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“It was a perfect rain of missiles.” –Lieutenant Read of the CSS Fredericksburg describing Union cannon fire while his ship attempted to clear the James River boom.
A Useless Fight details the last major naval battle fought between ironclads during the Civil War. The Confederate vessels of the James River Squadron had been confined by their
Union opponents to headwaters above Drewry’s Bluff the previous year. In January the squadron was under growing pressure to do something to help drive off the Yankees that were
besieging the Confederate capital. In mid-January such an opportunity seemed to present itself when all but one of the Federal ironclads guarding the James River were withdrawn
or their attack on Fort Fisher,
and the winter’s rising waters had submerged much of their enemy’s defenses. |
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Cards designed for the game are available for $8.00
Game Components
Two 11" by 17" map sheets.
Two pages of players' aid charts and tables
One sheet of 169 counters and markers
This set of rules
Design: Paul Rohrbaugh
Graphics: Bruce Yearian
Editing: Lisa Rohrbaugh
Playtesters: Brian Brennan, Andy Field and Paul Rohrbaugh
$18.95
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