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132 9/7/2026 11:05:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Return Strategy card to hand #39: 2 / Draft Riots in New York

Message from Union:
131 9/7/2026 11:05:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Return Strategy card to hand #89: 1 / Quaker Guns

Message from Union:
130 9/7/2026 11:05:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Return Strategy card to hand #24: 3 / Pre-War Treachery

Message from Union:
129 9/7/2026 10:26:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Return Strategy card to hand #31: 2 / Contraband of War

Message from Confederate:
128 9/7/2026 10:26:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Return Strategy card to hand #94: 2 / Strategy Board

Message from Confederate:
127 9/7/2026 10:25:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Return Strategy card to hand #59: 2 / Farragut

Message from Confederate:
126 9/7/2026 10:25:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Message Union can take back every card except River Flotilla. CSA can take back every card except Beaufort. Fever dream complete, we have returned to the second card play of Turn 4 and it is USA's play.
125 9/7/2026 9:39:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Message Flip Cairo. Back to USA.
124 9/7/2026 9:30:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

3


Message from Confederate:
Curtis intercept attempt (succeeds on 1)
123 9/7/2026 9:30:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #94: 2 / Strategy Board
Union player may make a naval move with up to three SPs plus one general.

Message from Confederate:
Activate AoW. Leave behind 1 SP and Van Dorn in Paducah.

Move to Cairo. Attempt intercept?
122 9/7/2026 9:24:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #89: 1 / Quaker Guns
Play as an interrupt to cancel the activation of any Union general with a strategy rating of 2 or 3.

Message from Union:
Build fort in Jonesborough
Back to you
121 9/7/2026 9:17:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Message 1 is left in Dover on the way over to Paducah
120 9/7/2026 9:11:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #31: 2 / Contraband of War
Confederate removes two SPs (Union chooses), no more than one SP per space. Void after Emancipation Proclamation has taken effect. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
Activate AoW. Flip Louisville. Drop off Forrest with his patented 2-SP Cavalry Brigade in Louisville.

Rest of AoW goes to Paducah.

Back to USA.
119 9/7/2026 9:06:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #24: 3 / Pre-War Treachery
Confederate may place up to two forts in any friendly controlled spaces with a LOC free of Union SPs and forts. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Union:
Activate Rosecrans in Pittsburgh (n2)
1) Uniontown
2) Grafton, pick up 1 (n3 with Rose, 1 in Grafton)
3) Parkersburg, drop 1 (n2 with Rose)
4) Jackson
5) Washington
6) Cincinnati
7) Vernon
8) Bloomington, joining AoT (n4)
Back to you
118 9/7/2026 5:21:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Message Wharton placed on Turn 7 track.

AoW did not do all that extra stuff. It stopped in Louisville with 5 SPs. AoT is at 2 SPs across the river.
117 9/7/2026 5:14:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Message Wheeler dies. AoW flips Louisville, leaves 2 and rest of AoW (n3) goes to Lebanon.

Back to USA
116 9/7/2026 5:13:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Die roll request Request: 5-sided die x 1

3


Message from Confederate:
CSA Death

Polk: 1
Van Dorn: 2
Wheeler: 3
Forrest: 4
Morgan: 5
115 9/7/2026 5:12:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

1
5


Message from Confederate:
CSA first roll, casualty on 1-3
USA second roll, casualty on 1
114 9/7/2026 5:11:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Message CSA victory

AoT loses 3, AoW loses 1

Rolling for leader casualties
113 9/7/2026 5:10:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

5
4


Message from Confederate:
SECOND BATTLE OF LOUISVILLE, SPRING 1862

CSA +7, USA +1

first roll attacker
112 9/7/2026 5:09:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6


Message from Union:
AoT attempting retreat to Bloomington
111 9/7/2026 5:05:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #59: 2 / Farragut
Union may make a naval more with up to three SPs plus one general. Move may pass one ungarrisoned fort without “running the guns” to conduct an amphibious assault (may not pass an ironclad). Ignore first torpedo encountered during naval move. If the port space is captured it immediately receives a Union PC marker. Add +2 to Running the Guns die roll.

Message from Confederate:
Activate AoW

Clarksville
Bowling Green
Lebanon

Do you want to intercept?
110 9/7/2026 4:57:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Message Price displaced to turn track. Back to CSA
109 9/7/2026 4:57:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

5


Message from Union:
Price casualty on 1
108 9/7/2026 4:56:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Message 3*/3 result, USA wins, AoT (n5) takes Louisville
Fort in Louisville destroyed
Last move is to flip PC in Louisville.
I'll roll to see if Price is killed. AoT is exempt due to ratio

107 9/7/2026 4:46:00 PM Spring 1862 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

6
5


Message from Confederate:
FIRST BATTLE OF LOUISVILLE, SPRING 1862

+4 USA, +3 CSA

first roll attacker
106 9/7/2026 4:41:00 PM Spring 1862 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #39: 2 / Draft Riots in New York
The Union must remove three SPs (Union chooses). If possible the SPs must come from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, or Washington DC.

Message from Union:
Activate AoT (n5)
1)Jonesborough, pick up 1 and Buell (n6 with AoT, 5 in Jonesborough with Curtis)
2)Salem
3)Vincennes
4) Bloomington, pick up 2 (n8) in AoT
5) Attack Price, Medium battle USA + 5 (4 for ratio and 1 for Buell), CSA +3 (fort and Price)
CSA to react/roll
105 9/7/2026 11:49:00 AM Spring 1862 Confederate Message CSA SW 82- -> 80-
104 9/7/2026 11:48:00 AM Spring 1862 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #63: 2 / Beaufort/Port Royal Captured
The Union Blockade Level is increased by one.

Message from Confederate:
Form Army of the West under Lee
103 9/7/2026 11:34:00 AM Spring 1862 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #116: 2 / Confederate River Flotilla
Roll the die, if the result is greater than the Union Amphibious Assault modifier, reduce the Union Amphibious Assault modifier by one, other wise no effect. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Union:
Form the Army of the Tennessee under Burnside with 5 sp.
-2sw due to Butler having a higher political rating
USA SW 94- -> 92-
102 9/7/2026 11:08:00 AM Spring 1862 Confederate Message CSA is not using any of its campaign cards. Back to USA
101 9/7/2026 11:07:00 AM Spring 1862 Union Draw Strategy cards 7 cards drawn.

100 9/7/2026 11:05:00 AM Spring 1862 Confederate Draw Strategy cards 7 cards drawn.

99 9/7/2026 11:05:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate End Turn
98 9/7/2026 11:04:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate Message It's a Dover party. Everybody in Dover.
97 9/7/2026 11:04:00 AM Fall 1861 Union Message Curtis to Jonesborough
Stoneman to AoP
Back to you
96 9/7/2026 7:31:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate Message SM

Remove:
1 from New Orleans
2 from Mobile
1 from Jacksonville
1 from Savannah
1 from Jackson
1 from Florence

Add:
2 to Paducah
5 to Dover
95 9/6/2026 11:55:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Message SM:
Remove (15):
2 in Greencastle (n0)
2 in Vincennes (n0)
11 in DC (n2)

Move to (15):
4 in Cairo w/ Burnside (n5)
1 in Jonesborough w/ Buell (n6)
2 in Grafton, WV (n2)
4 in Frederick, MD (n6)
4 in Manassas with AoP (n9)

94 9/6/2026 9:58:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message 9 States:
Richmond, VA
Dover, TN
New Orleans, LA
Weldon, NC
Florence, SC
Mobile, AL
Savannah, GA
Jackson, MS
Jacksonville, FL

4 Blockade Runners:
Charleston, SC
Sabine City, TX
Wilmington, NC
Mobile, AL

Kentucky++:
Louisville, KY
93 9/6/2026 9:53:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Message Good catch. Thanks
USA Reinforcements:

East:
DC 4 -> 12
McClellan’s bonus DC 12 ->13

Central:
Bloomington 0 -> 2
Vincennes 0 -> 2
Greencastle 0 -> 2

West:
Jonesborough 1 -> 5 (w/ Buell)

92 9/6/2026 9:22:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message Nah. You missed the -2SW for forming AoM
91 9/6/2026 9:17:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Message I believe the CSA SW was at 89-, so would be at 84- after war guilt. Agreed on USA SW now 94-. I'll be back to you with reinforcements.
90 9/6/2026 9:13:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message -5 SW to both sides:

CSA 87- -> 82-
USA 102+ -> 94-
89 9/6/2026 9:12:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message Jonesborough and Cairo flip back to USA.

AoP (5), AoC (4) and AoV (3) take 1 SP attrition.
88 9/6/2026 9:09:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #103: 3 / Seven Days/Chattanooga
Either player may move 2 SPs using Strategic Movement from the same space using rail connections only (10 space maximum) to the same space with a General who is then activated and must attempt to enter a space with at least one or more enemy SPs or fort. OR play this card as an automatic 2 space interception. Intervening space must be friendly controlled and free of enemy SPs. The intervening space may be the one just exited by the moving enemy force. No Generals or SPs may be picked up or dropped off during the intercept.

Message from Confederate:
Fort in Louisville
87 9/6/2026 8:59:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Message 1*/1 result
AoM eliminated, Van Dorn and Polk to turn track
CSA SW -5, 94- -> 89-
Buell and 1 sp take Jonesborough
Back to CSA
86 9/6/2026 8:55:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

6
3


Message from Union:
Attack AoM, small battle USA + 3 (1 for Buell, 2 for OOS) CSA + 0
85 9/6/2026 8:55:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #10: 3 / Dorothea Dix
Union immediately receives three SPs. Place in the Union Capital or in any space (friendly or not) that contains a Union army with a LOC.

Message from Union:
Activate Buell, leave 1 and Burnside in Cairo (n1)
1) Ironton, pick up 1 (n2)
2) St. Louis
3) Salem
4) Attack AoM, small battle USA + 3 (1 for Buell, 2 for OOS) CSA + 0
Rolling shortly
84 9/6/2026 7:52:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

2
6


Message from Confederate:
SECOND BATTLE OF CAIRO

+1 (CSA) v +3 (USA)

First roll attacker
83 9/6/2026 7:50:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message 1 casualty each. Buell has 3 SPs. Johnston retreats to Paducah (n.2)
82 9/6/2026 7:50:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

2
4


Message from Confederate:
FIRST BATTLE OF CAIRO

DRM +1 +1

First roll attacker
81 9/6/2026 7:47:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message Actually, same path but Price with 1 SP in Louisville and Pemberton with 1 SP in Paducah (still attacking Cairo with 2 SP with Johnson).
80 9/6/2026 7:42:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Event #99: 3 / Minor Campaign
Conduct up to two moves or conduct one special army-size naval move. No SP, general, or army marker may be moved twice with the same campaign card. You must move a different force each move.

Message from Confederate:
Activate A. Johnson, picks up Price and 1 SP
Move to Frankfort, pick up 1 SP (n.2)
Move to Louisville
Move to Lebanon
Move to Bowling Green
Move to Clarksville
Move to Dover, picks up 1 SP (n.3)
Move to Paducah, drop off 1 SP (n.2)
Attack Cairo
(+1 v +1 DRM)

Do you wish to retreat?
79 9/6/2026 7:12:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Message Also correction: USA SW is 102+ rather than 103+
78 9/6/2026 6:54:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Message 1/1 result. USA loses, per 7.33A, since there was a fort in Paducah Buell returns to Cairo with 3sps, rejoins the 1 left there for now 4sps.
The fort in Paducah remains.
Back to you.
77 9/6/2026 6:52:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

5
2


Message from Union:
Attack Paducah, Small battle USA + 1 CSA + 4 (fort* and USA is OOS)
76 9/6/2026 6:51:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #100: 3 / Shiloh
Confederate Player may move 5 SPs using Strategic Movement (rail connections only) to the same space with a Confederate General who is then activated and must attempt to enter a space with at least one or more Union SPs or fort. If a general casualty occurs in a battle caused by this card, the Commanding General is eligible, this is an exception to the rules. See 4.5.

Message from Union:
Activate Buell in Louisville, KY with 6 sps and Burnside
1) Bloomington
2) Vincennes
3) Salem
4) St. Louis
5) Ironton, drop 1 (n5)
6) Cairo, drop 1 (n4)
7) Attack Paducah, Small battle USA + 1 CSA + 4 (generals and USA is OOS)
I’ll roll shortly
75 9/6/2026 5:24:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #15: 1 / Mosby's Raiders
Confederate can remove two Union PC Markers in Virginia within 2 spaces of Winchester, VA. The spaces may contain Union generals, SPs or forts.

Message from Confederate:
Activate AoM

Move to Dover, drop off 1 (n2) and Pemberton
Move to Paducah, pick up 1 (n1)
Move to Cairo and Flip
Move to Jonesborough and Flip (n4 in AoM)
74 9/6/2026 4:43:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #38: 2 / George W. Rains, Increased Gunpowder Production
Confederate immediately places two SPs in any friendly controlled space in Tennessee with an LOC (both SPs are placed in the same space). The SPs cannot be placed in a Pro Union space or one occupied by Union SPs or fort.

Message from Union:
Form the Army of the Cumberland under McClellan in DC, with 5sps, Freemont, and Pope
USA SW increases by 5 + 3 for change in fortune USA SW 95- -> 103
73 9/6/2026 4:26:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #52: 3 / Trent Affair
Confederate gains 5 SW points. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
Fort in Paducah
72 9/6/2026 3:37:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #46: 1 / Pro Union Secessionist in Tennessee
Union receives two PC markers in any Pro-Union space in Tennessee free of Confederate SPs and forts.

Message from Union:
General Reorg

McClellan to DC
Freemont to DC
Burnside to Louisville, KY
Banks to AoP (Manassas)
Pope to DC

Back to you
71 9/4/2026 6:12:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message Instead, none in Columbus and 2 in Paducah, otherwise the same
70 9/4/2026 6:08:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message The river was too cold. Instead the AoM went Columbus, flip and drop off 1, Paducah, flip and drop off 1, Dover, Clarksville (n4)
69 9/4/2026 1:49:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #51: 1 / Confederate Torpedoes
Confederate receives three torpedo counters. Must be placed in a friendly controlled port, and no more than one per space. Torpedoes provide a -1 DRM against Running the Guns and a +1 DRM against amphibious assaults.

Message from Confederate:
Activate AoM.

Move to New Madrid.
Move to Greenville, drop 1 (n5).
Move to Ironton and flip.
Move to St Louis and flip.
68 9/4/2026 1:20:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #48: 3 / Brazil Recognizes the Confederacy
Confederate gains +3 SW. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Union:
Activate Freemont in Columbus, KY (n1)
1) Paducah, pick up 2 sps and Buell (n3)
2) Cairo, pick up the 1 there (n4)
3) Jonesborough
4) Salem
5) Vincennes
6) Bloomington, pick up 2 and McClellan (n6)
7) Louisville (n6 with Freemont, Buell, and McClellan)
Back to CSA
67 9/4/2026 12:14:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #13: 2 / Missouri Guerrilla Raids
Confederate removes two Union PC markers from any two Missouri spaces that do not contain a Union SP or fort.

Message from Confederate:
Army of Mississippi under Van Horn. Back to you.

CSA SW 94- -> 92-
66 9/4/2026 11:45:00 AM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #55: 1 / CSS Tennessee
Confederate may place one Ironclad in a controlled port or coastal fort space.

Message from Union:
placing fort in Manassas
back to you
65 9/4/2026 8:56:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate Message There remains 1 SP in Charleston, Hickford Jct is down from 2 to 1
64 9/4/2026 8:41:00 AM Fall 1861 Union Draw Strategy cards 6 cards drawn.

63 9/4/2026 7:47:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate Message CSA not playing a campaign card.
62 9/4/2026 7:37:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate Draw Strategy cards 6 cards drawn.

61 9/4/2026 7:37:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate End Turn
60 9/4/2026 7:36:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Message Remove:
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston (2)
Florence
Wilmington

Place:
1 in AoV (n4)
6 in Humboldt + Generals (Van Dorn, Pemberton, Polk)
59 9/3/2026 10:31:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Message Apologies, no rail or naval connection to Columbus, KY. I'll place that in Cairo, IL instead.
58 9/3/2026 10:29:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Message USA Strategic Movement
Remove from:
4 from AoP (n6)

Move to:
1 to DC (n5)
2 to Fredrick, MD (n2)
1 to Columbus, KY (n2)
Back to CSA for SM
57 9/3/2026 10:12:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Message End of Round Stuff:
Political:
USA PCs placed in Columbus and Paducah

Attrition:
AoP 12 -> 10
DC 5 -> 4

ANV 4 -> 3

I'll come back to you with my strat movements
56 9/3/2026 9:44:00 PM Summer 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Event #21: 3 / Confederate Overseas Agent
Confederate immediately receives three SPs in any open Blockade Runner Port, no more than one SP per port, but more than one SP per Blockade Zone is permitted. If insufficient ports are available, the excess SPs are lost.

Message from Confederate:
New Orleans, Savannah, Mobile
55 9/3/2026 8:39:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Event #5: 1 / Dysentery
The person playing the card may remove one enemy SP from any space that contains more than one SP.

Message from Union:
Played as Event, reduce ANV from 5 sp (incl. Cav) to 4
Back to you.
54 9/3/2026 8:18:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Message Attacker was CSA so 1 roll was CSA, so 0/3 result. Back USA to play next
53 9/3/2026 8:17:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

1
6


Message from Union:
Medium battle USA in Manassas
USA +6 (4 for ratio, 2 for generals) CSA +0
52 9/3/2026 8:08:00 PM Summer 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #97: 1 / Davis Tours the South
Increase Confederate SW by 3.

Message from Confederate:
1 SP from Richmond attacks AoP through Culpeper. Feel free to roll for intercept if you want and to roll for battle (you can just roll one die). This is a battle with Pope involved whether his modifier is used or not (Rule 20.0) and cancels the ops queue. Back to you.
51 9/3/2026 7:28:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #80: 1 / Southern Religious Revival
Confederate player immediately receives three SPs in a single space, and loses three SW points. SPs must be placed in a friendly controlled space (including Pro-Union spaces) with a LOC free of Union SPs.

Message from Union:
Begin ops queue on Pope in Manassas
Back to you
50 9/3/2026 11:45:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #128: 3 / Union Naval Supply Shortage
The Union blockade level is decreased by one. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
Form Army of Northern Virginia in Richmond. CSA -2 SW

CSA SW 96- -> 94-
49 9/3/2026 11:44:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Message Richmond is n6 not n5*
48 9/3/2026 11:44:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Message CSA SW 106- -> 96-
USA SW 103+ -> 95-

SPs removed from Richmond (n5), Sabine City (n0), and Savannah (n0).

47 9/3/2026 10:34:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Event #81: 3 / Emancipation Proclamation - Reshuffle/Remove
Either player must play this card as an EC on the Strategy Round immediately following a Union large or medium battle victory. Confederate loses 10 SW and 3 SPs (his choice). Union loses 5 SW. Flip GT marker to its Emancipation Proclamation side. Card must be the last one played by a player at which time it can be played as an OC card. If the play of this card as an OC results in a battle victory, there is no Emancipation Proclamation Remove from deck if event is played. If this card is played as an OC or discarded re-shuffle deck at the end of the Strategy Phase.

Message from Union:
Played as event following union medium battle victory last turn.

CSA to select 3 SPs to remove, then back to you.
46 9/3/2026 5:27:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #126: 1 / Valley Devastation
If Union infantry SPs occupy all three Shenandoah Valley spaces the Union player places a destroyed Resource marker in all Shenandoah Valley spaces. These destroyed Resource markers cannot be removed and prevent the Confederate player from using the Shenandoah valley as a supply source for the remainder of the game. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
Division move via rail: Louisville, KY to Memphis, TN (7 spaces, no intercepts)

Back to USA
45 9/3/2026 1:03:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

5


Message from Confederate:
Polk death?!
44 9/3/2026 1:03:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Message Typo in last message CSA modifier was +4
Result is 3*/3, with union winning and taking Columbus and removing CSA fort there,
USA can only lose 2 sps, since we were only fighting 1 CSA SP (7.81), so Buell is reduced to 3.
Buell will drop Freemont and 1 sp in Columbus.
8) Buell and 2 return to paducah.

SW Update for fort removal:
CSA SW 110+ -> 106-
USA SW 100- -> 103+

I'll roll for the possibility that Polk is killed.
43 9/3/2026 12:56:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

6
4


Message from Union:
Medium battle in Columbus. USA +5 (4 for ratio, 1 for general), CSA +2 (fort and USA OOS). USA will roll shortly.
42 9/3/2026 12:56:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Message USA victory in Paducah, Union and CSA each lose 1 sp.
7) Buell and 5 remaining sps attack Columbus
Medium battle in Columbus. USA +5 (4 for ratio, 1 for general), CSA +2 (fort and USA OOS). USA will roll shortly.
41 9/3/2026 12:49:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

1
2


Message from Union:
Attacking Paducah, medium battle USA +5, CSA +0, no retreat or intercept should be relevant, so I’ll roll. I’m pretty sure it’s a guaranteed victory and 1 loss to me, but in case of a mistake…
40 9/3/2026 12:48:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #71: 3 / General Scott, The Anaconda Plan
The Union player may either increase the Blockade Level by one or increase the Amphibious Assault modifier by two.

Message from Union:
Activate Buell in Cairo with 2 sp
Leave 1 in Cairo (n1)
1) Ironton
2) St. Louis (pick up Freemont and 1sp, n2)
3) Salem (pick up 1, n3)
4) Jonesborough (pick up 2, n5)
5) Cairo (pick up 1, n6)
6) Attacking Paducah, medium battle USA +5, CSA +0, no retreat or intercept should be relevant, so I’ll roll. I’m pretty sure it’s a guaranteed victory and 1 loss to me, but in case of a mistake…
39 9/3/2026 12:43:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Message More confederate lies! They actually left 2 SPs in Petersburg and 2 SPs in Hickford Jct!
38 9/3/2026 12:28:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #16: 2 / Grierson's Raid
Union may place two Union PC markers in any spaces within four spaces (includes river connections) of a single Union cavalry brigade. The four space range cannot be traced through Northeast Alabama and may not contain a Confederate SP or Fort, but may contain an Ironclad or Torpedoes.

Message from Confederate:
Activate JJ.

Moves with Beauregard and 1 SP to Hanover, picks up 4 SP and Bragg (n.5)
Moves to Richmond, drops off Beauregard, Bragg and 5 SPs (n.9 in Richmond)
Moves to Petersburg
Moves to Hickford Jct
Moves to Weldon, picks up 1 SP (n.1)
Moves to Hickford Jct
Moves to Petersburg
Moves to Richmond (n.10)
37 9/3/2026 12:17:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Message Confederate victory.

3 USA Casualties (AoP 12)
2 CSA casualties (JJ 1)

CSA turn
36 9/3/2026 12:15:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 2

2
6


Message from Confederate:
Battle of Wilderness II
USA 15 - CSA 3
USA +7 - +2

First roll attacker.
35 9/3/2026 12:12:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

6


Message from Confederate:
Johnson retreat roll
34 9/3/2026 12:01:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #32: 3 / Dixie Land
Confederate defiance against the “War of Northern Aggression” hardens. Increase Confederate SW by three points.

Message from Union:
Activate AoP
Drop 6 in Manassas (n9)
1) DC, Pick up Halleck and Pope
2) Manassas (pick up 6, n15)
3) Attack JJ in Wilderness
Medium battle. USA +7 (4 for ratio, 3 for generals), CSA +2
CSA to attempt retreat or roll the battle
Movement may continue in the case of retreat or successful battle
33 9/2/2026 11:10:00 PM Summer 1861 Confederate Message CSA does not play any of its campaign cards. Back to you.

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