Unconditional Surrender
Summary

EQUIPMENT

• Leader counters are Initiative-Rally-Radius (small no. is divisional ID)
• Unit counters have only ID (strength is on roster sheet)
• A Brigade is up to 3 counters
• Roster Sheets are secret: cannot write enemy strengths or see a blank copy of their Roster Sheet during the game.
• Artillery have Support Fire Strength-Bombardment Strength-Range (* = rifled guns (optional rule)) gun points and crew points on Roster Sheet

Confederates, then Union:
1. First Movement
2. First Combat
3. First Rally
4. Face Change for Inactive Player - units not in ZOC only
5. Second Movement - except for units which attacked (may face change)
6. Second Combat - except for those which attacked
7. Second Rally

• INF: 6 MPs
• if Disordered or Out of Command: 4 MPs
• ARTILLERY: 4 MPs
• HQ: 12 MPs
• 2602/2701 hexside impassable
• cannot move into enemy hex (unless only HQ there)
• costs +1 MP to enter your own flank or rear hex
• costs 1 MP to change facing during Movement, but free during Grand Tactical Movement (read Strategic Movement) or retreat

• stack 2 high + 2 artillery + infinite HQ's - applies at all times
• free inspection of stacks
• all units stacked together must end with the same facing

• counters face to a hex corner
• ZOC is exerted in 2 front hexes (including enemy-occupied hexes)
• entering ZOC stops movement, but not facing changes (+1MP)
• legal to move from 1 ZOC to another (but costs, see table)
• can't put your own flank or rear into ZOC unless it either puts the enemy into ZOC or there is a friendly unit in the hex already which has the enemy in ZOC
• units beginning in this state must fix it ASAP (does not apply to advance & retreat)
• artillery can't enter ZOC unless a friendly unit already there

• all on roads which are 3+ hexes from the enemy unless friendly-occupied and never adjacent to enemy
• can't pass into or thru other units which have used GTM
• GTM doubles MA for INF, triples MA for ART
• each hex costs only 1, regardless of terrain
• can be used if disordered, OCC or Fragmented
• can ignore rifle pits

• in CC if w/in own leader's radius – check at start of movement phase
• path can't go thru enemy units or adjacent to such units unless friendly-occupied
• unless a brigade is fragmented, if any of its units are in CC, then the entire brigade is in CC
• Effects of OCC besides reduced MA:
• can't move adjacent to enemy even if already adjacent
• penalty on attack (see table)
• All units of 1 division are moved before proceeding to the next division. Make DR. If <= Initiative of commander, units move normally. Otherwise, all are OCC unless stacked with commander.
• Division leaders add the leadership bonus of any army commander stacked with them.
• Players can check initiative of all leaders within the radius of the army commander before deciding which division to move first.
• Initiative is checked in every movement phase.

• occurs when a brigade component starts out not at least adjacent to the other components
• nullified if stacked with a divisional or army commander
• effect is just like OCC (not cumulative)

• artillery can also support in defense, attacker allocates first:
  1. Attacker announces attack including artillery
  2. Defender announces artillery
  3. Determine whether attack is frontal or flank
  4. Total points & modify for terrain
  5. Determine artillery superiority
  6. Calculate odds and roll
• INF can only attack their front hexes (but not if disordered)
• Attack is mandatory unless
  • another friendly unit spent entire movement phase in hex OR
  • another friendly unit in hex attacks OR
  • unit is disordered OR
  • in a rifle pit or Ft. Donelson
• Every enemy unit w/ an attacking unit in its ZOC must be attacked (bombardment is insufficient). If a unit can't attack, result is automatically "ret 20 / 0"
• ZOCS of disordered do compel attack
• multi-hex combat permitted
• get a Flank Attack bonus if in defender's flank or rear hex and not yourself in any enemy's ZOC
• can't be flanked through rifle pit hexsides or into the Fort
• at most 5 INF points can attack out of or into a hex
• at most 4 INF points across a stream or to higher ground (mere ridge hexsides don't count as long as level the same on both sides)

• if all defending INF are destroyed in battle, ART suffer R2 (retreat 2) if it hasn't received such already – same for attack hex
• retreats don't affect ART who merely provide support fire
• units which retreat are Disordered
• retreaters must first avoid ZOC, then overstack
• Union retreats west, or if too difficult, south
• Confederates retreat to nearest rifle pit when outside perimeter or to Fort when inside it
• Each retreat through ZOC loses 1 SP (ART lose 1 Gun Point) for each unit in stack not negated by friendly units in the hex
• Retreaters cannot top in ZOC - must continue - can't stop in overstack either - can't retreat off board
• If no retreat, all SP are lost, but unit can still be re-organized
• Attackers can advance into a vacated hex and go 1 hex further as long as one attacker stays in the hex. All attackers can change facing by 60 degrees.
• ART can advance if firing canister

• Combat result ENG = Engagement – use markers to cover all units which triggered it
• Leaders are never engaged
• Engaged units marked by the enemy's color can move, but must stay adjacent to at least one of the units it is engaged with
• In the FIRST friendly combat phase, units marked by friendly color engaged counter must attack unless:
  1. another unit in the hex attacks OR
  2. it is Disordered
• Units engaged during the 2nd Combat Phase still attack, even if they attacked during the 1st Combat Phase
• they must attack at least one of the units they are engaged with
• engaged artillery must also fire at engaged enemy (or defend itself)
• If 50% of troops are not engaged, they get a +2 DRM (fresh strength) (can be canceled if both sides have fresh strength)
• unengaged units should be totaled up first when calculating for fresh strength
• Engagement ends when:
  1. a second unit in the unit's hex attacks one of its enemies and the unit does not (relief)
  2. all the enemy engaged units are no longer adjacent or have had their markers removed

• leaders are never disordered
• disordered units have normal ZOC and facing
• if a disordered unit ends any phase with other units, it causes them to also be disordered
• disordered Union units can never move north (e.g. 1900 to 1800) and disordered Confederate units can never move south
• disordered units cannot attack and defend at -2

• removes Disordered marker
• to occur, must not be adjacent to enemy
• if stacked w/ army or division commander, rallies on rally value
• if not so stacked, rallies as follows: INF - dr 1
  ART - dr 1-3

• strength remains constant throughout life of unit
• have limbered (ready to move) & unlimbered (ready to fire) modes
• MOVEMENT:
  • can only move when limbered, can only fire when unlimbered
  • can change formation only in the friendly movement phase
  • costs 3 MP to unlimber, free to limber
  • retreating automatically causes ART to limber
  • removed when all gun & crew points lost
  • cannot cross streams except if a road and cannot enter ZOC except to join INF
• COMBAT:
  • field of fire departs from the front 2 hexes, then 3 hexes, then 4 hexes, etc.
  • if stacked with INF & cannot attack the hex that is attacking it, it is not considered to be defending the hex
  • in self-defense, automatically unlimbers & fires canister (which doubles support fire strength)
  • can also fire canister if attacking an adjacent hex, but loses 1 crew point if in ZOC while doing so
  • ART fire not modified by terrain
  • ART needs at least one of the defenders in its field of fire and in sight
  • can support 1 combat or bombard once per phase
  • supporting ART ignored for determining attack requirements & flank attack unless firing canister
  • ART superiority defined by:
    1. one side has ART & the other does not
    2. both sides have ART, but one has 2+ points more
  • alone in a hex, ART strength = 2 x Support Fire, cannot provide its own support fire
  • Eng result makes ART lose 1 gun and retreat 2 (instead)
  • Defender loses 1 means loses 1 gun point
  • Defender loses 2 means loses 2 gun point
  • R results means ART destroyed
• LINE OF SIGHT:
  • consult the Line of Sight Key to find out which hexes are included in the LOS and to ensure that all are clear
  • High Ground blocks LOS unless both firer & target are on High Ground
  • Woods block LOS unless both firer & target are on High Ground and Woods are not
  • Thicket doesn't block LOS
  • Buildings do not block LOS
  • Hexside ridges block just like high ground
  • Combat units block LOS except for INF in the same attack and if
    1. unit(s) are between 2 ground-level hexes
    2. unit(s) are between 2 High Ground hexes, units on High Ground
    3. between high & level ground, block if on High Ground or on Level Ground if unit is adjacent to either firer on target
  • Leaders never block LOS

• regiments can be detached from brigades (regiment counters)
• regiment losses marked on Roster Sheet against regiment, not brigade
• detaching increases Shatter value by 2, attaching decreases it by one less than the number of points replaced
• regiments follow same command control & init. rules
• when detaching, mark 3 brigade roster boxes with a "d"
• cannot detach if Disordered or Engaged
• cannot detach during 2nd Movement if attacked during First Movement
• stacking can be temporarily violated to detach
• can re-attach to any brigade of the same division
• must start movement in same hex & cannot be disordered or engaged
• erase one "d" for each strength in the re-attached regiment

• occurs when a unit's losses reach shatter number on Roster Sheet
• remove unit from play
• there are 2 shatter levels for brigades
• after reaching 1st shatter number, remove all brigade's counters
• reorganize
• after reorganization, remove counters when 2nd shatter number reached
• can only re-organize once
• regiments shatter when they have only 1 point left
• lost he last point and count against army morale
• if detaching sends a brigade over the shatter number, it does not shatter immediately, but waits until the next loss

• takes 3 turns
• unit recovers 1/3 of the points it has lost, round 1/2 up, e.g. 4 losses yields 1, 5 losses yields 2, etc.
• use smallest no. of counters required
• split up points as you like if only 2 counters
• place returning unit with another unit of its division or army commander, not adjacent to enemy
• returning a unit reduces demoralization by number recovered

• during movement, roll 1-3, otherwise no transfer from that division
• new command control starts in the next phase
• rally benefits still come from the old commander, not the new
• a division can only have one of its brigades transferred away
• the division being w/in Grant's command radius nullfies need to roll
• Confederate can only do this if the divisional commander is in the army commander's radius
• for inactive Union divisions, transfer occurs on 1-2

• track demoralization on Roster Sheet (can be negative) per chart
• numbers in boxes on the demoralization track show dr needed to demoralize the army
• if either side demoralizes, the game ends

• Confederate must keep at least 1 unit in the fort during the game unless the Union takes at least 1 fort hex
• Confederates ignore +1 rifle pit cost on turn 1
• ART need a road to cross a rifle pit hexside
• unit in a rifle pit or fort exerts ZOC to all 6 surrounding hexes
• ZOC does not extend into rifle pits
• units in rifle pits or fort never have to attack (for rifle pits, only applies if enemy are across the rifle pit hexsides)
• being inside a rifle pit and attacked across a rifle pit hexside nullifies flank attack credit
• attacks on fort are always frontal
• 1 DRM if all defenders in fort or rifle pit
• defender retreat reduced by 1 if in fort or across rifle pit hexside (R1 does not affect morale)
• fort doubles defender (max 10)

• guard many rifle pits with only a single INF by putting a Garrison marker on it
• this guards all pits w/in 4 hexes of the INF
• INF must have at least 2 strength
• each pit now has a ZOC & nominal 1 point strength in it
• undispersing takes 1 full movement phase during which it cannot move (may not undisperse adjacent to enemy)

• game lasts 2 days
• cannot enter hexes adjacent to enemy at night, no combat, all engagement markers pulled, automatic rally
• all shattered units reorganized
• Union receives +15 additional points
• overage can be placed via extra regiments

• Union reinf. arrive in hex 2125 (not a misprint)
• 1st unit pays 1 MP to enter 2125, 2nd pays 2 MP, etc.
• may be assigned to 1st or 2nd divisions if active, but if none active, automatically assigned to 3rd

• Union cannot move until activated except for brigade transfers on a 1-2
• need a 6 on Division Activation Matrix

  Division to Activate	Division Attacked
  	1	2	3
  1	Auto	-2	-1
  2	-2	Auto	1
  3	-1	0	Auto

  Other Modifiers:
  +1 on turns 2-3
  +2 on turn 4
  +3 on turn 5+
  +2 if any Confederate unit has exited the map
  +2 if an activated division leader is stacked with the inactive division leader when roll is made
  +4 if Grant is stacked with the divison leader
• activation automatic if rifle pits of the division's numbers are not garrisoned (in or adjacent)

• when Confederate has at least 7 Union deployment hexes (last to move through is good enough) at the end of a player turn, draw a victory objective hex, either Defend or Breakout
• DEFEND:
  • hold the fort, hex 1309 and hold or be adjacent to every high ground hex within 5 of these locations (not 1421) and meet these conditions at the end of both days AND
  • cause Union to lose >45 INF and gun points
• BREAKOUT:
  • exit 50+ INF and gun points from map
  • exiting 65+ is decisive victory
• Union victory:
  • at end of either day
  • capture 4 battery groups: decisive
  • 1-3 groups: tactical
• either side wins by demoralizing the enemy