This two-player card game represents the American Civil War, 1861-1865, in the theaters of war east of the Mississippi River. Each player has his own Play Deck that he will use to draw from in order to play cards. In the game, each player will go though his Play Deck twice, with each deck representing roughly two years of the war. Each player has a Command Point Track that keeps up with a player's current Command Point total (players can use coins or other tokens to mark their current total). The Command Points in this game represent the economic, military, political, and social factors that influenced the campaigns of the war, and that in turn were influenced by the outcome of the battles.