A Soldiers Life J.A.SACCO
Army Organization 2nd Squad 3rd Brigade 20th NJ Regiment 2nd Platoon Army of the Potomac 1st Division 1st Company 5th Corps
Army Organization Company- 100 men usually smaller/Captain Regiment-5-8 Companies- (800 men full strength)- Colonel-larger regiments divided into battalions. Brigade-2-5 regiments-2600 men-Brigadier General. Division- 2-4 Brigades-8,000 men-Major General. Corps-2-3 Divisions-20,000 men- Major General (Union) or Lt. General (Confederate). Confederate Corps were larger. Army- Composed of any number of Corps. Major General (North), Full General (South). Confederates at Gettysburg
Artillery of the Civil War Napoleon Parrot Cannon
Artillery of the Civil War
The Rifled Musket Springfield Rifled Musket- .58 caliber- Single shot- 400 yards effective range. South used the Enfield Rifled Musket-(British import) Percussion cap Minie Ball
Pistols of the Civil War
Carbines Carbine- quick breach loader/used by cavalry because of light weight– single shot Sharps- .52 caliber/3ft long/used a paper cartridge that was combustible S Sharps paper cartridge
Carbines Designed by union General Ambrose Burnsides. .54caliber/40 inches long/7 pounds. Used a metal cartridge. Burnside cartridge
Repeaters 39 inches/8.25 pounds/.52 caliber/7 cartridges in magazine/21 rounds min. Spencer cartridge
Repeaters 15 shot magazine/.44 caliber/lever action mechanism to refire