A Battalion consists of a number of Companies, this number has varied from 3 to 5 over the years. We've recently settled on 4. An Infantry Co. consists of 4 platoons, each having 4 x 8 man Squads or 33 -34 men counting their Plt. Sgt. and Plt Leader. So 34 x 4 = 136 + 1 Field 1st Sgt + 1 !st Sgt + 1 Exec. Officer + 1 Company Commander = 140 per Co. * 4 = 560 per Battalion + 1 Sgt. Major + 1 XO + 1 CO + 1 Adjutant = 564 per Bn. Note that a Bn. usually includes a Hq., Hq., & Service Co. to hold the Command Staff, Personnel, Supply, and other overhead functions. So that would add another 140, or so, = 700 total, and if the Companies are reinforced Co.'s you add another support Platoon to each. But many in the Civil War marched off to battle at or near full strength and were reduced to <10% in their first battle. Casualties were higher than any war before or since. ~ Ron W ~ In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 12:01 PM Subject: [NYGREENE] Battalion > OK folks - I am writing an article on the Land Bounty lands in NYS. Anyone > know how many men in a battalion during the Rev War? > > I see online that a current battalion can have between 300 and 1,300 men - > does that sound right? > > Sylvia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks Ron - clear as mud to me, but I think I've got it~ LOL Sylvia -------------------------------------------------- From: "~ Ron W. ~" <ronwaldron@verizon.net> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 2:16 PM To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Battalion > > A Battalion consists of a number of Companies, this number has varied from > 3 > to 5 over the years. We've recently settled on 4. An Infantry Co. consists > of 4 platoons, each having 4 x 8 man Squads or 33 -34 men counting their > Plt. Sgt. and Plt Leader. So 34 x 4 = 136 + 1 Field 1st Sgt + 1 !st Sgt + > 1 > Exec. Officer + 1 Company Commander = 140 per Co. * 4 = 560 per Battalion > + > 1 Sgt. Major + 1 XO + 1 CO + 1 Adjutant = 564 per Bn. > Note that a Bn. usually includes a Hq., Hq., & Service Co. to hold the > Command Staff, Personnel, Supply, and other overhead functions. So that > would add another 140, or so, = 700 total, and if the Companies are > reinforced Co.'s you add another support Platoon to each. > But many in the Civil War marched off to battle at or near full strength > and > were reduced to <10% in their first battle. Casualties were higher than > any > war before or since. > > ~ Ron W ~ > In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 12:01 PM > Subject: [NYGREENE] Battalion > > >> OK folks - I am writing an article on the Land Bounty lands in NYS. >> Anyone >> know how many men in a battalion during the Rev War? >> >> I see online that a current battalion can have between 300 and 1,300 >> men - >> does that sound right? >> >> Sylvia >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message