What are your favorite WBTS units.

[Noble Pelican]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

Confederate:

19th Louisiana Inf.
Consolidated Crescent LA. Inf.
8th LA. Cav.
9th LA. Inf.
12th GA. Inf.
6th MS. Inf.
32nd AL. Inf.
Austin's (14th) LA. Battalion Sharpshooters
2nd TX. Inf.
Madison "Light Tips" LA. Arty.
5th Co., Washington Arty.
ANV Stonewall Brigade
AOT Kentucky Orphan Brigade
1st & 3rd FL. Consolidated Inf.
14th Confederate Cav.
1st LA. Hvy. Arty.
17th SC. Inf.
CSS Webb and crew
CSS Alabama and crew
CSS Florida and crew
CSS Arkansas and crew


Federal:

1st LA. (Fed) Cav.
6th MI. Inf.
12th CT. Inf.
32nd IA. Inf.
5th OH. Arty.
2nd MA. Arty.
1st RI. Inf.
23rd ME. Inf.
3rd NH Cav.
165th NY. Inf.
1st & 3rd LA. (Fed) Native Guard
99th USCT
55th IL. Inf.
88th IN. Inf.
18th IN. Arty.
USS Blackhawk and crew

[marine05]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

Boy, favorites are tough but I'll give it a try.

Union

20th Maine (GGGrandfather's regiment (father's side))
11th Maine (GGGrandfather's regiment (mother's side))
Bty F (Ricketts), 1st PA Lt Arty
Irish Brigade, 28th MA
Iron Brigade
1st Minn
USMC all theaters

Confederate

Stonewall Brigade
Longstreet's Corps
15th Alabama
Washington Artillery
CSMC


YOS,

DJM

[MuddyTrowsers]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

In no order of preference:

Federal
15th Wisconsin Infantry
13th U.S. Infantry
2nd Minnesota Infantry
105th Ohio Infantry
1st Battalion Cavalry, Dakota Territory

[SteelCityZouave]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

Union:
Irish Brigade
Iron Brigade
114th Pennsylvania (Zouaves De Afrique)
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
115th Pennsylvania
164th New York (Corcoran's Irish Zouaves)
11th New York
146th New York
155th Pennsylvania
2nd Rhode Island
79th New York Highlanders

Confederate:
Stonewall Brigade
Louisiana Tiger Zouaves
24th Georgia
VMI Cadet Corps
44th Virginia

[Delhi Rangers]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

Benning's Brigade of Hood's Division - "The Rock Brigade"
15th Georgia
15th Mississippi
Cleburnes Division

[LWhite64]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

Overall Fav: 15th Arkansas(Cleburne's/Josey's)

US
93rd Ohio
105th Ohio
9th Ohio
9th Indiana
15th KY
36th Ill
100th Ill
33rd New Jersey

CS
26th TN
10th SC
7th SC
13th LA
2nd KY
10th MISS
5th Company Washington Artillery
24th SC

[DougCooper]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

yippee...

1st Minn
2nd Minn
6th Maine
29th PVI
34th Mass
105th ILL
48th OVI
7th WS Light Arty
5th WS Inf
20th CT
3rd MI

18th LA
15th TX
34th MS
2nd FL Battalion
44th TN
2nd VA
3rd VA
7th SC
5th Co WANO
9th KY

[rmassella]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

3rd Arkansas (The only Arkansas Regiment to serve in the Eastern theater)
Hood's Texas Brigade
5th Virginia
The Stonewall Brigade
10th Virginia

[Tom Ezell]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

3rd Arkansas (The only Arkansas Regiment to serve in the Eastern theater)

Son, you forget:

* Fagan's 1st Arkansas Infantry Reg't. (served in Virginia from June 1861 to March 1862... s'matter of fact, they were at 1st Manassas while the 3rd was still straggling into Lynchburg to muster in; most surviving copies of the Arkansas state belt plate trace back to Fagan's people.)

* Bronaugh's 2nd Arkansas Infantry Battalion. (served in Virginia from July 1861 onward & through the Seven Days campaign; survivors consolidated with the 3rd Arkansas Regiment in July, 1862.)

My list of favorites:

CS:
Liddell's/Govan's Arkansas Brigade
6th/7th Arkansas
3rd Louisiana
26th Arkansas

US:
1st Iowa
36th Iowa
25th Iowa
31st Illinois
36th Illinois
3rd Minnesota
8th Wisconsin
28th Wisconsin

and, of course, the "200th Injianna"...

Tom

[Jayhawk102]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

Well I have to say

2nd Kansas (Heh this is my re-enacting unit have to include them).
8th Kansas (The Fighting Kansans of Chickamauga and Chattanooga).
48th Indiana (GGGUncle, mothers side)
"Louisana Tigers"(Richard Taylor's (GGGUncle by marriage) first command.

[Secede1863]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

Federal:

1st NY Dragoons (15th NY Cav) - 2 Companies recruited from my home town
155th NY
164th NY (Concoran's Irish Zouave Legion)
I had relatives in all three aswell.

Confederate:
22nd Batt. VA Infantry (Reenacting Unit)
VMI Corp of Cadets
Stonewall Brigade
Cleburnes Division (Hoods Army)

Everyone, what makes those units you chose, your favorites?

"Stubs"

[tmr1]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

17th Indiana, Wilder's Brigade of Mounted Infantry..my great grandfather was a member of Co. A.
Ted Rupel

[TheFenian]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

US
63rd NY
69th NY
88th NY
9th MA
28th MA
37th NY
155th NY
164th NY
170th NY
182nd NY
69th PA
116 PA
42nd NY
82nd NY
23rd IL
10th OH

CS
1st VA Battalion
1st GA
24th GA
1st AR
Louisiana Tigers
and 15th AR

Reenacting
27 MS
Cleburne's

To answer why: predomonantly Irish & Fenian
Bill Eiff

[theknapsack]

Re: What are your favorite WBTS units.

Federal:

5th Kentucky "Louisville Legion"
1st Michigan Engineers
Iron Brigade
9th New York Heavy Artillery
1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery
7th Illinois Infantry
10th Illinois Infantry
33rd Illinois Infantry "Teacher Regiment"
44th Illinois Infantry
93rd Illinois Infantry
95th Illinois Infantry
105th Illinois Infantry
139th Illinois Infantry (they were a 100 days regiment in 1864)
1st Illinois Light Artillery Battery "B" "Taylor's Battery"
11th Wisconsin Infantry
8th Wisconsin Infantry
Mostly Western Federal Units. . . There are a lot that I like in the East though.

Confederate:

1st Tennesee Infantry (Feild's)
Stonewall Brigade
37th Tennesee Infantry
44th Tennesee Consolidated Infantry
52nd North Carolina Infantry
I know. . . Not many (for the Confederate side at least).
I have alot more I like, they just don't come to mind right now.
Any Regiment is worth studying to me though.

[KentuckyReb]

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Western--

Definitely like the 80th Indiana VI. Not just because I just found a relative of my Mom's on the rolls, but the guys deserve a lot of respect--they answered Lincoln's '300,000 more' call, then before their training was just quite half-complete the War Department shipped 'em down to Kentucky to meet Bragg and Smith's advance. And even though they were green as grass at Perryville and really took some casualties they aquitted themselves well enough to be mentioned favorably in dispatches.

9th Tennessee Cavalry (CS)...shameless plug for GG-Grandpa R.F. Peek on Dad's side :D

Just started reading about Wilder's Lightning Brigade, trying to learn more about Mounted Infantry, and I'm developing a real respect for the mobility/firepower combination of this outfit.

The Kentucky Brigade (3rd, 7th, 8th & 12th) throughout the War but particularly after reassignment as Mounted Infantry, and Forrest's command in general

The 9th Indiana VI

The 6th Mississippi Infantry

The 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The Orphan Brigade

Eastern--

19th Indiana VI

14th Indiana VI

12th Tennessee Infantry (CS)

The U.S. Regulars

5th Texas Infantry

John Buford's Cavalry Division

DTM--

J.O. Shelby's command

1st Colorado Volunteers

All Theaters--

The men & mules of the QM Corps, performing on a daily basis what must have seemed like one of the labors of Hercules.