GDG- OT: Marching Speed / Distance

[James Cameron]

<< Hi,

This is sort of off topic but I was wondering if someone knew how fast
Civil War soldiers marched.   For example, how many miles (on average)
did a unit cover in a day?

Or, I know that it is about 25 miles from Chambersburg to Gettysburg.
What time did the Confederates leave there and arrive in Gettysburg?

Thanks for the help.

Jim Beeghley  >>

Two miles per hour is a good rule of thumb for a large formation on the 
march.

Jim Cameron

"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, 
but for freedom - and for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with 
life itself."
>From the Declaration of Arbroath.