HIUS 420 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
Advantages of the North - Answers 1) Industrized-railroads
2)number of men of 2 million
3)more money
4)
Advantages of the South - Answers 1) Better Leadership including Lee and Stonewall Jackson
2) most fighting done in the South
3)
4)
Company infantry - Answers 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
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 - Answers organized by companies together
10 companies into a regiment
regiment=2 battalions
Regiments=about 600-1000
, commanded by a colonel
Brigades infantry - Answers 3-6 regiments and commanded by a Brigadier General
4000 men
Divisions infantry - Answers commanded by Major General
2-6 brigades or 3-4, 4-6
totalled 12,000
Corps infantry - Answers commanded by a Major General (Union) or a Lieutenant General
(Confederate)
2-3 divisions, 2-3, 3-4
totaled 24,000-36,000
Western Theater leading armies - Answers U.S.A. = Army of 'the' Tennessee
& Army of the Cumberland
C.S.A. = Army of Tennessee
& Army of Mississippi
Eastern Theater Leading Armies - Answers U.S.A. = Army of the Potomac
C.S.A. = Army of Northern Virginia
battalion and regiment Cavalry - Answers Union:
12 troops= regiment
commanded by a colonel
2 troops=squadron
2 squadrons=battalion
3 battalions=regiment
4-8 companies of Cavarly are battalions
Advantages of the North - Answers 1) Industrized-railroads
2)number of men of 2 million
3)more money
4)
Advantages of the South - Answers 1) Better Leadership including Lee and Stonewall Jackson
2) most fighting done in the South
3)
4)
Company infantry - Answers 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
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 - Answers organized by companies together
10 companies into a regiment
regiment=2 battalions
Regiments=about 600-1000
, commanded by a colonel
Brigades infantry - Answers 3-6 regiments and commanded by a Brigadier General
4000 men
Divisions infantry - Answers commanded by Major General
2-6 brigades or 3-4, 4-6
totalled 12,000
Corps infantry - Answers commanded by a Major General (Union) or a Lieutenant General
(Confederate)
2-3 divisions, 2-3, 3-4
totaled 24,000-36,000
Western Theater leading armies - Answers U.S.A. = Army of 'the' Tennessee
& Army of the Cumberland
C.S.A. = Army of Tennessee
& Army of Mississippi
Eastern Theater Leading Armies - Answers U.S.A. = Army of the Potomac
C.S.A. = Army of Northern Virginia
battalion and regiment Cavalry - Answers Union:
12 troops= regiment
commanded by a colonel
2 troops=squadron
2 squadrons=battalion
3 battalions=regiment
4-8 companies of Cavarly are battalions
