User talk:Fleri48

Thesis Statement
Even though Infantry travled slowly in open lines, were very open target to cannon fire, and relied greatly on a rifle that was neither accurate or very effective due to reload time and jamming, I belive that Infantry men were the most effective units on the civil war battlefield because there were always had men willing to fight in Infantry and they were the most useful to a commanders stratigic planning while planning a flank, rush, or defensive meneuver.

Civil War Infantry
"A body of soldiers who fight in an army on foot and are equipped with hand-carried weapons" In the civil war ground infantry (or G.I. for short) were the most widly used and smallest units in battle. Infantry units would fight along side artillery and calvery. Artillery would be considered any form of cannon mounted by a cannoneer. Calvery is a soldier or group of soldiers on horseback who ride together into battle. There are various types of infantry units such as: riflemen, snipers, or spies.

Chain of Command
All units of any army are organized in a "Chain of Command" in the civil war the chain started with a Company comprised 100 or so units. 8 Companies made Battalion and 10-12 Companies made a regiment. 4-6 regiments formed a Brigade which was led by a Brigader General. Multiple Brigades would form a Division led by a Major General. Several Divisions made a corp led by a Lieutenant General. Finally the highest in command the complete Army led by either a General or Lieutenant General. The Army would be comprised of 1 or 2 corps, 2 to 4 Divisions, 4 to 8 Brigades and multiple Regiments and Companies,they also had specialty units like artillery, calvery, and signal corps

Union uniforms
A Union soldiers uniform cloth color was determind by the job that he/she did in the military. Their color chart went as followed:"Scarlet for Artillery, sky-blue for Infantry, yellow for Engineers, and crimson for Ordnance and Hospital stewards." But all units wore a dark blue jacket, a row of 9 gold buttons in a straight line on the jacket, and one pair of standerd issue dark blue pants.

Confederate uniforms
A typical Confederate uniform consisted of a dull "gray short-waisted jacket, pants, hat, and a cotton shirt." A Confederate uniform was heavy and bulky it was more suited for the sprig and fall months. Their hats (or caps) usally had a seal of the state they were from. The dyes within the gray jackets would also fade after a while and turn brown giving them the nickname "butternuts."

Result
As a total the civil war resulted in anywhere between 620,000 to 700,000 americans dead. This is the highest amount of casualties in a single war in the history of our nation. The Union army had 2,500,000+ before the war in total 360,222 Union soldiers had died of battle, disease, or other. The Confederates who started with only 750,000 to 1,250,000 lost 258,000 from battle, disease, and other. As a result of the Americans who fought and died in the hope that their sacrifice would one day make a brighter nation for us all.

http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/regimental/infantry.cfm http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/gettkidz/reb.htm http://www.civilwarhome.com/casualties.htm http://howardlanham.tripod.com/usreg2.htm Fleri48 (talk) 14:48, 17 April 2009 (UTC)