GDG- Sixth Corps Distance

[Chet Diestel]

Esteemed GDG Member Robert Grandchamp Contributes:

   I am currently working on a piece chronicling the Sixth Corps' epic march 
to Gettysburg on July 1-2. Unfortunately none of the sources, (mostly 2nd 
Brig,  3rd Div.) vary tremendously in the distance marched, with between 34 
and 42  miles being quoted. 35 and 37 are the most quoted. I know that the 
corps was  spread out over 5 miles and that they were sent to different 
portions of the  line. What are some other Sixth Corps distances and sources 
available for this.
     Respectfully,
    Robert Grandchamp
   Graduate Student
   Dept. of History
  Rhode  Island College

  Robert:
  You didn't say exactly what sources you have consulted, but for what it is 
worth, Capt. Elisha Hunt Rhodes. 2nd R.I. Infantry, in his "All for the 
Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes" (edited by 
Robert Hunt Rhodes) in an entry dated Middletown, Md. July 8, 1863 relates 
the march of the VI Corps to Gettysburg including "At about 2 o'clock P.M. 
we reached the Battlefield of Gettysburg, Penn. having made a march of 
thirty-four (34) miles without a halt." (Page 115.)
   With regards,
      Chet