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The strength of a Union corps averaged 9,000 to 12,000 officers and men, those of Confederate armies might average 20,000. Two or more corps usually constituted an army, the largest operational organization. During the Civil War there were at least 16 armies on the Union side, and 23 on the Confederate side.
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).
1st Infantry Regiment. 2nd Infantry Regiment. 3rd Infantry Regiment. 4th Infantry Regiment. 5th Infantry Regiment. 6th Infantry Regiment. 7th Infantry Regiment. 8th Infantry Regiment. 9th Infantry Regiment.
The Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS) was authorized by Act of Congress on February 23, 1861, and began organizing on April 27. The Army of Confederate States was the regular army, organized by Act of Congress on March 6, 1861. [1] It was authorized to include 15,015 men, including 744 officers, but this level was never achieved.
At the start of the war, the entire United States Army consisted of 16,367 men of all branches, with infantry representing the vast majority of this total. [2] Some of these infantrymen had seen considerable combat experience in the Mexican–American War, as well as in the West in various encounters, including the Utah War and several campaigns against Indians.
List of Nevada Civil War units. List of New Hampshire Civil War units. List of New Jersey Civil War units. List of New Mexico Territory Civil War units. List of New York Civil War units. List of North Carolina Confederate Civil War units. List of North Carolina Union Civil War units.
Union Army Divisions, Departments and Districts. During the American Civil War, a department was a geographical command within the Union's military organization, usually reporting directly to the War Department. Many of the Union's departments were named after rivers or other bodies of water, such as the Department of the Potomac and the ...
42nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. "Tammany Jackson Guard". 43rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. "Albany and Yates Rifles". 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. "Ellsworth Avengers" or "People's Ellsworth Regiment". 45th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. "5th German Rifles".