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Early August, 1861

National Morale:
USA = 100
CSA = 100

Victory Points:
USA = 18
CSA = 18

Total Combat Losses:
USA = 0
CSA = 0

CSA captured Fayetteville Depot AR.
USA captured Ozark Harbor AR.
CSA captured Lawrence KS.

The USA is besieging Little Rock AR. Kinda funny, lots of places have changed hands, but no casualties. That may change soon.

Late August, 1861

National Morale:
USA = 125
CSA = 76

Victory Points:
USA = 55
CSA = 9

Total Combat Losses:
USA = 120
CSA = 1650 POW = 400

USA besieging Little Rock AR.
CSA captured Saint Joseph MO.
CSA captured Fort Smith KS.
USA captured Fort Smith AR (a tremendous day for our nation)!

USA won 1st and 2nd Battles of Fayette AR, destroying Cavalry and Militia regiments, however the CSA destroyed the Depot.

Note that in our first game, Josh also took Fort Smith AR in Late August, but that I'm behind by 2 Victory points.

Early September, 1861

National Morale:
USA = 124
CSA = 78

Victory Points:
USA = 68
CSA = 14

Total Combat Losses:
USA = 120
CSA = 1710 POW = 600

USA won Battle of Fayette AR, destroying CSA Militia regiment.
USA captured Jefferson City MO.
USA captured Bloomington MO.
CSA besieging St. Louis MO (with Bushwackers).

Summary note for readers - both Springfield Depot and Fayetteville Depot are destroyed. The CSA controls Fort Smith KS, Lawrence KS, and St. Joseph MO. The USA controls Fort Smith AR.

Josh has done a fine job of disrupting Union supply to AR and harassing Union territory.

Late September, 1861

National Morale:
USA = 124
CSA = 79

Victory Points:
USA = 81
CSA = 19

Total Combat Losses:
USA = 120
CSA = 1710 POW = 600

USA captured Lawrence KS.
USA captured Fort Smith KS.

CSA is besieging Lexington MO.
CSA Bushwackers are at Bloomington MO.
CSA Watie is on the field.

Early October, 1861

National Morale:
USA = 124
CSA = 80

Victory Points:
USA = 95
CSA = 24

Total Combat Losses:
USA = 120
CSA = 1710 POW = 600

USA captured Panther AR.
USA captured Cherokee IT.
USA captured Malvern AR.

CSA Watie 'besieging' Fort Smith AR.
CSA besieging Lexington MO (with inferior force).
CSA Bushwackers 'besieging' Jefferson City MO (inferior force).

Late October, 1861

National Morale:
USA = 124
CSA = 81

Victory Points:
USA = 109
CSA = 29

Total Combat Losses:
USA = 210
CSA = 1890 POW = 600

USA (MO Cavalry) defeated CSA (Watie) at Fort Smith AR.
USA pacified Indian Village at Cherokee IT.
USA captured St. Joseph MO.

CSA besieging Jefferson City MO.
CSA Bushwackers besieging Rolla MO.

Early November, 1861

National Morale:
USA = 124
CSA = 84

Victory Points:
USA = 123
CSA = 34

Total Combat Losses:
USA = 210
CSA = 1890 POW = 600

USA defeated CSA at Battle of Jefferson City MO (no casualties either side).
USA destroyed Indian Village at Creeks IT.

General Winter is on the field...

josh4bs decided to "step aside".

Good game, josh. You made my first PBEM game an enjoyable experience (even with the butt whuppin' you gave me in the first round). Thank you.

Congrats. Looks like you made a big comeback.

To refresh memories,

josh beat me soundly in the first game; but here are the stats for the same time period:

1861, Early November

National Morale:
USA = 125
CSA = 82

Victory Points:
USA = 131
CSA = 38

I followed his strategy (mostly) in the second game, and got results almost as good (within 8 USA VPs, 4 CSA VPs).

I don't know if this game would have been as bloody as the our first game (which also ended early):

1862, Late February

Victory Points:
USA = 245
CSA = 106

Combat Losses:
USA = 7314/ 2600 POW
CSA = 6450

IMO, josh is a better player barely
but I take better care of my men
Too bad real life interfered with his game time.

My Strategy (copy josh's Cavalry Strike):

Hold St. Louis MO at all costs.
Quick Cavalry strike at Fort Smith AR.
Take Rolla Depot MO and Jefferson City MO and garrison.
Take Charleston MO.
Take Springfield Depot MO.
Take Fayetteville Depot AR.
Relieve / take Fort Smith AR.
Fremont take Little Rock (down River).
Pacify Indian villages.

The quick strike on Fort Smith AR worked - pass.
I took Rolla and Jefferson City - the garrisons may have held (even though josh had raiders in Missouri) - pass.
I had no plans or capability to take Charleston MO - fail.
josh destroyed the Springfield and Fayetteville Depots - fail.
I reinforced Fort Smith AR, so unless Lyon starved (which is possible) - pass.
Sigel's Brigade and 2d MO (+) were en route to Little Rock at game end (whether they could have taken it is conjecture, maybe josh can fill us in on the forces defending Little Rock) - UNK.
USA pacified 2 villages (I guess I hoped for some VPs out of it, or at least deny shelter to Watie and Price) - 2 / 3 pass.

I also occupied Panther AR and Malvern AR. I hoped to keep josh trapped in the Mississippi Delta regions...

Here's a question - what do players do with the CSA two gunboat fleet?

I used them to protect Charleston MO from amphibious troops by placing them on orange at Kaskaskia Confluent. I don't know if this was successful, except that I held Charleston.

I then moved them (too late, as it turned out) to protect Little Rock AR from amphibs.

I never saw josh's gunboats...

Here's a question - what do players do with the CSA two gunboat fleet?

Its purpose seems to be to block the crossing over to Ft Smith and Little Rock in the Far West scenario. Four elements give you a 90 percent chance to stop a crossing.