HIUS 420 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.

HIUS 420 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.




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

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


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