UNION ARMY BRIGADE HISTORIES
The brigade was the common tactical unit for both cavalry and infantry in the Civil War. It consisted, usually, of 4-6 regiments and would have a strength of, say, 4,000-5,000 men, all of whom were commanded by a brigadier general.
The division was the next largest unit in the Civil War armies and consisted normally of three brigades of 12,000-15,000 men, all of whom were commanded by a major general (although brigadier generals occasionally were in command).
The corps was generally composed of two or more divisions, and except for a corps of cavalry, consisted of all branches of service. There were 43 corps, designated by Roman numerals, established in the Union army prior to the end of the Civil War, all commanded by a major general.
Union Artillery Brigades
- Artillery Brigade [Photograph, officers]
- 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery
- Fair Oaks, VA, 1862 [Photograph, brigade officers]
- Culpeper, VA, Sept., 1863 [Photograph, officers]
- Brandy Station, VA, Feb., 1864 [Photograph]
- Brandy Station, VA, Feb., 1864 [Photograph, officers and lady]
- Brandy Station, VA, Feb., 1864 [Photograph, James M. Robertson, staff]
- Brandy Station, VA, Feb., 1864 [Photograph, suttler's tent]
Union Cavalry Brigades
- Michigan Cavalry Brigade [History]
Union Infantry Brigades
- Barton's Brigade
- Col. William B. Barton [Capsule biography]
- Hawley's Brigade [Capsule history, photograph]
- Irish Brigade [Irish Brigade Association, notes, illustrations]
- Photograph [Harrison's Landing, VA, July 1862]
- Iron Brigade [Outline history, photographs] [Capsule history]
- Gettysburg Memorial [Photograph]
- Mississippi Marine Brigade
- Diary of Basil H. Messler [Diary, photograph]
- Montgomery's Brigade [Biographical sketch, Col. James Montgomery]
- 1st Vermont Brigade [History]
- Winter Quarters of the Vermont Brigade, Fredericksburg [Painting]
- 2nd Vermont Brigade [Capsule history]
UNION DIVISIONS, CORPS AND ARMIES
Union Cavalry
- Stoneman's Cavalry Division, Gen'l George Stoneman [Stoneman's spring 1865 Raid, history, illustrations]
- 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, Gen'l John Buford [At Gettysburg (article, photographs, notes)]
- 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, Gen'l David Gregg [Biography, photographs]
Union Infantry
- Army of the James
- Surgeons [Photograph, Ft. Harrison, VA, April 1865]
- District of Florida
- Brig. Gen'l Truman Seymour [History, biography, photograph]
- Engineers Corps
- Officers [Photograph, Petersburg, VA, March 1865]
- 3rd Division
- Surgeons [Photograph, Petersburg, VA, Aug., 1864]
- 7th Division, Army of the Ohio [Organization, illustrations, brief notes re: Cumberland Gap]
- III Corps [Third Corps Association, with history, illustrations, more
- Surgeons [Photograph, Culpeper, VA, Sept., 1863]
- V Corps [Organizational chart, 2nd Division, brief notes]
- IX Corps
- Chaplains [Photograph, Petersburg, VA, Oct., 1864]
- Surgeons, 1st Division [Photograph, Petersburg, VA, Oct., 1864]
- Surgeons, 4th Division [Photograph, Broadway Landing, VA, July 1864]
- XIII Corps [Organization chart]
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