Game Compents
Two 11" x 17" maps |
8 page
rules book | 131 double sided unit counters
Shipping not
included
Mounted counters are available for an additional
$5
Game Credits:
Game Design: Paul Rohrbaugh
Graphics: Bruce Yearian
Editing: Lisa Rohrbaugh
Playtesting:
Brian Brennan, Dave Deitch, Andy Field
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DUEL OF IRON
The Battle of Hampton Roads
March 8-9, 1862
Duel of Iron details the battle of Hampton Roads fought on March 8th
and 9th, 1862. Union General George B.
McClellan’s steady advance up the James Peninsula
threatened the Confederate capital of Richmond, and
a Union victory here had the potential of ending the
war. A massive fleet of powerful Union warships
anchored the northern army’s flank and protected
their water-borne supply line.
On March 8th a strange looking Confederate steam ship, one
that looked like a floating barn roof to a Union
sailor who witnessed it, accompanied by other more
conventional Confederate warships, sallied forth to
do battle. The
CSS Virginia, an ironclad warship built on the
hull of the captured
USS Merrimac, proved impervious to cannon balls fired from the Union
warships and nearby land artillery batteries.
Victory seemed within the Confederate’s grasp when
action ended on March 8th, leaving two
Union warships sinking and another badly damaged,
with only slight damage to the Confederate vessels.
The fighting resumed on March 9th, but the Union ironclad
USS Monitor
had arrived during the night and its commander
intercepted the
CSS Virginia when it steamed out for battle. The battle between
these two ironclad warships was violent, but ended
in stalemate, and the Confederate’s ambitions were
thwarted.
Although inconclusive in military terms, this first
fight between ironclad warships marked a decisive
turning point in naval warfare
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