My great-grandfather who walked from Mississippi told when they found transportion of any type they put the sick and lame on it and because he was an officer he stayed with the walkers

The 18 year old who walked home from Camp Douglas told my father that while they were in Illinois they walked at night and slept wherever they could during the day. When they got to Kentucky they reversed that, sometime stopping for days to help a CSA widow with farm chores in exchange for a cooked meal and maybe a hay barn to sleep in. That made the trip longer of course, but if he ever told my father how long it took, my father never told me. Thanks for sharing the 3 year time line with me, I also wonder if his mother even knew that he was alive

They were indeed tough southern farm boys and except for the Major none of them could read or write, but they sure could shoot straight and ride hard. I'm proud of all of them and am leaving their written stories for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren so they will know better than what is in their school books - Ken