Alice: I should be up on this first, but while I have your atten-hut. What determines a: Division: Brigade: Regiment: Company: Battalion: Calvary/Troop: Grateful, --Manaia ++++ --- Alice Gayley <agayley@verizon.net> wrote: > To build on Mike's organizational message, an Army > Corps was generally > organized as > > Divisions which were made up of > Brigades which were made up of > Regiments which were made up of Companies and/or > Battalions > > The Cavalry also used the word "Troop." (Can one of > you Cavalry types help > me out here? Was Troop equal to a regiment or a > company? Thanks!) > > Alice Gayley > Never too old to learn!

Manaia, Generally, An Army was made up of one Artillery Corps, one Cavalry Corps and an Infantry Corps. The Infantry Corps was made up of divisions (two or three or more). Infantry Divisions were made up of Brigades (usually three or more) Brigades were made up of Regiments (no fixed number generally three or four or more) Regiments were made up of Companies (Infantry regiments usually had ten companies designed as: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and K), although there were larger regiments. Cavalry regiments usually had more than ten companies. Battalions were larger than a regiment and smaller than regiment. Perhaps some one else can speak to the size of a battalion. Hope this helps, Alice Gayley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manaia Alofa" <manaiaalofa@yahoo.com> To: <civil-war@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Army of Tennessee / Army of Vicksburg / Federal? > Alice: > > I should be up on this first, but while I have your > atten-hut. > > What determines a: > > Division: > > Brigade: > > Regiment: > > Company: > > Battalion: > > Calvary/Troop: > > Grateful, > --Manaia > > ++++ > > --- Alice Gayley <agayley@verizon.net> wrote: > >> To build on Mike's organizational message, an Army >> Corps was generally >> organized as >> >> Divisions which were made up of >> Brigades which were made up of >> Regiments which were made up of Companies and/or >> Battalions >> >> The Cavalry also used the word "Troop." (Can one of >> you Cavalry types help >> me out here? Was Troop equal to a regiment or a >> company? Thanks!) >> >> Alice Gayley >> Never too old to learn! > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >