War For The Union via Vassal February 1862

The Confederacy receives a further 20,000 volunteers while the Union appoints three more generals and commissions more ironclad river steamers. 

Burnside and Banks join the Army of the Potomac, Lyons returns from convalescence and joins the Army of the Tennessee. (Pope is put on the reserve list)

Sigel arranges 10,000 men in Fayetteville in the expectation that the Rebs are gonna try and return.  He is unsupplied, but not isolated (he thinks - I better have another read of the rules).

Grant takes 40,000 men and stands guard while Thomas collects the Army of the Tennessee behind him at Columbus where there is now a total of 90,000 men.

Buell tries again to take Ft Donelson, this time with help from the navy.  However given that it is a fort in name only, the navy is of no help.  Foote stays with his squadrons of ironclads defending Columbus.  Buell's attack is 1:1 with a -1. The die roll is a 3 and he is repulsed, receiving 5,000 casualties and 2 fatigue.

Extra troops sail into Jacksonville and Farragut moves his navy there to support them.

The Army of the Potomac joins McClellan and together with McDowell launch their 85,000 men against J E Johnston's 40,000 in the Second battle of Manassas Junction.  There is a -2 modifier (Rebs are entrenched and have a better leader). The die roll is a pitiful 2.  The Union lose 10,000 men and gain 1 fatigue.  The Confederates lose 5,000 men.

Butler says he can do better and attacks at 1:1 with a -2.  He rolls a 4.  Well it's kind of better.  Both sides lose 5,000 men and gain fatigue.  However Butler has to retreat.  Luckily he has a fort he can retreat into (he thinks - I better check the rules on that as well). 

The Supreme Court rule in Butler's favour.  They take a dim view of Sigel's claims.  He is definitely unsupplied.  Springfield would be a Supply City in fine weather as it can trace to Jefferson City and St Louis.  However it does have supply capacity in its own right and functions for the Union as it is occupied by the Union. Sigel claims he is not isolated as he can trace to Springfield.  The Supremes accept that (money changed hands) but then say that the troops in Springfield are unsupplied (not enough money changed hands).  

S D Lee waits impatiently for better weather.

Polk strikes out from Nashville against Buell.  Dorn moves to Nashville to protect that city from Halleck. Polk's attack is 2:1 with a +2.  The roll is an 8.  Both sides lose 5,000 men.  The Confederates receive 1 fatigue, but Buell receives 2 (which takes him to 5 once the fatigue for retreat is included, however fatigued is capped at 4). Buell retreats to Johnsonville, hoping to get supply delivered down the Tennessee River.

Bragg moves to Humboldt and makes a preemptive strike against Grant.  It is 1:1 with a +2.  The die roll is a 10. Grants suffers 10,000 casualties and 2 fatigue and falls back on Columbus.  Bragg's victory costs him 5,000 men.

Magruder sits impotently watching the Union buildup at Jacksonville, FA.

Beauregard attacks the 5,000 Union invaders at Mount Jackson with his 20,000 fatigued troops. The die roll is a 6. The Union are wiped out, but the Confederates lose 5,000 men and gain fatigue.

J E Johnston attacks Banks.  It is a 2:1 with a +2.  The die roll is a 2.  Both sides lose 5,000 men and gain a fatigue.

Troops with fatigue show up as a having a white corner to their stack.

These invasions just seem to tie down troops.

Things are moving in the West,

just hard to say in which direction.