LARGE STRATEGIC RAIL MOVEMENTS in the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

By Michael Collie
Civil War Strategic Rail Movements
Campaign Date Size(men) Dist(mi) Days Mi/D
1st Bull Run 21.7.61 11,000 80(35r) 2 40
Seven Days 21.7.62 18,000 100(40r) 4 25
Kentucky 21.7.62 35,000 700 7 100
Longstreet 9.9.63 12,000 900 12 75
Hooker 27.9.63 20,000 1200 11 110

Kentucky - Tupelo to Chattanooga via Mobile
Longstreet - Richmond to Chattanooga via Columbia and Atlanta
Hooker - Virginia to Chattanooga via Louisville and Nashville
Sources: Battle Cry of Freedom, Westpoint Atlas

EUROPEAN STRATEGIC RAIL MOVEMENTS prior to 1860
Campaign Date Size(men) Dist(mi) Days Mi/D
Italian 1859 130,000 640 14 45
Rhine 1859 200,000 250 5 50
Olmutz 1850 75,000 250 2 125
Cracow 1848 12,000 156 2 75
Cracow 1846 14,000 200 2 100

Sources: Martin van Creveld, Byron Farwell, Michael Howard, Trevor Royle, Geoffrey Wawro.

Michael Collie 01/23/08

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