Civil War: 1863
HexWar Games Ltd Strategy In-app purchases
Command the Union and Confederate forces in this turn-based strategy game.
- Rating
- 3.7
- 336 ratings
- Downloads
- 50K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Aug 24
- 2026 · v6.2.0
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About Civil War: 1863
Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game from the developers behind the international top-selling Tank Battle: 1944 and Ancient Battle: Rome. New features for version 2.0 include combat analysis, strategic movement, map zoom and combat improvements.
Key Features:
- 8 Mission ‘First Strike’ Campaign.
- 5 Mission ‘To Arms!’ Campaign.
- Includes battles based on historic events.
- Play the missions as either Union or Confederate.
- 7 Unique Civil War Units:
- Infantry with Muskets.
- Infantry with Rifled Muskets.
- Artillery.
- Generals.
- Wagons.
- Naval Gunboats.
- Dismounted and Mounted Cavalry.
- Changeable unit formations and tactics.
- Generals can attach to units to increase morale.
- More capable Veteran units and unreliable raw units.
- 3 difficulty settings.
- Detailed Combat Analysis.
- Flank Attacks .
- Map Zoom .
- Strategic Movement.
- Hours of Gameplay.
- High Definition graphics
Purchasable Extra Content:
6 Mission ‘Stalemate’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Hoorah!’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Rebel Yell’ Campaign
8 Mission ‘Victory Road’ Campaign
8 Mission ‘Last Stand’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Grand Command’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Leviathan’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Arsenal’ Campaign.
8 Mission 'Chickamauga' Campaign.
Key Features:
- 8 Mission ‘First Strike’ Campaign.
- 5 Mission ‘To Arms!’ Campaign.
- Includes battles based on historic events.
- Play the missions as either Union or Confederate.
- 7 Unique Civil War Units:
- Infantry with Muskets.
- Infantry with Rifled Muskets.
- Artillery.
- Generals.
- Wagons.
- Naval Gunboats.
- Dismounted and Mounted Cavalry.
- Changeable unit formations and tactics.
- Generals can attach to units to increase morale.
- More capable Veteran units and unreliable raw units.
- 3 difficulty settings.
- Detailed Combat Analysis.
- Flank Attacks .
- Map Zoom .
- Strategic Movement.
- Hours of Gameplay.
- High Definition graphics
Purchasable Extra Content:
6 Mission ‘Stalemate’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Hoorah!’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Rebel Yell’ Campaign
8 Mission ‘Victory Road’ Campaign
8 Mission ‘Last Stand’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Grand Command’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Leviathan’ Campaign.
8 Mission ‘Arsenal’ Campaign.
8 Mission 'Chickamauga' Campaign.
What’s new
Version 6.2.0 · Updated August 24, 2026
Updated compatibility with current Android and Google Play requirements. Updated Google Play Billing support and native 16 KB memory page support. General stability improvements.
User reviews
I like when good games have 2 player on the same screen
THIS IS THE BEST TRY IT NOWWW DO IT
A great little game
Great start for starters who want to learn some beginners strategy
Very good
Civil war nut finding Lee mistakes
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