Ultimate General Civil War

Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real-time strategy war game covering the American Civil War of 1861-1865 with unusual scale and detail. The full campaign covers 50+ battles from small engagements to massive multi-day battles spanning hundreds of square miles of terrain, including Bull Run (1st and 2nd), Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor and dozens of smaller encounters. The campaign dynamically depends on player actions and battle results, with historical battles also playable separately.

The innovative command system is the game's mechanical signature. You decide which level of control you want: command every unit individually, or just give them a main goal with one button click and watch if they can take that hill. Army division commanders can make decisions on their own. Draw a defensive line and allocated brigades will defend it like lions. Design a deep flanking maneuver by drawing an arrow, and the whole army moves to the enemy flank or rear. Your generals try to fulfill your orders, though no plan survives contact with the enemy.

Unit and officer progression run alongside the strategic layer. Soldiers learn to fight better with experience, turning from green rookies to crack veterans — lose them and reinforcements may not be sufficient. Historical unit commanders rank up based on their units' performance but can be wounded or killed in action, with new ranks opening larger commands. The AI is genuinely capable, flanking, hitting weak spots, cutting supplies, taking cover and retreating intelligently. Historical weapons range from mass-produced Enfield rifles to rare Whitworths, with terrain — trenches, lines, fences, houses, fields — all meaningfully affecting tactical decisions. The hand-drawn historical battle maps are built from satellite and historical map data.