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I always worry about having peasants as a garrison - Do you build them just to have bodies under the governor as a garrison that you never intend to press into service?
Yep. In fact, I sometimes assign governorships to peasant units that I just hired for garrison duty, if the unit leader is suitable. (Curiously, it's not uncommon to find peasant units with decent acumen and dread.) That way I don't have to worry about governors getting killed in battle because I needed their unit to fight.

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Quote[/b] (ferndaleguy @ April 14 2004,09:25)]
If you have a border, even with an ally, I'm always leery of having peasants there to defend
In border provinces, I always post an army there in addition to the garrison. When my army advances, I simply leave the garrison behind. You are quite right to never expect peasants to defend.

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Most of my reason for this post came from rebellions late in the game - especially when I have a ton of momentum fighting off an enemy - all of a sudden, I have 3 provinces revolting on me.
Yeah, I've heard of this happening, and to be honest I don't know the best way to stave off late-game rebellions, since they don't seem to be precipitated by a drop in loyalty in the province. As long as I keep happiness high, though, I've never had much of a problem with this.