Effective Raiding or even *gasp* Naval Combat as the CSA

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Effective Raiding or even gasp Naval Combat as the CSA

Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:21 pm

It's mid 1863 and the War of Independance is going quite well for the CSA. The Union is slowly but surely being pushed out of the 13 States.....

Now for some naval action, I've decided to try and destroy (or capture) some Union shipping in the Shipping Box and send 'the raider guy' Semmes with around 20 ships (16 or so steam frigates, 4 frigates) into the box.....

Only to not have him sink any shipping (abstracted) or engage the enemy (in a real battle).

What am I doing wrong?

Murphy's Law of Combat: 'The most dangerous thing on a battlefield? An officer with a map'