Re: Iron Brigade history = MI Reg. info

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Dear Bob,
    It was the MI 24th Reg that was added.  Listen to these words:
    Oct. 9th 1862 Camp near Sharpsburg:
"A fine new regiment has been added to our brigade.  They are a splendid
looking body of men, entirely new to the service.  It is the twenty-fourth
Michigan, commanded by Col. Henry A. Morrow.  Their ranks are full now, they
are, as we were, crazy to fight."

Each Regiment was made up of 10 companies.  A-K.  Notice that is 11 letters.
I believe that the letter "J" was excluded because it could be confused with
"i".
Each company had 100 men plus their officers.  10 Companies x 100 men=one
Regiment of 1000 men + officers.  4 Regiments = one brigade or 4000 men +
officers.

Then ? Regiments = a what, Batalion or Division  What???  Then so many of
something =an The Army of the Potomac or the Army of the ....West... was it?

So to answer your question, yes there would have been a Co. I in that MI
reg.  If this particular Reg. interests you, there are 10 more references in
this book.


-----Original Message-----
From: RBranshaw@aol.com <RBranshaw@aol.com>
To: sinclair@jump.net <sinclair@jump.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: John W. St. Clair, Iron Brigade history


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>Laurel:
> You mention a Michigan regiment that was added to the Iron Brigade...would
>that regiment have contained a Company "I" in the Michigan regiment.  Or
could
>you identify which Michigan regiment was added to the Iron Brigade?
> Bob Branshaw
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