HIUS 420 Exam 2 Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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HIUS 420 Exam 2 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Advantages of the North

Ans: 1) Industrized-railroads
2)number of men of 2 million
3)more money
4)


Advantages of the South

Ans: 1) Better Leadership including Lee and Stonewall Jackson
2) most fighting done in the South
3)
4)


Company infantry

Ans: 100 men = 2 platoons = 4 sections = 8 squads


Captain (1), 1st Lieutenant (1) and 2nd Lieutenant (1)
1st Sergeant (1), Sergeants (4) and Corporals (8)
Plus 2 musicians



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When the company was divided into platoons, the captain
commanded one and the 1st Lieutenant the other. There was a
sergeant for each section, and a corporal for each squad. The
1st Sergeant "ran" the whole company.


Troop(union)


Battalions and Regiments infantry

Ans: organized by companies together


10 companies into a regiment
regiment=2 battalions


Regiments=about 600-1000
commanded by a colonel


Brigades infantry

Ans: 3-6 regiments and commanded by a Brigadier General
4000 men


Divisions infantry

Ans: commanded by Major General

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2-6 brigades or 3-4, 4-6
totalled 12,000


Corps infantry

Ans: commanded by a Major General (Union) or a Lieutenant
General (Confederate)


2-3 divisions, 2-3, 3-4
totaled 24,000-36,000


Western Theater leading armies

Ans: U.S.A. = Army of 'the' Tennessee
& Army of the Cumberland
C.S.A. = Army of Tennessee
& Army of Mississippi


Eastern Theater Leading Armies

Ans: U.S.A. = Army of the Potomac
C.S.A. = Army of Northern Virginia


battalion and regiment Cavalry

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