QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Each "I" (Infantry) fire is resolved separately and completely before moving on to the next firing unit, therefore hit modifiers do not accumulate.

2) May long range hits in the Reserve be assigned to a Dummy thereby revealing and removing it or must it be assigned to an actual unit?

Yes, unless Gun Boats are targetting specific revealed Shore Batteries

3) Can Union forces move from Hard Times to Bruinsburg without undergoing interdiction fire from Grand Gulf?

No. Grand Gulf batteries are assumed to cover that whole river region.

4) One cavalry unit (Bussy) has no corps affiliation; may he be commanded by Grant's AoT HQ only?

Yes, or by Initiative Movement

5) Can units force march away from a battle? The rules are clear that a force march cannot enter an enemy occupied town, but are silent about leaving such a town.

No. The rules on road movement state that if enemy units enter an occupied town a battle will occur in the Battle Phase. This implies that defending units may not leave the town (other than by retreat once the battle begins).

6) May gunboats that transport / ferry units to an unoccupied eastbank port 'retreat' to a friendly port? The rules are clear that a GB may 'retreat' from an amphibious assault, and it seems logical to be allowed to do the same from what is essentially an unopposed amphibious assault.

Absolutely not. This is a key element of the game; managing your gunboats for transport of supplies. By the same logic, gun boats can not ferry supplies to a controlled port (friendly) and retreat back to their origin to get more supplies.

7) Do GBs attacking a port without land units aboard to conduct a landing keep CSA ground units in that port from being able to reinforce an adjacent battle?

Yes.

8) If a CSA force attacks a USA force (including GBs) in a port creating a land battle, not an amphibious assault, may the GBs be set up in the reserve and fire H fire during the battle (as at Shiloh & Malvern Hill)?

Remember when a land battle occurs in a town (be it port or otherwise) the actual fighting is happening well outside of the town. Street fighting battles (ala WWII; Stalingrad, Berlin, Caan, etc) were rare in the Civil War. Once the Union occupies a port town, they are assumed to spreadout into the surrounding area to secure entry into the town. Gun boats in the town are of course still in the river, miles away from wherever the action is and coordination between the navy and army in fighting together was tenuous at best during these times.