Johnny Reb can have four, five or even (in rare cases) six figures to a base, and five bases to a Regt (at least in 2nd Edition), for me I’d just advise not to play JR III (basically JR II gives a “tactical” game, whereas JR III is more of a strategy/grand tactics game…it’s the only way I can explain it briefly). JRII uses a fig ratio of 1:20 (how old school is that to talk about fig ratios 😀 )

For the 200 men Regts, these can be converged into a single “Brigade” unit (still looks like a Regt, even if it’s all made up of command stands 😀 ), same for Confederate units (ie the Stonewall Brigade seemed to remain at about 600 men during the mid war).  You just then play it as a Regt (basically units in JRII are between 400 and 600 men. which is pretty accurate as to what actually was in the field on the day).

I’ve got General de Brigade for playing Naps, and it gives a solid (if bloody) game, another is British Grenadier (GdB for the American Revolution (or the American War of Independence as it’s now known 😀 ), which gives a VERY good game and really drives home the need to keep troops “ordered” (and not running about all over the place like a headless chicken), both of these I use for their respective periods (although some of my group have been muttering about trying to convert British Grenadier for Nap gaming). I’ve not heard of an ACW version of GdB, but if there’s an ACW version of British Grenadier then I’d definitely give that a look.

Black Powder is basically “historical” Warhammer, if you enjoy Warhammer then you’d probably like this set of rules. Just like Warhammer it’s quick to play (totally disagree with generals acting as hero’s however and getting into combat). But if you leave all reasoning at the door to the gaming room some gamers do enjoy it).

@torros if anyone is willing to part with their copy, I’d be happy to hear about it (however I’m not crazy enough to pay collector prices for it). may have some other “retro rules” to trade for it for periods I no longer play (like Moderns for example) if they are interest (or cash I’m easy).