Game 64, Week 4, Quiz B

[Glorybound]

Week 4, Quiz B, Saturday, 3/27/2010, answers due by wednesday, 3/31, 6pm.

Questions concerning the organization within the army pertain to the Civil War Federal army, with all units at full strength. Many answers are correct for the Confederate army as well, but my source refers at this time to the Union army.

1. Generally speaking, in the Civil War, how many commissioned officers does a 'company' have?


2. During the Civil War, how many companies comprise a regiment, generally speaking, if the regiment is considered staffed up?


3. How many battalions, during the Civil War, comprise a regiment, on average?


4. How many Lieutenant colonels were found in a typical Civil War regiment?


5. Who is this Lincoln administration official?

 

[Rad2duhbone53]

1. Nine
2. Ten
3. Battalion in most cases is synonymous with the term Regiment
4. One
5. Secretary of War Stanton

 

[Glorybound]

Clarification on question 2: In a fully staffed regiment of infantry in the CW, how many companies would comprise the regiment?


Lee

 

[samgrant]

1. Three (capt., 1stLt., 2ndLt.)

2. Ten

3. Two for volunteer regiments; for regular army regiments it was a single battalion to an existing regiment, but new regular regiments had three battallions. So the answer is one, two, or three depending on the type of regiment.

4. One

5. Edwin McMasters Stanton

 

[Pvt Miles]

Answers to Game 64, Week 4, Quiz B

1. Three
2. Ten
3. Two
4. One
5.
Edwin M. Stanton

Pvt Miles

 

[hoosier]

1. Three – a captain, a 1st lieutenant, and a 2nd lieutenant

2. Infantry regiments had ten companies.

3. Heavy artillery regiments included three battalions of four companies each.

4. One lieutenant colonel

5. Edwin M. Stanton

 

[Oxkern]

1. 3
2. 10
3. 8
4. 1
5. Edwin M Stanton

 

[SweetSue]

1. 3 commissioned officer a Captain , first and second Lieutenant
2. 10 companies in a regiment
3. 3 battalions in a regiment
4. 1 Lieutenant colonel in regiment
5. Edwin Stanton

 

[Glorybound]

1. Generally speaking, in the Civil War, how many commissioned officers does a 'company' have?
Answer: Three..1 captain, 2 lieutenants

2. During the Civil War, how many companies comprise a regiment, generally speaking, if the regiment is considered staffed up?
Answer: Ten companies

3. How many battalions, during the Civil War, comprise a regiment, on average?
Answer: Two, sometimes three battalions

4. How many Lieutenant colonels were found in a typical Civil War regiment?
Answer: One


5. Who is this Lincoln administration official?
Answer: Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

 

[Glorybound]

Previous game scores, Week 4, Quiz A:

Brass Napoleon.....14
Hoosier................32
Larry...................10
Nathanb1.............24
Oxkern................29
Samgrant.............32
Stonewall..............3
Sweetsue..............4


Current game scores, Week 4, Quiz B:

Hoosier......................5
Oxkern......................4
Pvt Miles....................5
Rad2duhbone53.........3
Samgrant...................5
Sweetsue...................5



Current total points standing, Game 64:

Brass Napoleon.........14
Hoosier....................37
Larry.......................10
Nathanb1.................24
Oxkern....................33
Pvt Miles...................5
Rad2duhbone53.........3
Samgrant.................37
Stonewall.................3
Sweetsue..................9