GDG- Company Markers

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/23/2007 8:40:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ernscave at aol.com writes:

In the  case of the 69th Pa
the line runs from left to right?? G-K-B-E-C-H-D-F-A-I  



Do you know if the 69th used this same alignment of companies as their  
regular deployment in every battle, or did they vary it according to commanding  
officer seniority as per the tactical manual instructions?  Brian Pohanka  and I 
traded thoughts about this matter several times, but only concluded that  
practices varied from regiment to regiment,  With the 14th Connecticut, for  
example, apparently they stuck to a B-G-K-E-H-C-I-D-F-A alignment throughtout  the 
war, regardless of seniority (this may have had something to do with the  
Connecticut Volunteers practice of arming Companies A and B with Sharps  
breechloaders as the flank companies).  

Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT




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