In Civil War organization, the smallest organizational unit was the company, which had a letter designation. A company had about 100 men and usually ten companies (designated A through J) made a regiment. Three or more regiments made a brigade, and two, three, four or more brigades, plus an artillery brigade, made a Division. Two or more Divisions made an Army Corps, and two or more Corps made an Army. Of course this organizational structure varied widely, and as the war progressed, the number of men in a company fell with casualties and disease. They did not automatically fill the ranks, but rather had to wait until someone could return home to recruit more men for the company. So often you find companies with little more than a dozen men left. -----Original Message----- From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 12:52 PM To: padauphi@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Civil War service question Ray - that was my error. It turns out it is Battery B. I'm not that familiar with terminology, and all the Civil War records I've used are Companies *L* Sorry about that. Ray wrote: > I'm not convinced yet about that B. I suggested Battalion but company > B makes more sense if there is a 2nd Regiment. Only problem is I think > in todays structure a Regiment is made of Battalions and Battalions > are made of Companies which means something is missing. Perhaps the B > is a Battery as Artilery has such a group. In any case I hope we get > an expert to pipe in on the subject. > Ray > > -----Original Message----- > From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Barbara > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 11:45 AM > To: padauphi@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Civil War service question > > > Sorry - that seems to be "Battery" not "Company" "B" > > > Information on that Regiment is here: > > http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/artillery/2ndartillery//2ndartorg.html > 112th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers > > http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/artillery/2ndartillery/2dartbattyb.html > 2nd Heavy Artillery// > /112th Regiment > Pennsylvania Volunteers > Battery B > > Barbara wrote: > >> Try this site for Civil War information: >> >> http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ >> >> There are 29 William Morrows from Pennsylvania. The one you have the >> card for is: >> >> Morrow, William B. >> Union Artillery >> 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Volunteers) >> >> Morrow, William B. >> Union Artillery >> 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery >> >> The "B" probably means Company B of the 2nd Regiment, etc. >> >> >> >> >> >> Ray wrote: >> >> >>> Hope you get more help than I can give but I believe your >>> abbreviation stands for 2nd Battalion of the Pennsylvania Heavy >>> Artilary. I just don't know what the Prov. is for. >>> Ray >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Nora >>> Avery-Wickham >>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 11:00 AM >>> To: GenCumberlandCo PA; GenDauphinCo PA >>> Subject: [PADAUPHI] Civil War service question >>> >>> >>> I am trying to figure out where to get more Civil War information. I >>> have a print out of the pension card from Ancestry which states: >>> Name: William B. Morrow >>> Widow: Morrow, Anna M. >>> Service: B 2 Pa. Prov. H. A. >>> There are two listings for "Date of Filing," one for invalid and >>> one for widow. >>> >>> My main question is what is B 2 Pa. Prov. H. A.? >>> >>> Nora >>> Researching: Farner, Morrow, Evans, Manley, Richardson, Brubaker >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> PADAUPHI-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 >>> > PADAUPHI-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 >> > PADAUPHI-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 > PADAUPHI-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 > PADAUPHI-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 PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message