The Confederate Player finds himself in a classic position. He is concentrating faster than his opponent and has a chance to destroy him piecemeal. This is not meant to imply that he starts with a definite advantage. The Confederate Player must make the most of this because any delay will find him opposing a very strong Union army in good defensive terrain. As part of his general strategy, the Confederate Player should attempt to turn at least one of the Union flanks. This will force the Union Player to keep his army spread out. The Confederate Army should be able to concentrate against any section and give it a good pounding. One of the "must" moves on the part of the Confederate Player is to have a unit block the Hanover Road. There are two very strong reasons for this. First, it delays Union reinforcements a Game-Turn, and forces them to arrive further from the battle. Second, if they were allowed to arrive by Hanover Road, they would be in an excellent position to turn the Confederate left flank.
The Union Player finds himself in a delicate situation at the start of the game. His army is spread all over the map and his reinforcements arrive piecemeal and usually far away from the battle. The immediate problem is saving I and IX Corps from destruction and maintaining some sort of line at the same time. Of the two, however, maintaining a line is far more important for obvious reasons. If the Confederate Player breaks through the line he can threaten the entire position around Cemetery Hill. The next thing for the Union Player to worry about is any outflanking maneuver by the Confederates. He will find the Confederate Player attempting to stretch the Union line to the breaking point. Despite the initial inequalities it will still be possible for the Union Player to hold off the Confederates. Eventually, it will come time for the Union Player to go onto the offensive. It is at this point that he must he extremely careful. His attacks must be carefully considered and well protected on the flanks or he might find his assaulting force eliminated by Confederate counterattacks.
As in most battles, so too in the game, it will be the side which makes the fewer mistakes that will be victorious.
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