Noblemen 1896 with only Jackson’s militia. Main episode 3

A lot of people have told me that Jackson’s militia is really good but I have never found much use for it as cavalry is really good at combat and has less supply cost, anti armor units are cheaper and artillery units deal way more damage against buildings so now I will play through the game again while only using Jackson’s militia. In order to not make it too easy I will also use a bunch of other restrictions as with the right armor and officers it is possible to win with minimal unit involvement so I will also not use armor, not use officers, not use tech points, not use the cards landowner and farmlands as those are way too op, I will always play on hard mode and not repair classes within a campaign map. I am allowed to use my starting army for defensive battles but I am not allowed to move it. Cards that spawn other unit types are also banned (so no airship decap shenanigans) but building cards are allowed.
Starting with a blockade card is a bit overpowered. Also the bombardier is probably going to be my main weapon for the early maps since it deals a lot more damage to unarmored units than I remembered. In the end game it is going to fall off though due to all the armor.