Archive for January, 2008
Civil War Army Organization and Order of Rank
By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Monday, January 7, 2008
Here is an explanation of the basic way both the Union and Confederate armies were organized. The units are listed from the largest to the smallest. The descriptions below can be considered the ideal, or desired make up of the units. As the Civil War progressed, the size of the various units would change due to loss of men by disease, death, or injury. The force of men an army could bring would be added to, and subtracted from, with the ebb and flow of war.
