Battleground Civil War questions

[cillmhor]

Hi,

I have recently purchased the Matrix bundle and I am having some fun learning the ropes against the AI. I tried using the search engine to find out about these two questions, but nothing showed up, so I hope these questions have not been asked before, although I suspect they have.

Q1. I am led to believe that deploying skirmishers (I''ve only played Shiloh so far, so I'm not sure if you can deploy them in every game?) allows you to see further ahead in wooded terrain. Is it simply a case opf extending your LOS 1 hex in any terrain that blocks LOS? And what happens if the extra hex of LOS you gain from skirmishers extends into a hex which has a good LOS over many clear hexes, do you then gain all the benefits of that hex's LOS? And lastly, does deploying skirmishers mean that the unit suffers any combat penalties?

Q2. What combat use do cavalry have when mounted, can they melee and what melee strength do they have. Can they overrun guns and supply wagons when mounted?

Thanks in advance for any help, and hopefully I will soon meet some of you on the battlefield.

Cheers

Alasdair