-Dedicated to Civil War episodes, battles, people and ships
that also appear in GMT’s Rebel Raiders
on the High Seas, my next game.
April 12, 1863
Historical Event: Union naval forces
land General Nathaniel Banks’ troops behind Confederate positions on the Teche
River in an effort to trap and destroy the Rebels so Banks can march on Port
Hudson. In a three-day running fight
that involves a brief naval action between rival squadrons, the Confederates
break out with the help of a captured Union gunboat, the Diana. Also engaged – and
finally lost – was the CSS Queen of the West – a Union army warship of the same name that had been captured and put
into service by the Confederate army
in February.
Game Connection: Army-Navy cooperation is a key part of Union
strategy in Rebel Raiders, and in many battles small groups of warships must
fight to clear the way for a landing.
The Queen of the West, noted
above, appears in the game in its original Union colors as Card 38.
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