Mods, please feel free to move this post if it appears here in error...I couldn't find a good place for it~
Pards,
I've been looking recently at a couple of Trans-Mississippi Union regiments recruited in Arkansas (1st & 2nd Arkansas Infy.) and looking thru organization dates, was curious about when a soldier would have rec'd his government issue(s).
Case in point;
2nd Arkansas (Union) Infantry;
"Organized at Springfield, Mo., and Fort Smith, Ark., October, 1863, to March, 1864. Organization completed at Fort Smith March 13, 1864." -Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Traditionally, when would the men of this regiment have been issued their weapons/clothing/accouterments? Would it have been at or near their enlistment date or upon completion of the organization? Not having studied much about Union regiments or how they are formed, I am very curious about how the process works....the men in this regiment were engaged at Clarksville in Dec. of 1863 against Bushwhackers, and I'm curious if they would have been considered a regular functioning unit, armed & equipped from US gov't stores (even though the regiment was not "completed")? In the Federal Army, how were various units "mustered" into service? By company? Regiment? Any imput is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Pards,
I've been looking recently at a couple of Trans-Mississippi Union regiments recruited in Arkansas (1st & 2nd Arkansas Infy.) and looking thru organization dates, was curious about when a soldier would have rec'd his government issue(s).
Case in point;
2nd Arkansas (Union) Infantry;
"Organized at Springfield, Mo., and Fort Smith, Ark., October, 1863, to March, 1864. Organization completed at Fort Smith March 13, 1864." -Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Traditionally, when would the men of this regiment have been issued their weapons/clothing/accouterments? Would it have been at or near their enlistment date or upon completion of the organization? Not having studied much about Union regiments or how they are formed, I am very curious about how the process works....the men in this regiment were engaged at Clarksville in Dec. of 1863 against Bushwhackers, and I'm curious if they would have been considered a regular functioning unit, armed & equipped from US gov't stores (even though the regiment was not "completed")? In the Federal Army, how were various units "mustered" into service? By company? Regiment? Any imput is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
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