Moving Mountains

About the Book

The germ of this document began with two questions: how much does it take to supply aCivil War army(the Army of the Potomac has the best records so it is used as the exemplar) and since we are dealing with the 19th century man, the numbers for other armies; Northern Virginia, Cumberland, Tennessee, should be pretty much the same; and how does it work? The results of the study are more or less complete, but there is a host of unanswered questions. Are wagons designated by regiment, brigade, division, corps?(photographic evidence suggests that some wagons had some sort of designation painted on their white tops) Does the same wagon always carry the same supply? Forage( the single most common supply unit) rations, administrative furniture (desks, cooking equipment, files)ammunition (are wagons specifically designated by battery, are there general artillery ammunition wagons? Are wagons carrying mixed loads; 3” rifles 12 pound Napoleons, Parrot guns) I did no find the answers, and these questions are left for other writers to research and answer.

About the Author

The germ of this document began with two questions: how much does it take to supply a Civil War army (the Army of the Potomac has the best records so it is used as the exemplar), and since we are dealing with the 19th century man, the numbers for other armies; Northern Virginia, Cumberland, Tennessee, should be pretty much the same; and how does it work? Th e results of the study are more or less complete, but there is a host of unanswered questions. Are wagons designated by regiment, brigade, division, corps? (photographic evidence suggests that some wagons had some sort of designation painted on their white tops). Does the same wagon always carry the same supply? Forage (the single most common supply unit) rations, administrative furniture (desks, cooking equipment, fi les) ammunition (are wagons specifi cally designated by battery, are there general artillery ammunition wagons? Are wagons carrying mixed loads; 3” rifl es 12 pound Napoleons, Parrot guns). I did no fi nd the answers, and these questions are left for other writers to research and answer.