American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

23. Marching is one of the least publicized tactics of war. Gen Forrest was correct in his assessment of getting there the fustest with the mostest. Marching isn’t always an easy movement. There can be curves so sharp that it behooves you (saves movement points) to cut across a field instead of staying on the road. Some units travel further than others and those slower units should stay out of the way so that the faster units can utilize all of their movement points instead of wasting them in line behind slower units or having to waste movement points moving through slower units. Marching can require some thought, like having Gen Patton (yourself) at an intersection directing traffic. In the end, beating your opponent to the battlefield sometimes even by one hex, or just getting that one additional unit to the fight (instead of them being slowed down in the midst of slower units), can be the difference between victory and defeat.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

I really enjoy these, sir.

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Colonel Jason "Skeedaddle" Campbell
The Mahoning 4th Brigade
3rd Division
2nd Corp
AoT
"Let's fill up our canteens, boys. Some of us will be in hell before nightfall and we'll need the water"