The War for the Union is a strategic level simulation of the American Civil War. Players command the Union and Confederate forces that fought from 1861 to 1865.
The map runs from southeastern Texas to the Atlantic and from Harrisburg, PA to southern Florida. Terrain types include forests, rough, swamps, bayou, mountain hexsides, river hexsides (tidal, navigable, and minor), lakes, bluffs, and major and minor cities
Components (Compass Games version):(description adapted from Compass Games webpage and Clash of Arms back of the box)