Civil War: The Battle of Bull Run - Take Command 1861

Release Date: January 11, 2005

Strategy, RTS, American Civil War, singleplayer

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Take Command 1861: The Civil War is a real-time strategy that addresses the theme of the Civil War. Traditionally, the player will be at the head of one of the conflicting parties and, by breaking through a set of campaigned missions, will try to settle them to their advantage.

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Civil War: The Battle of Bull Run - Take Command 1861 Description

On July 21, 1861, 35,000 Union and 22,000 Confederate soldiers took to the battlefields along the banks of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, Virginia. You are now in control of your command... will you flank like Union commander McDowell, or is it an all out charge to secure the rail station?

Feel the intensity of the first battle of the American Civil War as you deploy your troops at Bull Run. Your strategic skills can mean the difference between life and death, victory or defeat! Immerse yourself in the battle that divided a nation and separated families! Will you change the course of history, or follow the exact plans of the Civil War Generals who shaped our nation and wrote the who's who among strategic battlefield leaders?

Features Include:

• 4 gigantic battlefield maps accurately depicted from historical records from the Library of Congress

• 14 different battle scenarios

• 3 modes of game play:

Open Play

Bull Run

Custom Battles

• Control 1000s of options:

Generals

Infantry

Cavalry

Supply Wagons