Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Impressive Orders of Battle

Congratulations to both sides for organizing some impressive orders of battle. The armies are indeed HUGE and the cadre of officers reads like a Who's Who of the American Civil War. There is also a wide variety of units from multiple historical armies and theaters of war.

The basic order of battle has been posted for each army. It includes the names of Army, Corps, Division, and Brigade Commanders. It shows the structure of the divisions you will face (e.g. How many brigades? How many batteries? Are their sharpshooters attached directly to the division headquarters? Etc.)

What the basic orders of battle do not tell you are the details. How many regiments in the different brigades? Which regiments? What qualities and strengths? How well are they armed? How many guns in various batteries?  All in good time... Find the enemy. Fight him. Get more intelligence.

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