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9 sty 2013 · Learn how the contending armies in the Civil War were organized and evolved over time. Explore the structure, branches, and challenges of the Union and Confederate armies.
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Raising armies. Uniforms worn by Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Union and Confederate flags during the American Civil War. With the outbreak of war in April 1861, both sides faced the monumental task of organizing and equipping armies that far exceeded the prewar structure in size and complexity.
14 sie 2017 · Learn how the Civil War armies were organized from regiment to president, and how they differed in size, name, and rank. See examples of the chain of command at the Battle of Antietam and the roles of the presidents and secretaries of war.
Learn how the Union and Confederate armies were organized into infantry, cavalry, and artillery branches, and how they evolved over the course of the war. Explore the ranks, sizes, and commands of regiments, brigades, divisions, and corps on both sides.
Each army was a structured organization that included a general headquarters, infantry, dominion artillery, cavalry, signalmen, engineers, quartermaster and commissary departments. The largest single organization of an army was a corps (pronounced "core").
Topic (s): In4Minutes. VIDEO | Historian Garry Adelman explains how the Union and Confederate armies organized and led their infantry, cavalry, and artillery units.
Despite the absence of a robust and well-articulated conception of strategy, American military and political leaders during the Civil War had an intuitive sense of how military operations should be coordinated with larger political ends.
