Battle results are effected by battlefield terrain, troop equipment, moral, fatigue, and leaders. Map Showing Troops Battle options and the Results of Combat One of the most interesting aspects of the game is its emphasis on leaders. Troop leaders determine the battle intensity options that are available to you as well as the effectiveness of your troops in battle. Besides combat ability, leaders have several other ratings that effect game play. These ratings effect a leader's likelihood for obeying orders as well as their effectiveness in training troops.
Some leaders are cautious and unlikely to follow orders to engage enemy troops.
Other leaders are aggressive, and go out of their way to engage enemy troops. Just as in the real war, Confederate forces tend to have better leaders. This makes for interesting game play, with the Union player tending to have large, well equipped, but poorly led armies while the Confederate player usually has a smaller, poorly equipped army with excellent leaders. There are several different ways that the game can be won. The game automatically ends if either side wins a decisive military victory by capturing their opponents capital.