Civil War: 1864

Civil War: 1864 is a strategy game about the American Civil War, with more than 40 missions, including 20 detailed historical battles. You lead forces in battles across the war’s 1864 campaigns, with a new Map Zoom feature for viewing the battlefield.

The 1864 campaigns

In 1864, the Union made substantial gains against the Confederacy. Replacing Halleck, Grant attacked on three fronts. Although he gained no significant tactical advantage in his battles against Robert E. Lee, he depleted Lee’s forces. In the West, Sherman captured Atlanta and seized Savannah. Union control of railways and waterways gave the North a major logistical advantage, while the Confederacy fought a defensive war it was losing.

The game includes six campaigns, alongside a tutorial:

• Tutorial: 7 missions.
• Division: 4 abstract missions.
• Cold Steel: 7 missions.
• Duty and Pride: 7 missions.
• Blockade: 7 missions.
• Freedom Calls: 7 missions.
• Road To Atlanta: 8 missions.

All missions except the tutorial can be played as either side.

Units and combat

The game features eight unique Civil War unit types: infantry with muskets, infantry with rifled muskets, artillery, generals, wagons, naval gunboats, and mounted and dismounted cavalry. Infantry comes in four classes—Raw, Average, Veteran and Elite—and can take unformed, line or column formations. Line is used for shooting, while column is used for charging.

Combat includes flank attacks, strategic movement and detailed combat analysis. The game also features high-definition Civil War graphics.