This game pretty plays out like a sort of chess game strategy game. I bought this game nearly ten years ago but I think this game had some of the best graphics of its time. The game is really tough at times. The game requires you to really use your head before you make a move. The game provides differnet armies on your team such as: cavalry, sharpshooters, , artillery, and basic rifled army. Having these different groupings of soldiers becomes a sort of ro-sham-bo type of a game. For example if you order your cavalry unit to attack an enemy's aritillery unit be prepared to lose plenty of casualties. The game adds some visuals just like the early Command and Conquer games be showing actual reinactments of the Civil War. The game also features a campaign mode which you can equip your armies with weapons you can purchase. I'm not sure this game would be worth picking up today, but back then this game was worth the playing time.