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- The Federals maintained control of the Regular Army, and the Confederates initially created a Regular force, though in reality it was mostly on paper.
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Brigade: A large group of soldiers usually led by a brigadier general. A brigade was made of four to six regiments. 1 company = 50 to 100 men, 10 companies = 1 regiment, about 4 regiments = 1 brigade, 2 to 5 brigades = 1 division, 2 or more divisions = 1 corps, 1 or more corps = 1 army.
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Brigade: A brigade was typically three to five, sometimes six, regiments. On paper, its strength should be 3000 to 5000 men. But, by Gettysburg, the average Union brigade might number around 1000 to around 1500 men, while its confederate counterpart might be slightly larger. One noteworthy brigade was the Irish Brigade.
In the Confederate Army, a brigadier general usually commanded a brigade, and a major general commanded a division. The Federal Army, with no rank higher than major general until 1864, often had colonels commanding brigades, brigadier generals commanding divisions, and major generals commanding corps and armies.
Jan 9, 2013 · A typical brigade would consist of between three and five regiments and be led by a brigadier general. Two or more brigades would be organized into a division. Divisions tended to be slightly smaller in the Union army--usually two or three brigades. Confederate divisions could include as many as five or six brigades.
The next level up was the Brigade, which typically controlled 3 to 5 regiments. In addition to its regiments, the Brigade would have a staff of 1 Commander (Brigadier General), 1 Aide-de-Camp (Lieutenant), 1 Assistant Adjutant General (Captain), 1 Assistant Quartermaster (Captain), and 1 Assistant Commissary (Captain).
In the Civil War, the maneuver brigade was a purely tactical organization, almost always consisting of regiments belonging to one arm of the service, either infantry or cavalry. Ad- ditionally, brigades were almost always parts of larger organizations, divisions, which were, except for early in the war, themselves components of corps.
The brigade, commanded by a brigadier general, was composed of four to six regiments, and was the primary organization used by commanders in battle. A brigade with good officers and good training was a formidable fighting force and often advanced or defended positions in cooperation with fellow brigades.
