Best Unit Nicknames

[captaindrew]

I don't think anyone has mentioned the Bucktails from Pa. Also have to mention my GG Uncle's company, The Brandywine Guards, Co A 30th Pa. The name comes from the company's roots as the Chester County Militia going back to the Revolution and their involvement in the Brandywine Campaign.

 

[redbob]

reminds me of the quip in the Army of Tennessee after Missionary Ridge. Them men chided themselves for running away, saying "Yellerhammer Allerbammer..... Flicker-Flicker" referring to the speed of their legs.

If that's not the sign of unit cohesion and indestructible morale, I don't know what is.

And, they still had a long road to travel before they would return home.

 

[gary]

Buttermilk Rangers.

 

[Mr. King]

Buttermilk Rangers.

I think that was used as a derogatory phrase by Early.

 

[Chattahooch33]

Here is a page on my site with almost all of the company nicknames for Georgia's infantry regiments:

https://sites.google.com/site/kevinwancestry/georgia-infantry-regiments-by-county

 

[MC44]

I even established a CS Marine division. I swear, organizing the army is my favorite part.

Definitely. That is mine too.

 

[MC44]

I name them "1st Infantry, 2nd Infantry, 3rd Infantry" etc., at least when they are new.

When they get 2 stars and they start distinguishing themselves, I give them random a state, such as "1st Virginia Inf" or "1st Louisiana Inf". The state I name them usually has alot to do with who their current commander is, even if they are fictional. "John Kershaw" for instance would remind me South Carolina due to the historical Joseph Kershaw, so that brigade might be the "1st South Carolina".

When they achieve 3 stars, then they get a nickname, usually corresponding with the state, and not always historical. "Tarheels Brigade" or "Tennessee Volunteers" will work.

This helps me to distnguish them easier on the battlefield. Basically, I know who is expendable, and who is dependable.

I have been giving them Regimental names, instead of Brigades, for the most part. I know it's not right, but it is easy to keep tabs on them. So I ended up with a "Vermont Division" of the 2nd, 6th and 11th instead of a Vermont Brigade.

 

[MC44]

Long Sol's Iron Brigade was not mentioned except as Black Hats.

Oh I know, but the OP was looking to edit the names in his game to match historical brigades. In the game, the Iron Brigade already exists and you are awarded them after Antietam, I think.

 

[Old Bay]

White's Comanches - 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry
Bloody Eighth - 8th Virginia Infantry
Laurel Brigade - Core of the 7th, 12th and 17th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry

 

[rpkennedy]

Some good New York nicknames.

Advanced Zoos: 62nd New York
Barney Black Rifles: 54th New York (also known as the Schwarze Yaeger)
Beecher's Pets: Company E, 67th New York
Cerro Gordo Legion: 32nd New York
Corps d'Elite: Company C, 103rd New York
Cromwellian Regiment: 76th New York
The Defenders: 178th New York
D'Epineuil Zouaves: 53rd New York
Die-no-mores: Company D, 48th New York
The Dozen: 12th New York
Ellsworth's Avengers: 44th New York
Empire Zouaves: 51st New York
Faugh-a-ballagh: Company K, 63rd New York
Franklin's Own: 98th New York
Garde de Lafayette: 55th New York
Garibaldi Guard: 39th New York
Garrard's Tigers: 146th New York
Guards of Liberty and Union: 81st New York (also known as the Mohawk Rangers)
Humbold Yaegers: 58th New York
Ironclads: 136th New York
Ironhearted: 115th New York
Ironsides: 176th New York
Lincoln Divers: 99th New York
Lincoln Greens: 4th New York Cavalry
Lost Children: part of the 100th New York
Monitors: 127th New York
Montezuma Regiment: 31st New York
Mountain Legion: 156th New York
Mozart Regiment: 40th New York
Nail Factory Company: Company I, 169th New York
Excelsior Rifle Legion: 92nd New York
Orange Blossoms: 124th New York
Perry's Saints: 48th New York
Phoenix Regiment: part of the 164th New York
President's Life Guard: Company A, 59th New York
Salt Rangers: 149th New York
Stanton Legion: 145th New York
Tammany Guards: 42nd New York
Thurlow Weed Guards: part of the 132nd New York
United States Chasseurs: 65th New York
Waterloo Wright Guards: Company C, 33rd New York
2nd Yager Regiment: 41st New York

Ryan

 

[Cavalry Charger]

Orange Blossoms: 124th New York

This Regiment came up on another thread (to do with Regiments that fought at Gettysburg) and I'm curious to know how they got that name/why they gave themselves that name. Do you have any ideas?

 

[rpkennedy]

This Regiment came up on another thread (to do with Regiments that fought at Gettysburg) and I'm curious to know how they got that name/why they gave themselves that name. Do you have any ideas?

Colonel Ellis made a speech before they went into battle at Chancellorsville and called them his "Orange Blossoms". The name stuck, particularly after Ellis' death at Gettysburg.

The regiment was raised mostly from Orange County and that's where the Orange part came from.

Ryan

 

[mofederal]

The Merrill Horse - 2nd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. The Shamrock Regiment - 30th Missouri Volunteer Infantry.

 

[Oceanpond88]

3rd Florida Infantry Company C - Hernando County Wildcats

23rd Georgia Infantry Company A - The Bartow County Yankee Killers

115th New York Infantry - The Iron Hearted Regiment

 

[57th Indiana Infantry]

The 26th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry - The Groundhog Regiment

"Sgt. Samuel Robinson, Co. F, who after the war was the secretary for the regiment's veteran association, provided the following justification: "From the facility with which the regiment could bury itself with a bayonet and half a canteen, or a spoon, and the expedition with which it could construct a line of more elaborate field works, and the frequency with which it was called upon to do so, caused the boys to liken themselves to groundhogs and finally to call the regiment, with some pride, 'the Groundhog Regiment."

 

[gary]

I think that was used as a derogatory phrase by Early.

It was and it applied to the cavalry in the Valley. I don't think Early was the only person who applied it either.

 

[Burning Billy]

It has already been mentioned more than once, but the Louisiana Tigers would be my pick for the best rebel unit nickname. For the Union it would probably be a toss up between the Iron Brigade (also mentioned more than once) and the Red-Legged Devils.

 

[tbuckley]

This Regiment came up on another thread (to do with Regiments that fought at Gettysburg) and I'm curious to know how they got that name/why they gave themselves that name. Do you have any ideas?

They were from Orange County, NY.
Before the power went out and messed me up, I was going to add that the Orange Blossoms were the regiment that Stephen Crane based The Red Badge of Courage on.

 

[tbuckley]

One of the local companies recruited for three months in April, 1861 was Co. K, 17th O. V. I., The Belmont Tigers.

 

[Crazy Delawares]

The Crazy Delawares - 2nd Delaware