In general Companies were seperate entities and deployed as such, but the regiment was usually kept together. Occassionally they would split off companies for specific duties, such as guarding a certain area, fort or depot. They would have seen each other fairly often, but on a battle line they would have been at separate points, but could have been right next to each other or at opposite ends of the two companies.
__________________ Mark W. Swarthout, Esq.
GGGrandson of Pvt. John W. Swarthout, Company E, 148th NYVI - Wounded at Cold Harbor.
GGGGrandson of Pvt. Henry Stephens, Company D, 137th NYVI - Wounded at Culp's Hill, Gettysburg. |