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Pages in category "Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States and the Confederate States (Confederate States Army).
The following is a list of the units of the United States Regular Army during the American Civil War. Infantry. 1st Infantry Regiment; 2nd Infantry Regiment;
The Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-181261-7. Griffith, Paddy (1989). Battle Tactics of the Civil War. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300042474. Hagerman, Edward (1992). The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command. Bloomington, IN ...
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the American Civil War" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The traditional interpretation of Civil War tactics is that they were horribly outdated in the face of new revolutionary technology, namely the widespread use of the rifled musket. Where before the smoothbore musket had an effective range of 100 yards and longer-ranged rifles were specialist weapons, now most soldiers had a weapon with an ...
Pages in category "United States Regular Army Civil War units and formations" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
While the vast majority of number of volunteer units during the American Civil War were enlisted by the states, a small number were enlisted directly by the Federal government. These units included regiments like Hiram Berdan 's U.S. Sharpshooters and " Galvanized Yankees " recruited from Confederate prisoners of war recruited to fight Indians ...