Calcuations

I have determined the weather for all of the climate zones during the first week in May. I then was working on my templates for each unit. I enter in the division modifier, enter in the base miles marched by unit type (cavalry, infantry, staff, etc) and then have been rolling dice for the daily modifier for each day up to 7th May. By the time units start moving, I will know how long it will take them to get to the initial destinations.

I have completed almost all of the Federal Divisions and can tell what day they will reach their objectives. I am getting ready to do the calculations for the Confederates. Once they are all done, I will start moving the clock and seeing whether there will be contact in the 1st week.

Things are going well, so movement may be under way by tomorrow. You may not get reports immediately, however. You are only sure to get a report sometime after a unit has reached its destination or when contact is made. You may also get a brief not if a unit moves through a town that already has an operating telegraph station. For units in the lead of the march, it will take a bit longer to get any reports, because the commanders will have to send couriers back to the nearest telegraph station before the report gets to Corps HQ and Army HQ.