kepi
First Sergeant
- Joined
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Were there any significant differences in Federal and Confederate military training camps with regard to training, discipline, drill, and time?
You simply can't generalize... It was the states that raised the regiments and how this was done different from state to state and over time. In the early part of the war some regiments didn't receive any training before marching of to war.Were there any significant differences in Federal and Confederate military training camps with regard to training, discipline, drill, and time?
We had a thread a few weeks ago about questionaires sent to Tn CW vets from both sides. One Tn federal soldier who joined fairly late in the war only received one week of training. I would think it depended who was in charge of the training camp. Camp Dick Robertson in Ky which trained mostly federal soldiers from Tn and Ky was commanded by Gen.Thomas who was an instructor at West Point under at the time Col. R.E. Lee.I would think that was a very through training camp. has others have pointed out it was somewhat a matter of luck how much training and how well it was carried out . Gen.McClellan was said to be very good at training I am sure their where others on both sides if they had the time to do so.Were there any significant differences in Federal and Confederate military training camps with regard to training, discipline, drill, and time?
Just a note: Casey was not "written" until summer 62 and not put into use until later that year.Some officers were reading the Hardee and Casey manuals as they tried to instruct their soldiers.