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Jim, who knows what the game designers were thinking? I've studied the 3rd Arkansas Regiment (and the Texas Brigade ANV) extensively for more than 25 years, and I can discern no qualitative difference among the various regiments. Lee considered the whole brigade to be elite -- sometimes referring to them as his "Grenadier Guard" (a reference to an elite British regiment of the time).

Col. Van H. Manning of the 3rd Arkansas was consistently praised as a superior regimental commander, and was on the short list for promotion to brigadier-general, before his career was abruptly cut short at the Battle of the Wilderness.

More books have been written about the 4th Texas Regiment than about any other regiment in the brigade. Perhaps having good press was a factor in the gamers' minds.

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