This day 150 years ago in Rebel Raiders’ History
-Dedicated to Civil War episodes, battles, people and ships that also appear in my game,
GMT’s Rebel Raiders on the High Seas,
Historical Event: Bad day on the
Mississippi. Bank’s ground assault on Port Hudson
repulsed with heavy losses. Porter’s
fleet duels with Vicksburg
batteries – USS Cincinnati sunk.
David Dixon Porter led a powerful force of ironclads to bombard Fort Hill, the
city’s chief bastion on the water. The
at first inconclusive pounding turned to tragedy, as Rebel gunners sunk the USS
Cincinnati (pictured below, courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center; the “action”
shot is from the new stamp issued last week by the U.S. Postal Service).
is one of the key ports on the Mississippi
the Union must take to win Rebel Raiders on the High
Seas. Due to the scale of the map Port
Hudson itself is not shown, but is represented by the fort space at Baton
Rouge, which incorporates both important locales
between Vicksburg and New
Porter (USN Card No. 2) is represented as a leader and a card in the game, and counters represent his ironclads and other warships, as well as the Rebel ships and batteries, like that upon Fort Hill, with which they contended for mastery of the great river.