Take on the role of a Civil War general, Texas militia leader, or pirate captain

The 19th century.  North America.  A time and place of turmoil that, once the smoke cleared and the blood washed away, would leave a nation forever changed:

• Bravely, an outnumbered ragtag American militia, supported by pirates and privateers, fought off the British in a grueling series of contests during the Battle of New Orleans.
• "Remember the Alamo!" was but one Texan war cry as they clashed with a numerically superior Mexican army, each determined to defend their respective territorial claims.
• Brother fought against brother, forced to choose the Union blue or the Confederacy gray; meanwhile names like Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Antietam and Gettysburg filled the pages of history, their footnotes written in blood, sweat and tears.

American Conquest: Divided Nation is a real-time strategy game based upon events in 19th century American history. Building upon the successful American Conquest series, Divided Nation offers nine historically inspired campaigns that span the American Civil War, the Texas War for Independence and the Battle of New Orleans.

• Research and employ improvements, fortify your positions, wisely manage resources, and lead your troops to victory in furious real-time battles.
• Nine massive campaigns.  Walk in the footsteps of famous Generals including Sam Houston, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant, and prove your military mettle in more than 40 of this nation's dramatic 19th century battles.
• Five playable sides:  The American militia forces at New Orleans, the Union, the Confederacy, Texas and Mexico.  Prove your military prowess in single-player mode, or demolish the ambitions of would-be armchair generals online.
• All in-game maps, troop, clothing, weapons and insignia are based on their historically accurate, immersive experience.
• Over 130 new units and 35 new buildings.  Use ironclads, Gatling guns, explosives, combat engineers, 19th century infantry, cavalry or artillery and more to prove your tactical and strategic prowess.
• A powerful mission editor and a random-map skirmish system, supporting massive battles with up to 20,000 troops per side, combine to deliver a superbly rich game with extensive replay value.

• Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP (not XP Pro 64 bit compatible)
• Pentium 4, 3.0 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM
• GeForce FX / Radeon 9600, 128 MB of RAM (Integrated/onboard graphic cards such as Intel 845G/852/855/865G, VIA/S3G Unichrome IGP (and other models), and the SIS (all scale) will not run this game)
• DirectX compatible
• 2.5 GB free Hard Drive space
• DirectX 9.0c
• 12X CD-ROM drive
• Internet Multiplayer game: 56K+ Internet connection
• LAN Multiplayer game:  TCP/IP LAN connection