American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Hi all,

I have a several questions as it relates to artillery crew loss and campaigns. If I suffer a crew loss and I don't recrew, do I rightly assume that the artillery unit comes back in the next campaign battle recrewed and at the same morale level?

Second, If I recrew the unit with infantry during a battle, in the next battle, will the artillery unit be recrewed in the next battle with it's prior morale level and/or will the infantry used to recrew the artillery unit be lost forever?

Thanks,

Kevin Killeen
Cadet, Union Army

Very good question!


[url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.r.barlow/acwgc/acwgc_personal_record.htm"]General Antony Barlow[/url]
[url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.r.barlow/acwgc/western_theater.htm"]Commander, Western Theater, Union Army[/url]

I believe that recrewed or uncrewed arty is not a campaign carry over. Only gun loses and captured are carried over.

Captured arty is returned to the original owner with a value of one.

Lt. Col. Richard Walker
I Corps
Army of the Mississippi
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division
"Defenders of Tennessee"

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<br />I believe that recrewed or uncrewed arty is not a campaign carry over. Only gun loses and captured are carried over.

Captured arty is returned to the original owner with a value of one.

Lt. Col. Richard Walker
I Corps
Army of the Mississippi
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division
"Defenders of Tennessee"
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You might want to verify the captured part. The last test I did only artillery reduced by artillery fire was carried over as a loss in the campaign if you were using the new artillery capture option. Captured and Spiked guns under the optional rules came back at full strength in the next scenario using them. The game only handles things correctly if you don't use the optional artillery rules (no capture allowed).

I have never tested the recrewing handling. I suspect it pays not to recrew guns since I doubt the game keeps track of this and returns the men used to the original unit.

LG. Kennon Whitehead
Chatham Grays
1/1/III AoM (CSA)