Wondering about fatigue........

[Dog Soldier]

Fatigue is not physically being tired. It is a measure of unit cohesion. Thus a unit during the day can march and remain cohesive (armies do practice this). Night maneuvers are much more difficult resulting in greater numbers of stragglers and loss of the unit functioning as a whole unit.

The Scots on the night before Culloden (April 16, 1746) attempted a night march to surprise the British encampment at Narin who were celebrating their commander's 25th birthday with extras rations and plentiful liquor.

What resulted was a disaster as the entire Scottish force got hopelessly lost in the dark. By dawn the two columns of Scottish highlanders had completely lost contact with each other. Lord George Murray found himself still 3.2km from Narin with too few men to attempt the surprise attack. In game terms this would be disrupted units.

By the ACW, night marches on roads might have been possible with excellent leadership. However, fatigue gained would model a partial "disruption" of the ACW unit from the night maneuver.

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