War-Chess, or the Game of Battle

INVENTED BY COLONEL CHARLES RICHARDSON,
NEW YORK: C. B. RICHARDSON, PUBLISHER, 540 BROADWAY. 1866.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, By CHARLES B. RICHARDSON, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

The Game of Battle represents two antagonistic armies, one of which, the Attacking (or Invading) Army, is composed of four figures, each representing a regiment of Light Infantry; five figures, each representing a regiment of Infantry of the Line; two figures, each representing a regiment of Cavalry; two figures, each representing a battery of Artillery; and one figure (a wagon), representing the “Supply Train,” in which it is to be supposed is carried all of the subsistence, ordnance stores, etc., necessary for the maintenance and effectiveness of the army.
The object of the Attacking Army will be to capture the Citadel.
The other army, called the Defending Army, is composed of four figures, each representing a regiment of Light Infantry; five figures, each representing a regiment of Infantry of the Line; two figures, each representing a regiment of Cavalry; two figures, each representing a battery of Artillery; and one figure, the Citadel, representing a city in which are arms, ammunition, foundries, subsistence supplies, and all kinds of government property, which it is of vital importance to hold.
The object, therefore, of the Defending Army will be to secure the Citadel against capture.

Infantry of the Line moves one or two squares in any direction, at the discretion of the player, and takes Light Infantry, Infantry of the Line, Cavalry, and Artillery.
Cavalry moves one, two, or three squares, at the discretion of the player, in any direction, and takes Light Infantry, Infantry of the Line, Cavalry, and Artillery.
Artillery does not cover (or command) the second or third square from it when a figure intervenes. See Plate 2, Figure 2.