I must tip my hat to you guys, I performed very poorly. I found the tutorial to be very vague. In my situation it provided no information. Took me forever to just learn how to move my troops around. The first engagement went well, then I got reinforcements and the enemy set up but I couldn't figure out how to get messages to the artillary behind the confederate lines to get them to fire. Though I do agree the game was fun and has oodles of potential. Does the full game come with more detailed instructions or is it still a trial and error affair?