I played it and had a blast with it...
The first year of its release, I played a Demo at Gencon ('99 iirc) ran by Skuzzy. Had a good time and managed to get loaned a Union force for the Tourney later that show.
Came in Second at that tourney, by a die roll.
Just as well... as I had flown to Gencon, I had no way of getting a boxed basic game home with me on the plane.