▁game ' s ▁but ▁with ▁greater ▁historical ▁accuracy ▁and ▁real ism . ▁Terry ▁Cole man , ▁the ▁w arg ame ▁column ist ▁for ▁Computer ▁G aming ▁World , ▁saw ▁Civil ▁War ▁General ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁tr end ▁toward ▁ease - of - use ▁in ▁the ▁computer ▁w arg ame ▁genre ▁sp ur red ▁by ▁Pan zer ▁Gener als ▁commercial ▁success . ▁He ▁further ▁noted ▁that ▁Im press ions ▁" ▁' bor row ed ' ▁half ▁the ▁title " ▁from ▁S SI ' s ▁game . ▁T . ▁Li am ▁Mc Donald ▁of ▁PC ▁G amer ▁US ▁like wise ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁General ▁title ▁was ▁chosen ▁to ▁capital ize ▁on ▁the ▁commercial ▁performance ▁of ▁Pan zer ▁General ▁and ▁Al lied ▁General . ▁ ▁Civil ▁War ▁General ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁Robert ▁E . ▁Lee ' s ▁campaign ▁against ▁the ▁Army ▁of ▁the ▁Pot om ac ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁popular ity ▁among ▁Civil ▁War ▁enthus iast s , ▁and ▁because ▁F iske ▁believed ▁that ▁this ▁confront ation ▁" con ver ts ▁to ▁computer ▁game play ▁better ▁than ▁any ▁other " ▁from ▁the ▁period . ▁F iske ▁described ▁the ▁game ' s ▁design ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁" mor ale ▁and ▁man eu ver ", ▁as ▁it ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁control ▁of ▁hex ag ons ▁that ▁increase ▁tro op ▁mor ale , ▁rather ▁than ▁on ▁victory ▁points . ▁Le ad ership ▁became ▁a ▁key ▁element ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁design , ▁and ▁Mc Donald ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁team ▁included ▁" every ▁important ▁Civil ▁War ▁leader