Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 5 [leaving room for the frustration variable]
- Offline: 50 [1000]
- Online: 0
- Estimated time for 1000: 15-20 hours [barring glitches]
- Minimum playthroughs: 1 [may need to replay one or two missions]
- Missable achievements: None
- Glitched achievements: 3 ["Melee Hero", "Knife Master", "Pistoleer"]
- Cheats disable achievements: No cheats

The achievements in this game are all pretty simple, although the Hard difficulty completion one can be time-consuming. With a total of twelve missions, and allowing at least one hour for each mission (a couple can easily be done in less time; several will require more), this game should take around twenty hours of gameplay to complete. The Hard difficulty also can be a little frustrating, with the enemy sometimes shooting right through your cover; but anyone who's survived CoD on Veteran should have no trouble.

Game Completion achievements (3):
The three "Game complete" achievements are stackable, so just start the game on Hard.

Accuracy achievements (36):
The trick to achieving 95% accuracy (Deadeye achievements, and also "Sharpshooter" and "Soldier" at the same time) on every level is the fact that the game allows you to save whenever you want. Simply save often, and reload if you miss a shot. Take your time shooting, unless the enemy happens to be shooting right through your cover... which is a frequent problem. The general rule in this game is: if the targeting reticule is red, you WILL hit your target; and holding LT aims at the enemy's head.

Note: the Gatling gun does count toward your accuracy-- so when you have to use it, just treat it as another gun and fire single shots and save often. I'm not certain, but I believe the cannon counts also.

Total Kills achievements (6):
The "Private" - "General" achievements come easily, as one playthrough on Hard difficulty should net at least 1000 kills. If you want to make sure you get these with no trouble, use some of the many points in the game where enemies constantly respawn (the earliest is the two cannon crews to the right of the path on the second part of Bull Run-- after destroying the cannons-- when you are told to take out the sniper), and kill until your rifle ammo runs out.

Collection achievements (2):
The photos and documents should be easy to find using this thread.

Special Kills achievements (3):
Pistoleer (100 pistol kills), Melee Hero (50 melee kills), and Knife Master (75 knife kills) are the most trouble because they are glitched. It's possible that, if you are using the "load upon miss" strategy for the accuracy achievements, the game might reset the count every time you load (I know I've personally killed hundreds by pistol without getting it). It is for these achievements that you will most likely have to replay a few missions on easy. Shiloh and Chancellorsville are the best choices for Pistoleer, since many of the enemies have pistols. Melee Hero will be fairly easy, since you can melee kill with any weapon; however, there are only a few missions where you are equipped with a knife... although the saber may count towards the Knife Master kills also (these 3 achievements are so glitched, it's hard to tell how the requirements are counted up; I got my "Melee Hero" early in the first mission after meleeing four or five guys). If you're lucky, you may be handed these achievements early; if not... good luck.

  [XBA would like to thank P1TTMAN for this Roadmap] 

History Channel: Civil War Achievement Guide

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There are 50 achievements with a total of 1000 points

  • To earn this award you must kill 20 of your enemies.

    See “General”.

  • To earn this award you must kill 50 of your enemies.

    See “General”.

  • To earn this award you must kill 100 of your enemies.

    See “General”.

  • To earn this award you must kill 250 of your enemies.

    See “General”.

  • Colonel

     

    100

    To earn this award you must kill 500 of your enemies.

    See “General”.

  • General

     

    125

    To earn this award you must kill 750 of your enemies.

    Simply kill a total of 750 soldiers throughout the war. While going for this, all lesser ranks will unlock.

  • To earn this award you must kill 100 of your enemies with your pistol.

    This one’s the hardest “weapon” achievement. The pistol takes anywhere from1 -3 shots depending on where you hit them. For easy one shot kills, approach the enemy then back away. The enemy will run at you, once he gets in the running stance, shoot him in the head. Shiloh is a very good mission for this achievement, you will be able to get most, if not all the kills you need on this level. Must be done with the Colt and/or Remington. This achievement is glitched, go for it once you start playing or it may not unlock.

  • To earn this award you must kill 75 of your enemies with your knife.

    For this achievement you must use the Calvary Saber and/or Bowie Knife. Kills take two hits. Just whack em down until you receive the achievement. Make sure to hit them with  and NOT (melee). This achievement is glitched, go for it once you start playing or it may not unlock.

  • To earn this award you must kill 50 of your enemies in close combat.

    For this achievement all you have to do is use Melee () with any weapon. Once you get 50 you'll get the achievement. This achievement is glitched, go for it once you start playing or it may not unlock.

  • Complete the game on the Easy (or higher) difficulty setting.

     

    See “War Hero”.

  • Complete the game on the Normal (or higher) difficulty setting.

     

    See “War Hero”.

  • Complete the game on the Hard difficulty setting.

    Complete all battles as both a Union soldier and a Confederate soldier on the Hard setting. You can see what difficulty you’ve done on each battle at the battle select screen. Make sure to put the save feature in this game to good use!! At any time press  and then select Save.

  • To earn this award you must find all secret photographs in the game.

     

    The complete list of where to find both documents and pictures can be found HERE.

  • To earn this award you must find all secret documents in the game.

     

    The complete list of where to find both documents and pictures can be found HERE.

  • Complete the Fredericksburg mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Fredericksburg mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Fredericksburg mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    First enter the level on Easy difficulty. First things first, run up to someone and shoot them in the chest. Once hit, either switch to a blade, or melee and only use that for the rest of the level. If you have to shoot, make sure it's dead on. Remember to use grenades. Doing it this way you’ll get all three achievements for each level at once. Repeat for each level.

  • Complete the Gettysburg mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Gettysburg mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Fredericksburg mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Chattanooga mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Chattanooga mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Fredericksburg mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Fort Fisher mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Fort Fisher mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Fort Fisher mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Selma mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Selma mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Selma mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Petersburg mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Petersburg mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Petersburg mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Bull Run mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Bull Run mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Bull Run mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Shiloh mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Shiloh mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Shiloh mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Antietam mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Antietam mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Antietam mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Chancellorsville mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Chancellorsville mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Chancellorsville mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Chickamauga mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Chickamauga mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Chickamauga mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Cold Harbor mission.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Cold Harbor mission with an accuracy above 75%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

  • Complete the Cold Harbor mission with an accuracy above 95%.

    See “Fredericksburg – Deadeye”.

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