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The natural barriers provided by the spring floods forced the Federals to march overland 50 miles to attack New Madrid from the west. On muddy roads in the midst of winter, this march was difficult but not impossible. On 28 February, Pope and his soldiers departed Commerce, Missouri.

DarkHorse2 wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 1:25 am The following screenshot marks 3 of the adjacent hexes as "Lakes" and is impassible to ground troops.

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SC_NewMadrid_Map_ImpassibleHexes.jpg

1. Cannot find any lakes at those locations to support making these hexes impassible or even a "Lake" hex.
(see - https://www.topozone.com/missouri/new-madrid-mo/lake/ )
(see - https://gisgeography.com/missouri-lakes-rivers-map/ )

2. While there were spring floods in the region, it did not make the area west of New Madrid impassible.

The natural barriers provided by the spring floods forced the Federals to march overland 50 miles to attack New Madrid from the west. On muddy roads in the midst of winter, this march was difficult but not impossible. On 28 February, Pope and his soldiers departed Commerce, Missouri.

3. FYI - Commerce, Missouri is approximately 45 miles north of New Madrid.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Commerc ... ?entry=ttu

4. General Pope reached the outskirts of New Madrid on 3 March. Appears their rate of march was in excess of 10 miles per day - which was an acceptable rate of march, given the road conditions, during the Civil War.

5. General Pope would have had to cross one of the "impassible" hexes to reach New Madrid.

6. Have also included a snapshot of the New Madrid vicinity from another board game. Although the scale is a bit different, it does not have these hexes as impassible.

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USCivilWar_NewMadrid.jpg