As a newbie to the ACW series and not having a past affiliation with JTS games and the older versions of the ACW series, I am thankful and glad WDS is updating and making changes to the series (all series really), I also happen to be a play tester and work on some graphics for the SB series (plus I made a old wargamers mod for the PzC, MC and FWWC series, also been tinkering with some artwork for the Napoleon series), at any rate, personally I like the new Blue vs Gray counters, it so much reminds me of the old SPI classics from the GBACW series (Terrible Swift Sword, Wilson Creek, Cedar Mountain, etc.).
Here is one chaotic shot from the Overland Campaign.
For reference here is a screenshot from GBACW Cedar Mountain using VASSAL:
