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For cavalry I'd say carbines of long rifles the infantry was using.
Union, commanded by U.S. Grant and George Meade: Cavalry 12,300 Artillery 2,348 Infantry 119,300 Confederate, commanded by R.E. Lee and James Longstreet: Cavalry 4,590 Artillery 1,457 Infantry 58,450
The cavalry is on horses, while the infantry are on foot.
When, on June 14, 1864 Grant succeeded in deploying undetected the bulk of the Army of the Potomac south of the River James, cheating Lee who deployed his army north of that river, Petersburg and its fortifications called Dimmock line, were virtually undefended. The only Confederate units manning the lines were: the infantry brigade Wise, the cavalry brigade Dearing and a handful of militia men for a total of about 3,500 men, who, in the evening of 15th were reinforced by the infantry division Hoke (6,753 men) and the division Bushrod Johnson (6,300 men) for a total of about 16,000 men.In the same evening of 15th the Federals had already deployed about 40,000 men, ready to invest Petersburg.
While not entirely accurate, this approximates the way the battle of Gettysburg began. Gettysburg was selected as a location for the fight by Robert E Lee because of the excellent road network there. Lee's soldiers had raided many of the nearby towns and hoped to force Gettysburg to give them a warehouse full of shoes and boots. They were surprised by the presence of a Union cavalry company when they had only expected a few untrained militia. They did not know that nearly 100,000 Union soldiers were within one day of arriving at the scene.
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For cavalry I'd say carbines of long rifles the infantry was using.
No, that was the cavalry.
most likely no. because cavalry are horseback fighters and infantry are foot soldiers hope i helped!! :D
Union, commanded by U.S. Grant and George Meade: Cavalry 12,300 Artillery 2,348 Infantry 119,300 Confederate, commanded by R.E. Lee and James Longstreet: Cavalry 4,590 Artillery 1,457 Infantry 58,450
Cavalry/Infantry/DragoonCavalry rides to the battle and fights mounted. Traditionally on horseback, but motorized with humvees and helicopters nowdays.Infantry walks to the battle and fights on foot. But today, they may get to the front by truck, airplane, etc.Dragoons rode to the front but fought on foot. So today's infantry are really dragoons, but that term has disappeared.
auxiliaries were infantry and cavalry together and they were soldiers from captured provinces.
Yes, all four Regiments were involved. They included the:9th Cavalry.10th Cavalry,24th Infantry, and the25th Infantry.
The two groups of Roman soldiers were the infantry and the cavalry. Each group had its divisions.
Infantry are foot-soldiers who carry a weapon by hand, opposed to cavalry, who rode on horses, or armor, which is divisions of tanks and artillery.
This is the layman's term for "infantry." They are soldiers who fight while on foot, as opposed to on horseback (cavalry).who fights with foot
Cavalry is on horseback and infantry is on their feet.