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rahamy
08 Apr 06, 17:15
Q: Ordered in May of 1862 to move against Stonewall Jackson, Gen. McClellan required how long to advance seventy miles?
Gary McClellan
08 Apr 06, 18:55
Infinite, he never made it :p
rahamy
14 Apr 06, 08:43
Nope :cheeky: Any other guesses?
Coaling
14 Apr 06, 16:22
I'm confused. In May of 1862, MacClellan wa on the Peninsula, while Stonewall Jackson was in the Shenandoah Valley. Are you perhaps refering to a subordinate who dawdled under orders from Little Mac? MacClellan's direct command was in no position to advance against the Shenandoah Valley.
rahamy
14 Apr 06, 17:34
Hummm...I agree...and for the record, I am simply taking Q&A's from a book I have and posting them here, not thougholy researching them prior to. :cheeky: This one should have struck me as odd though...I can only surmise that it's referring to subordinates of McClellan's. I found this on one site:

" McClellan moved his troops into the Shenandoah Valley (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWshenandoah.htm) and along with John C. Fremont (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfremont.htm), Irvin McDowell (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWmcdowell.htm) and Nathaniel Banks (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWbanks.htm) surrounded Jackson and his 17,000 man army."

Anyway, the answer the book is posing is 8 days (to move the 70 miles). :bandit:
arckon
14 Apr 06, 21:44
You did far better than me Rahamy I couldn't find any specific links to point people in the direction of for this one; although I came across one very good site and some others of interest in my search on other topics.
Coaling
14 Apr 06, 22:40
Where was the 70 miles from? . . . and to?

I know the three generals you mention moved slow, and thus failed to spring the trap, but I'm curious which one the book refers to.
rahamy
14 Apr 06, 22:57
Sorry, it doesn't give that level of detail...its called the "Civil War trivia and fact book" and for the most part is broken down into short questions and answers.
garykrenek
15 Apr 06, 09:40
Well, I know that Fremont was notoriously slow and indecisive, so I pick him.:halo:

Gary Krenek
garykrenek
16 Apr 06, 19:22
I retract the previous post. My internet is so slow that by the time I got to the end of this thread I forgot that the question was asking for a length of time. Living out in the country has its advantages:) – fast internet service isn’t one of them.:(

Gary Krenek