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54 11/4/2026 4:29:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #113: 2 / Washington Defenses
The Union player may place 3 forts in friendly controlled spaces, unoccupied by Confederate SPs, on or within two spaces of the Union Capital (any location) OR 2 forts in any friendly controlled spaces unoccupied by Confederate SPs. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
Activate Smith and 2 in Bowling Green (2)

1 Clarksville (1) d1 n1
2-4 Columbus (2)
5-8 return to Bowling Green (2)
53 11/4/2026 4:10:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #106: 3 / British Clydeside Shipyards
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 Union:
1 SP in DC (6-0) via naval > St Augustine FL (1)
52 11/4/2026 10:41:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Event #47: 3 / CSA Recognizes KY, MO, MD and DE
Confederate places a total of two SPs in any single space in KY, MO, MD or DE that contains a general or army in these states. The space can be controlled by either side or neutral and does not require a LOC. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
2 SPs in Bowling Green (4)
51 11/4/2026 10:36:00 AM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Event #95: 2 / Strategy Board
Union player may make a naval move with up to three SPs plus one general.

Message from Union:
2 SPs DC (7-0) via naval > Fernandina FL (2)
50 11/4/2026 10:33:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #63: 2 / Beaufort/Port Royal Captured
The Union Blockade Level is increased by one.

Message from Confederate:
Activate Stuart in Murfreesboro (0) Via rail…

1-12 Gordonsville (2-1)
49 11/4/2026 10:18:00 AM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Event #96: 2 / Strategy Board
Union player may make a naval move with up to three SPs plus one general.

Message from Union:
Buell + 2 via naval > Jacksonville FL (2)
48 11/4/2026 10:11:00 AM Fall 1861 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 Smith alone in Dover (2)

1-2 Columbus (1) pu1 n1
3-5 Franklin (0) pu Stuart n2-1
6 Murfreesboro (1-1) d Stuart n1
7 Nashville (1) pu1 n2
8 Bowling Green (2)
47 11/4/2026 9:46:00 AM Fall 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:
Oh no -- rough conditions in Manassas VA! CSA now has 4 SPs there.
46 11/4/2026 8:31:00 AM Fall 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #43: 1 / Kansas Admitted to Union
Union immediately gains one SP in any friendly or neutral space in Missouri free of Confederate SPs. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
Activate Van Dorn and 1 in Culpeper (1) via rail

1-2 Strasburg (0) pu2 and Beau n3
3 Manassas (5) d2 n1
4 Culpeper (2) d1 and Beau
5-7 Richmond (1) pu1 n1
8-9 Gordonsville (1)
45 11/3/2026 9:18:00 PM Fall 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Event #114: 3 / Frederick Douglas
Union immediately receives five SPs for raising freemen Negro troops. The SPs can be placed in any single Union controlled space with a LOC in NJ, DE, PA or the space that contains the Union capital that does not contain Confederate SPs or forts. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Union:
5 SPs > AoP (11-0)
44 11/3/2026 7:13:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message You may proceed suh.
43 11/3/2026 7:09:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Draw Strategy cards 6 cards drawn.

42 11/3/2026 7:07:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Message Pemberton to Columbus
Van Dorn to Culpeper
41 11/3/2026 7:07:00 PM Fall 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 999-sided die x 2

860
851


Message from Confederate:
SM
Pensacola (0) to Manassas (3)
2 Hanover (0) to Culpeper (2)

GO
Pemberton
Van Dorn

High to Columbus, KY and low to Culpeper.


40 11/3/2026 10:09:00 AM Fall 1861 Union Draw Strategy cards 6 cards drawn.

39 11/3/2026 10:09:00 AM Fall 1861 Union Message USA SM
1 Salem/Vandalia IL (0) > Harper's Ferry VA (4)
1 Jonesborough IL (1) > Frederick MD (4)
1 DC (3-0) > Fort Monroe VA (2)
1 Jonesborough IL (0) > DC (4-0)
2 Cairo IL (0) > AoP (6-0)
1 Louisville KY (1) > Pittsburgh PA (2)

GO
Halleck > AoP
38 11/3/2026 9:58:00 AM Summer 1861 Union End Turn Deck was reshuffled.

37 11/3/2026 9:58:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Message EOT
USA PC: Parkersburg, Charleston, Weston, and Grafton WV
CSA PC: Greenville MO

WV converts > USA. USA PCs in Franklin, Wheeling, and Lewisburg WV. USA +5 SW

USA 108(+) / CSA 96(-)

USA Attrition: AoP (4-0); Harper's Ferry VA (3); Frederick MD (3)
CSA Attrition: None
36 11/3/2026 9:36:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Message I moved my SP 4 spaces and wanted to end in Greenville. Mistake on my part and my generous opponent said it was fine.

35 11/3/2026 9:26:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #37: 2 / Confederate Scientist
Confederate immediately receives three SPs in any friendly controlled space with a LOC, free of Union SPs or forts. No more than one SP per confederate controlled state. No SPs may be placed in Pro-Union spaces.

Message from Union:
Pope + 6 in Bloomington IN (0)

1-5) Parkersburg WV (2) d2 (4)
6) Charleston WV (1) d1 (3)
7) Weston WV (1) d1 (2)
8) Grafton WV (2)
34 11/3/2026 9:17:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Event #104: 1 / Big Bethel
Either player may move up to two infantry SPs from the same space as if they were led by a General. This move is a Corps move and may enter enemy controlled spaces because the SPs are moving as if they are led by a general.

Message from Confederate:
Activate 1 SP in Dover (2)

1-4 to Ironton (1)

33 11/3/2026 9:12:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Event #69: 3 / Gideon Welles, The Naval Program
The Union player may either increase the Blockade Level by one or increase the Amphibious Assault modifier by two.

Message from Union:
Blockade > 1
32 11/3/2026 9:09:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate 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 Confederate:
Remove SP in Pittsburgh (1)
31 11/3/2026 9:06:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Set Deck Reshuffle Deck will be reshuffled before next deal
30 11/3/2026 9:01:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Discard random Strategy card Operations - 3 / Foreign Intervention - Reshuffle/Remove

Message from Confederate:
Lost card
29 11/3/2026 9:00:00 AM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Event #119: 2 / War in the West: Valverde/Glorietta Pass
Randomly remove one strategy card from your opponent’s hand, which is discarded. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Union:
Please discard your finest card, then your turn.
28 11/3/2026 8:59:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #49: 3 / CSS Alabama, Commerce Raider
Union SW reduced by two.

Message from Confederate:
PCs in Frankfort and Somerset, KY; last in Grafton
27 11/3/2026 8:55:00 AM Summer 1861 Union 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 Union:
As I have no cavalry, I shall use this card for ops.

USA PCs in Falmouth and Lexington KY.
26 11/3/2026 8:51:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Message He survives, but will need to recover (to TT)
25 11/3/2026 8:50:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 6-sided die x 1

5


Message from Confederate:
Halleck is selected.

1-3 He is killed and removed from the game
4-6 He is wounded and goes to the TT
24 11/3/2026 8:49:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 999-sided die x 3

258
144
951


Message from Confederate:
GOs at risk

Buell
Fremont
Halleck

Highest number is the one selected...
23 11/3/2026 8:49:00 AM Summer 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Event #4: 1 / Costly Mistake
Pick an enemy army with two or more subordinate generals (includes Cavalry Generals) and randomly determine a target general. On a die roll of 1-3 the chosen general is killed and removed from play. On a die roll of 4-6 the general is wounded and removed from play, but re-enters during the reinforcement phase of the next game turn.

Message from Confederate:
Targeting the AoP.

Rolling next to determine who is selected.
22 11/1/2026 9:11:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #109: 2 / Fortified Lines
The Confederate player may place up to two forts in any friendly controlled space with an LOC free of Union SPs and forts.

Message from Union:
GO reorg
McClellan (Baltimore MD) > Frederick MD
Burnside (Frederick MD) > St. Louis MO
Fremont (St. Louis) > DC (AoP DCG)
Pope (Pittsburgh PA) > Bloomington IN
Banks (Bloomington IN) > Pittsburgh PA
Halleck (Lebanon KY) > DC
Buell (Cairo IL) > DC
21 11/1/2026 5:47:00 PM Summer 1861 Confederate Message You may proceed when you wish.
20 11/1/2026 5:44:00 PM Summer 1861 Confederate Draw Strategy cards 5 cards drawn.

19 11/1/2026 5:41:00 PM Summer 1861 Confederate Message CORRECTION. There is no SP in Clarksville.
I had planned for one, but at the last minute changed New Orleans to Dover (3).

Smith to Clarksville (3)
Bragg to Richmond (2)
18 11/1/2026 5:38:00 PM Summer 1861 Confederate Die roll request Request: 999-sided die x 2

58
820


Message from Confederate:
Reinforcements (9 + 4 BRs)

AL Fort Morgan (1)
AR Little Rock (2)
FL Pensacola (1)
GA Columbus (1)
LA Fts St F/J (1)
MS Corinth (1)
NC Ft Fisher (1)
TN Nashville (2)
VA Richmond (2)
BR1 Wilmington (1)
BR2 Charleston (1)
BR3 Mobile (2)
BR4 New Orleans (1)

SMs
Corinth (0) to Dover (2)
Wilmington (0) to Hanover (1)
Charleston (0) to Hanover (2)
Mobile (1) to Columbus (2) KY
Mobile (0) to Franklin (1) TN
New Orleans (0) to Dover (3)

GOs
Bragg
Smith

High to Clarksville, Low to Richmond


Stuart to Franklin

17 11/1/2026 5:01:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Draw Strategy cards 5 cards drawn.

16 11/1/2026 5:00:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Message Banks > Bloomington IN
Halleck > Lebanon KY
Pope > Pittsburgh PA
Rosecrans > Harper's Ferry VA
Burnside > Frederick MD
McClellan > Baltimore MD
Buell > Cairo IL
15 11/1/2026 4:56:00 PM Summer 1861 Union Die roll request Request: 999-sided die x 7

999
150
230
840
151
727
656


Message from Union:
Correction to EOT: Fort Pickens > USA. CSA -1 SW and -3 CoF. USA +1 SW and +2 CoF.

USA 103(+) / CSA 96(-)

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USA Reinforcements
8 DC (10-0)
6 Bloomington IN (6)
1 Cairo IL (2)
2 Jonesborough IL (2)
1 Salem/Vandalia IL (1)

SM
1 Fort Gadsen FL (1) via naval > Fort Pickens FL (1)
1 Philadelphia PA (0) > Baltimore MD (1)
2 DC (8-0) > Harper's Ferry VA (4)
3 DC (5-0) > Frederick MD (4)
1 Columbus OH (0) > Lebanon KY (1)
1 Indianapolis IN (0) > Lebanon KY (2)
1 Cincinnati OH (0) > Louisville KY (1)
1 Springfield IL (0) > Louisville KY (2)

GOs
Banks
Buell
Burnside
Halleck
McClellan
Pope
Rosecrans

High DR > Bloomington IN, then Lebanon KY, Pittsburgh PA, Harper's Ferry VA, Frederick MD, Baltimore MD, and Cairo IL
14 11/1/2026 4:26:00 PM Spring 1861 Union End Turn
13 11/1/2026 4:26:00 PM Spring 1861 Union Message EOT
USA PC: Fort Gadsen FL
12 11/1/2026 2:56:00 PM Spring 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #112: 2 / Severe Storms at Sea
Interrupt card, cancel a Naval movement initiated by a 3OC. This card cannot cancel a Naval movement initiated by an Event card (including a naval movement initiated by a campaign card event). Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
PCs in Paducah and Bowling Green
11 11/1/2026 2:48:00 PM Spring 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Event #57: 2 / Admiral Foote
Union may make a naval move with up to three SPs plus one general. If an amphibious assault occurs, you receive an additional +2 DRM. Add +2DRM to any Running the Guns die roll.

Message from Union:
3 SPs in DC > AA vs Fort Gadsen FL.

Result will be a USA win with either 2 SPs or 3 SPs remaining. Rather than roll, I will just leave 2 SPs there since one would be lost at EOT anyway.
10 11/1/2026 2:47:00 PM Spring 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Operations #68: 2 / Lincoln Declares Southern Blockade
The Union Blockade Level is increased by one. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Confederate:
I did NOT play this card when I moved J Johnston and Beau's forces around.

So, to keep the record right.
9 11/1/2026 2:45:00 PM Spring 1861 Confederate Play Strategy card as Event #118: 3 / Mexican Supply Line
Confederate player receives 2 SP in any friendly controlled Texas space (both SPs placed in the same space). The space does not need a LOC. The space may not contain Union SPs or forts. If no eligible space exists the SPs are lost.

Message from Confederate:
2 SPs in Sabine City (2)
8 11/1/2026 2:42:00 PM Spring 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #115: 2 / Galveston
The Confederate player may move 1 SP from a blockade runner port (open or closed) to its associated ungarrisoned Union controlled coastal fort (no Union SP present) and immediately place a Confederate PC marker (does not require a LOC) in the Coastal fort space. Remove from deck if event is played.

Message from Union:
USA PCs > Louisville and Lebanon KY
7 11/1/2026 2:41:00 PM Spring 1861 Confederate 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 Confederate:
Fort in Manassas (2)
6 11/1/2026 2:39:00 PM Spring 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #54: 1 / CSS Virginia
Confederate may place one Ironclad in a controlled port or coastal fort space.

Message from Union:
Fort Harper's Ferry VA
5 11/1/2026 2:38:00 PM Spring 1861 Confederate Message Activate J Johnston and 1 in Winchester (0)

1-2 Manassas (2) pu1 and Beau n2
3 Strasburg (2) d2 and Beau n0
4 Manassas (2)

4 11/1/2026 2:30:00 PM Spring 1861 Union Play Strategy card as Operations #56: 1 / CSS Hunley
Place the CSS Hunley marker in any friendly port. Provides a +1 DRM to Confederate during next amphibious assault. Remove Hunley once modifier has been used. No more than one Hunley can be in play at a given time.

Message from Union:
Fort > Frederick MD
3 11/1/2026 2:29:00 PM Spring 1861 Confederate Message You may go furst suh.
2 11/1/2026 2:27:00 PM Spring 1861 Confederate Draw Strategy cards 4 cards drawn.

1 11/1/2026 2:10:00 PM Spring 1861 Union Draw Strategy cards 4 cards drawn.

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