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World in Revolution: 1861

@Narc; due to events related to the coming update, that territory does not constitute all of Ottoman North Africa, so annex away. However, Tunisia did have a rather high number of voters agreeing to join the OE recently, so, y'know, you might take a slight public support hit. Your call.

Threw in a little extra as a thank you for your patience recently. Also, as another thanks, this time for actively trying to find peace instead of dragging on the war for decades with neither side willing to talk as I feared would happen, have this ethnic map of Europe/North America.

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World in Revolution: 1861

Top Military Commanders of the World as of 1865


1. George Thomas (Confederate States Army)


2. Ulysses S. Grant (United States Army)


3. Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (Prussian Army)


4. Robert E. Lee (Confederate States Army)


5. Giuseppe Garibaldi (Italian Army)

6. William T. Sherman (United States Army)
7. Albrecht von Roon (Prussian Army)
8. Ludwig von Benedek (Austrian Army)
9. Michael Seymour (British Republican Navy)
10. Braxton Bragg (Confederate States Army)

World in Revolution: 1861

The Noose Tightens

The end was near for the Confederacy. The Union had been bolstered with huge numbers of soldiers, and were pushing deep into the Confederate nation. Sheridan, with 50,000 Union cavalry soldiers, rode out of Charlotte and began burning their way through South Carolina. They pushed hard for Columbia, but was repulsed by Confederate raiders. Undeterred, they used the opportunity to run supplies west to Augusta, giving Sherman what he needed to begin moving again.
(-1,300 regulars to the USA, -900 conscripts to the CSA)

Now the true campaign of 1866 began. Grant marched south out of Raleigh towards Fayetteville, planning on one more battle with Thomas. His army dwarfed Thomas', but the Confederates held a strong defensive position. Wave after wave of Union infantry smashed into the Confederate lines, only to be repulsed. However, 'Butcher' Grant lived up to his name, and did not stop the attack even as the death count rose. Finally, after a long siege, Thomas proved his foresight and decided it could not be won here. He withdrew south. To prevent Grant from giving chase, Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest flanked Grant and began to raid Union supply lines. With Sheridan busy out west, Grant was forced to split part of his army to defend the supply lines, and this forced his march down to a slow crawl. Thomas used the opportunity to withdraw his forces south and regroup in the town of Florence. Confederate engineers, highly experienced after so many sieges, quickly got to work building breastworks and defences.
(-67,200 conscripts to the USA, -22,400 conscripts to the CSA)

Sherman had not managed to completely alleviate his supply problem, as his men were low on ammunition and food, but Sheridan's supply runs had been enough to get Sherman moving again. He started by pushing east towards Charleston, but he would not find it so easy. Lee was determined to stop him from reaching the coast, and he quickly gathered support as Edward Porter Alexander abandoned his push into Tennessee and instead marched east to support Lee. A fierce battle developed; Sherman had the numerical superiority, but his men were in poorer condition after months of poor food and sleep, and they were forced to be conservative with their shot. Lee was under no such restrictions and he unleashed hell upon the Union soldiers. In the end, the Confederacy was unable to push Sherman back as they had hoped. However, Sherman's march ground to a standstill, and he was unable to reach to coastline. Resigned that he would not break the Confederacy in this campaign, Sherman settled for destroying everything he could inside Georgia.
(-64,800 conscripts to the USA, -23,600 conscripts to the CSA, -1 infrastructure sublevel to the CSA)

While the Union was pushing hard on the Eastern Theatre, it seemed Grant had all but abandoned the Western Theatre. Bragg continued his march north. Facing little resistance, Bragg was able to recapture the city of Memphis, Tennessee. The Confederates were losing territory in the east, but in the west, some of Bragg's forces managed to reach the original Union-Confederate border.
(-2,200 conscripts to the USA, -2,500 conscripts to the CSA)

To Lund ap Lunds [ Early Middle Ages NRP ]

I appear to be missing a fief. I should have 22 but I can only count 21. Also, for the life of me I can't find #74.

World in Revolution: 1861

ACW update tonight, hopefully. Computer is still being repaired but I've borrowed a friend's because I love you guys so much. I'm going to assume that those who have recently pulled out of the war won't want to continue with their war orders.

Also, with regards to some of the nations still involved in the war, most notably the Ottoman Empire, I would like to remind all those seeking peace with them that I don't want harsh war settlements, so be mindful when trying to find peace. I'm ok with taking some areas of land from them, but I don't want the Ottoman Empire to be completely pushed out of either Europe or Africa. Parts of it, fine, but not all.

To Lund ap Lunds [ Early Middle Ages NRP | IntChk and Sign-Ups ]

Flooby Badoop said
Like with the Bordering Bogans thing last game, you don't have to worry about that. Your vassals cover the whole border, but your House itself is safe. There was simply no where else to put you, and I did the best I could. I do apologize.

If it makes things easier, you could trade the western half of my fiefs with the eastern half of Nex's. It would mean we share the southern border, and my kingdom would be a bit more centralised rather than being stretched out thin like it is at the moment. Would mean I lose a border with House Vearin, which might have been done so on purpose. But only if it is easier, you're doing enough work as it is (side note; I like how you've taken the colours on our house sigils into account when making the map, it was a nice touch).

Also, if anyone wants to set up an alliance with House Harvestar, I'm all ears.

World in Revolution: 1900

Pepperm1nts said
Yo, Stein. If I wanted to form some kind of federation (in the long term) out of Austria-Hungary, how would I go about doing that? I'm thinking a federation with Austria at the helms, and with a centralized army (instead of two armies like Austro-Hungary has).

Ooh, call it the Danubian Federation.

World in Revolution: 1861

Pepper is the new heir of Austria and thus he gets war orders just like everyone else. If this affects anyone's plans, then change them. I'm expecting a shitstorm over this, but maybe for once you'll prove me wrong.

World in Revolution: 1861

Alright, everyone be quiet. Obviously OOC is affecting IC far too much in this. So, while we are still on holiday, I want everyone - and this means everyone, even if you aren't in the war - to analyse their nation, and their actions, and really have a deep think as to whether your opinions of other players are affecting them. Use the next few days to take a break from this RP, and try to get over these petty feuds that have sparked up.

@Pasta; I'm glad you have decided to stay. Take a break, and when we come back, I hope you and everyone is in a better frame of mind.

@ASTA; if the first post you are going to make in this RP is to bully one of the current members, then I'm glad your interest has been killed. Because I don't fucking want you in my RP.

World in Revolution: 1861

Ok, got some bad news. My computer is stuffed, screen isn't working properly. I'll get it to my computer guy asap, and I can keep up with the OOC/PMs with my phone, but I can't write big long updates on it. So WiR: 1861 is having a holiday. Computer will be fixed hopefully next week so I'll postpone the updates until then. Gives Stein the opportunity to set up his WiR.