Found what looks like a button metal detecting. I suspect it’s from the civil war but want a little more information on what it is exactly.
When a unit conducted a forced march during the American Civil War, how many extra hours would they typically march? If a typical unit spent say 8 hours marching during a normal march day, how many hours would they march when forced marching?
I'm interested in the rough average, not an extreme case like 62 miles in 26 hours.
At Gettysburg, 6th corp covered 36 miles by marching. They marched 17-19 hours. That may also be an extreme case.
Was 20-30 miles in a day more of a typical forced march? (obviously terrain and weather will factor into speeds)
It was a divided nation within a nation.
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I have a Starr carbine that was at my grandmother’s house. She didn’t know where it came from, and none of her ancestors were in the Civil War. My grandfather (who died before I was born) had a grandfather who was in the Union navy from 1863 to 1867. He was on a tug off SC and Georgia during the war and was an Acting 2nd Engineer.
Would a navy man have a Starr carbine? It looks like it was mostly a cavalry gun.