acy ' s ▁own ▁strategy ▁during ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁As ▁in ▁the ▁historical ▁conflict , ▁batt les ▁are ▁asym metric , ▁as ▁the ▁player ' s ▁Confeder ate ▁troops ▁are ▁limited ▁and ▁unders upp lied ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁Union ▁army . ▁ ▁The ▁game ▁is ▁turn - based ▁and ▁covers ▁seven ▁batt les ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Theater ▁in ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁bonus ▁fict ional ▁attack ▁by ▁the ▁Army ▁of ▁Northern ▁Virginia ▁on ▁Washington ▁D . C . ▁Each ▁battle ▁may ▁be ▁played ▁individually ▁or ▁serial ly ▁in ▁campaign ▁mode . ▁The ▁multi - day ▁batt les ▁( Second ▁Bull ▁Run , ▁Chan cell ors ville , ▁G ett ys burg , ▁and ▁W ilder ness ) ▁may ▁be ▁played ▁from ▁start ▁to ▁finish ▁or ▁the ▁player ▁may ▁start ▁on ▁the ▁second ▁or ▁third ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁battle . ▁Norm ally , ▁the ▁player ▁may ▁only ▁control ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁side ▁however ▁a ▁hidden ▁multi player ▁feature ▁is ▁accessible ▁for ▁campaign ▁mode ▁by ▁holding ▁down ▁the ▁C trl ▁key ▁while ▁clicking ▁on ▁the ▁" Start ▁New ▁Camp aign " ▁button . ▁During ▁campaign ▁mode , ▁the ▁player ▁in ▁between ▁batt les ▁may ▁dismiss ▁leaders ▁( ex cluding ▁corps ▁command ers ) ▁and ▁upgrade ▁or ▁down grade ▁a ▁unit ' s ▁weapons . ▁Le aders ' ▁ratings ▁may ▁improve ▁after ▁a ▁battle . ▁ ▁Units ▁lose ▁a ▁certain ▁number ▁of ▁men ▁to ▁st rag g ling ▁after ▁eng aging ▁in ▁combat , ▁changing ▁formation , ▁or ▁moving ▁around ▁the ▁map