Rebel Raiders on the High Seas is a strategic game of the Civil
War which focuses on the role of the navies on the rivers, along the coasts and
on the oceans. While most ships are
represented by generic counters for Ironclads, Blockade Runners, Gunboats,
Screw Sloops and, of course Raiders, there are cards and corresponding counters
for many individual vessels. This series
presents those cards and offers a glimpse into the history of these storied
ships.
The Blockade Runners
– The Douglas
The Douglas (CSN
Card 84) was a little steamer that ran in and out of
the Isle of Man before being purchased by Confederate
agents for use as a blockade runner.
After making her first crossing to Charleston
in January 1863 she was renamed The
Margaret & Jessie. The little
726-ton iron side-wheel steamer made five more runs in and out of that port and
three in and out of Wilmington . On her fourth attempt to run into the North
Carolina den, however, she was caught by an armed
transport of the U.S. Army – The Fulton,
and a navy warship, USS Nansemond. The Douglas/Margaret & Jessie was taken into service as USS Gettysburg, and later took part in
the assault on the Wilmington
forts. She ended her career as a U.S.
Navy survey vessel and was sold off in Italy
in 1879.
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