J. Ferry wrote:
Two things:
We put objectives on the maps to serve the people who ask why so many Civil War battles took place in National Parks.
One of the fun things about Overland, which those of us who own the game can tell you, is that I included the boat anchors!
Also...
What is the reference for the 57 mile long supply train?
J
John Ferry
Overland Co-designer
Very little is published on the size of the trains that followed the armies. The 57 mile comes from the retreat. A 17 mile train left for Cashtown by one route. A second, 40 mile long train, turn at Monterey for the retreat in order to use a different road. Logistics are boring so no one writes much about it. But logistics are what kept Pickett occupied for so long as well as two cavalry brigades. The Union supply bases were at Westminster and Frederick. The ANV at its forward supply base at Winchester, Va. Its main supply sources were still Richmond and Culpeper. The supply route lead north from Winchester through Hagerstown to Chambersburg. Meade's commissary train consisted of some 3500 to 4000 wagons at Westminster. Lee also had some 5000 cattle and another 5000 hogs and sheep at Fairfield with part of his army trains which explains the importance of holding the Fairfield road. The "Gettysburg Companion" goes on to list that small ordnance train would require 1750 wagons. The artillery would require 2650 wagons. subsistence wagons would be on the order of 1000. This would give the army an estimated 4500 wagons in the battlefield area. There would be a large number of wagons in route carrying supplies to the army. The 4500 wagons alone would create a single file train over 50 miles long. Most of these were in the Fairfield area 3 miles SW of Lee's right flank.