What did Longstreet mean when he wrote...

[gary]

In reading Longstreet's "From Manassas to Appomattox," you find on page 528 (Konecky edition): "Our plans were laid before the army was all up... A narrow unused road, practicable for artillery, was found, that opened a way for us to reach the enemy's rearward line of march. Sharpshooters were organized and ordered forward by it, to be followed by our infantry columns."

This entry was for late Jan. 1864 when Longstreet was still in Tennessee and before his Corp rejoined Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. What does the use of "organized" mean here? Does it mean that he had sharpshooters and organized them (I know in '63 some brigades did, but others didn't) or does it mean that he had all brigades raise them? Your insights are appreciated.

(Message edited by gary on August 16, 2003)