To: VadeRetro
Stonewall Jackon's Army of the Shenandoah was famous for long and rapid marching. "Foot cavalry," he called it. An excellent example! As I recall from reading, he marched his men over 600 miles in 12 days fighting several large battles and about 40 skirmishes along the way. He motivated his men by shooting stragglers. There's a famous anecdote where his soldiers with bleeding feet asked for shoes and he told them that if they wanted shoes they should kill a yankee. Back on subject, it's a clear example of a large group of humans averaging over 50 miles a day for a moderately extended period of time with the only real problem being sore feet for the ones who were out of shape.
139 posted on
01/03/2006 7:15:18 AM PST by
shuckmaster
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To: shuckmaster
Formidable as they were, neither Stonewall nor his army made it through the whole war. The much-depleted Army of the Shenandoah was smashed by Sheridan and Custer at Waynesboro in March, 1865 with only Jubal Early and a few staff officers escaping. Stonewall Jackson had died earlier following a friendly-fire incident at Chancellorsville.
154 posted on
01/03/2006 3:53:45 PM PST by
VadeRetro
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