all.

Skrevski said:
It had taken hours for Yates to flank his men and hit the west. Tired and with the heat of the sun draining them further they had charged forward. Beauregard could barely imagine the amount of courage displayed by both sides as they fought each other here and elsewhere. They deserved every award and medal able to them. He even held begrudging respect for the Union forces, especially those under Yates.
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Hell of a fight.

Also, this makes me feel as if an eastern flanking maneuver would have been better, given how Beauregard predicted our moves to a tee. We'll really need to juggle how we fight kn these upcoming battles in order to throw Beauregard off


Skrevski said:
Fortunately Yates hadn't deployed anything to the north, allowing a good portion of French's Corps to withdraw relatively intact. French now held positions around Hay's Store just to Beauregard's north, orders to fall back along the Raleigh-Hillsboro road and defend that important town if Yate's pushed.
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Unfortunate, but it just means that the Confederates will have to take longer to reorganize and reinforce.

Skrevski said:
While he had seen large portions of his infantry able to withdraw, he suffered heavily in many ways. Desertions had been brutal the last few days, though he figured many would return back to the colors or be rounded up as they usually were. Some would be needed to be made example of, discipline vital for the survival of an army, though most would be accepted back without issue.
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Yeah, given the thorough drubbing we've given them, combined with the capture of Raleigh and near destruction of their artillery forces, I can imagine many wouldn't be as enthusiastic to fight as they were before.

Skrevski said:
It was his artillery arm that had suffered the worse, having lost thirty-two cannons while withdrawing due to the dual breakthroughs and desperate holding actions. Combined with other losses earlier in the campaign his artillery was broken for a while...
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The fact that we have even more artillery than they do is going to be even more compunded by this, we're going to have a big artillery advantage in the upcoming fights.

Skrevski said:
Beauregard had many fights ahead of him, both on the field and off, Jefferson Davis was not thrilled with him one bit... though he counted Lee in his pocket so hope still remained.
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A part of me wants Davis to replace him, ridding us of a troublesome foe, but that would also contain the risk of getting an even better commander on our tail.

Skrevski said:
He silently turned back around and slowly began meandering around the way he had come, deeply in thought about the future.
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A swift end to the war, hopefully.
 
timeForced said:
Wasn't there a letter from the War Departme t saying Yates could raise Colored Regiments from North Carolina and presumably Virginia too? I'd bet all 15,000 mustering out could be made good in a few months of training. Might even be able to get the troops heading out to help train the new Regiments-esprit de corps as the torch is passed on to March freedom down south.
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Going to take a long time more than a few months, as you also have to assemble the supplies, arms, and then train them up, as well as bring in enough to actually fill out the Regiments. They are forming, just will take a bit!
 
Jefardi said:
Thank you! I'm really unclear on locations so this helps even if it's just a single squiggly line dividing the map. Which honestly was all I was expecting.



I figured you wouldn't do wiki boxes, it's more I'm just curious to how big of a degree of victory or defeat each battle is and those were helpful to showing it.
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Almost done with the map for North Carolina, a bit more detailed than the squiggly line! lol

Also an issue is I sometimes don't remember all the numbers for all the battles lol (Getting old brain is losing steam meep!)
 
Alright, you rascals, since you want to delegate, I've changed my plan so that it'll give Skrevski the choice. :p

Vote for my plan, now, I spent a good time coming up with a good plan name. :V
 
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Duke William of said:
Man, the Confederates are having it hard in North Carolina. Almost half of it is in Union hands, and the army guarding it has been pretty broken up, with French separated from Beauregard. It's not looking pretty for the Rebs right now, and I can only hope we'll be able to end the war soon.
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French isn't that separated from Beauregard, can easily support each other.
 
The battle west of Raleigh sounds pretty brutal from the sounds of it. Beauregard basically predicted what Yates was gonna do. Maybe not two Corps and the Cavalry being sent but still predicted Yates action. Does seem like Yates won it but sounds like it hurt both Yates and Beauregards forces there. Probably the two Corps and Cavalry being the reason why Yates won. Though it might of forced Beauregards troops in Raleigh to withdraw sooner.
 
mrsean22 said:
The battle west of Raleigh sounds pretty brutal from the sounds of it. Beauregard basically predicted what Yates was gonna do. Maybe not two Corps and the Cavalry being sent but still predicted Yates action. Does seem like Yates won it but sounds like it hurt both Yates and Beauregards forces there. Probably the two Corps and Cavalry being the reason why Yates won. Though it might of forced Beauregards troops in Raleigh to withdraw sooner.
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Yeah. In hindsight, flanking them on the East would probably have been wiser, since it still enforces our policy of MAXIMUM AGGRESSION while also not going for the obvious target that Beauregard presented before us.
 
Duke William of said:
Yeah. In hindsight, flanking them on the East would probably have been wiser, since it still enforces our policy of MAXIMUM AGGRESSION while also not going for the obvious target that Beauregard presented before us.
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Maybe? Haven't really heard all the details yet. And there is a argument about making sure those enemy troops don't do anything while putting pressure on them. Then there is what doing the Eastern flank do exactly?
 
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