Brigade Names

[Hardcase726]

Need help naming your brigades for historical accuracy or some custom names? Let me know what you think. Here are some helpful names:

Confederate:
1.McGowan's Brigade
2.Brockenbrough's Brigade
3.Pettigrew's Brigade
4.Archer's Brigade
5. Scales' Brigade
6. Hood's Texas Brigade or Hood's Brigade and Texas Brigade
7. Western Confederate Brigade
8. Orphan Brigade
9. 1st Missouri Brigade
10. Stonewall Brigade or 1st Brigade or both
11. Alabama Brigade
12. Louisiana Tigers
13. Shelby's Iron Brigade (Cavalry)
14. Grey Wolves Brigade
15. Butternut Brigade
16.State Brigade (Virginia, Arkansas, etc)
17. Rebel's Brigade
18. 1776 Brigade
19. Blackbeard's Brigade (Yes the Pirate)
20. 1st- Brigade/Battalion/Volunteer/Regular/Reserve/etc
21. Lee's Brigade
22. Longstreet's Brigade
23. Cross Brigade
24. The Bloody Brigade
25. Red Brigade
26. Confederate Irish Brigade
27. Johnny Reb's Boys
28. Wild Hogs Brigade (Arkansas)
29. Old Horse Brigade (Cavalry)
30. Mississippi Brigade (Barksdale's Brigade)
31. Rattlesnake Brigade
32. (Your Name) Brigade
33. Sic Semper Tyrannis Brigade
34. Manassas Brigade or 1st and 2nd Manassas Brigade
35. Shenandoah Brigade

36. Washington's Brigade

37. Cardinal Brigade

38. Raven Brigade

Union:
1.Vermont Brigade or 1st Vermont Brigade use both if wanted
2.2nd Vermont Brigade
3.Gibraltar Brigade
4.Philadelphia Brigade
5.Irish Brigade
6.Excelsior Brigade
7.Michigan Brigade (cavalry)
8. Lightning Mule Brigade
9. Lightning Brigade (mounted Infantry)
10. Iron Brigade/Eastern Iron Brigade/Western Iron Brigade
11. 1st- U.S. infantry/artillery/cavalry/sharpshooters
12. 1st- U.S. Volunteers
13. 1st- U.S. Reserves
14. 1st- U.S. Battalion
15. U.S. Marines
16. Lincoln's Brigade
17. State Brigades (Ohio, Indiana, New York, etc)
18. Highlander Brigade
19. Polish Legion (regiment from new york but it works)
20. German Legion
21. Fire Brigade
22. Blue Coats Brigade (British Brigade)
23. Celtic Brigade
24. Republican Brigade
25. Freedom Brigade
26. Eagle Brigade
27. Sumter Brigade
28. 1783 Brigade
29. America Brigade
30. Stars Brigade
31. California Column
32. Mississippi Marine Brigade
33. Spinola brigade
34. U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade
35. (Your Name) Brigade

36. Blue Jay Brigade
37. Crow's Brigade

38. Robin's Brigade

 

Edited April 16, 2017 by Hardcase726

[Andre Bolkonsky]

1st Vermont? 

Sounds vaguely familiar. 

Question, do you have this list stored on a USB? 

(Other than that sidenote, kudos. I like your list)

[Hardcase726]

42 minutes ago, Andre Bolkonsky said:

1st Vermont? 

Sounds vaguely familiar. 

Question, do you have this list stored on a USB? 

(Other than that sidenote, kudos. I like your list)

 

 

On notepad and there are two Vermont Brigade's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Union_Army_brigades The Vermont and the 2nd Vermont Brigade, I just add 1st Vermont Brigade as a 3rd option and use the standard Vermont as a Brigade without a number. my 1st Corps for the Union lead by John Gibbon is known as the 1st "Iron" Corps as a tribute to the Iron Brigade here is the list:

1st Division: Me: C.C. Reasner 7 Brigades

Iron Brigade

Iron Brigade Iron Brigade of the East

 Iron Brigade of the West

Iron Brigade of the North

IRON BRIGADE OF THE SOUTH

King's Iron Brigade

Lincoln's Iron Brigade

____________________________________________

2nd Division: Winfield Hancock: 4 Brigades 2 Battalions

Black Hat Brigade

King's Wisconsin Brigade

The Black Hats

Bragg's Iron Brigade

1ST IRON HOWITZERS

1ST IRON BATTALION

________________________________________

3rd Division: John Reynolds: 4 Brigades 2 Battalions

MICHIGAN IRON BRIGADE

WISCONSIN IRON BRIGADE

INDIANA IRON BRIGADE

Cutler's Iron Brigade

2ND IRON BATTALION

2ND IRON HOWITZERS

______________________________________________

4th Division: Joseph Hooker: 4 Brigades 2 Battalions

U.S. MARINES IRON BRIGADE

MEREDITH'S IRON BRIGADE

GIBBON'S IRON BRIGADE

The Iron Reserves

3RD IRON HOWITZERS

3RD IRON BATTALION

__________________________________

I pretty much extended the Iron Brigade.

 

Edited April 16, 2017 by Hardcase726

[Andre Bolkonsky]

The extrapolation of the iron brigades. I like it. 

But, in my humble opinion, there is only one Iron Brigade. Gibbons and the Black Hats. Period. 

And, regarding 1stVermont. It's an old joke that, thankfully, has passed from the memory of this forum. That is a good thing. 

[Hardcase726]

1 hour ago, Andre Bolkonsky said:

1st Vermont? 

Sounds vaguely familiar. 

Question, do you have this list stored on a USB? 

(Other than that sidenote, kudos. I like your list)

 

 

And 

 

11 hours ago, Hardcase726 said:

Need help naming your brigades for historical accuracy or some custom names? Let me know what you think. Here are some helpful names:

Confederate:
1.McGowan's Brigade
2.Brockenbrough's Brigade
3.Pettigrew's Brigade
4.Archer's Brigade
5. Scales' Brigade
6. Hood's Texas Brigade or Hood's Brigade and Texas Brigade
7. Western Confederate Brigade
8. Orphan Brigade
9. 1st Missouri Brigade
10. Stonewall Brigade or 1st Brigade or both
11. Alabama Brigade
12. Louisiana Tigers
13. Shelby's Iron Brigade (Cavalry)
14. Grey Wolves Brigade
15. Butternut Brigade
16.State Brigade (Virginia, Arkansas, etc)
17. Rebel's Brigade
18. 1776 Brigade
19. Blackbeard's Brigade (Yes the Pirate)
20. 1st- Brigade/Battalion/Volunteer/Regular/Reserve/etc
21. Lee's Brigade
22. Longstreet's Brigade
23. Cross Brigade
24. The Bloody Brigade
25. Red Brigade
26. Confederate Irish Brigade
27. Johnny Reb's Boys
28. Wild Hogs Brigade (Arkansas)
29. Old Horse Brigade (Cavalry)
30. Mississippi Brigade (Barksdale's Brigade)
31. Rattlesnake Brigade
32. (Your Name) Brigade
33. Sic Semper Tyrannis Brigade
34. Manassas Brigade or 1st and 2nd Manassas Brigade
35. Shenandoah Brigade

36. Washington's Brigade

37. Cardinal Brigade

38. Raven Brigade

Union:
1.Vermont Brigade or 1st Vermont Brigade use both if wanted
2.2nd Vermont Brigade
3.Gibraltar Brigade
4.Philadelphia Brigade
5.Irish Brigade
6.Excelsior Brigade
7.Michigan Brigade (cavalry)
8. Lightning Mule Brigade
9. Lightning Brigade (mounted Infantry)
10. Iron Brigade/Eastern Iron Brigade/Western Iron Brigade
11. 1st- U.S. infantry/artillery/cavalry/sharpshooters
12. 1st- U.S. Volunteers
13. 1st- U.S. Reserves
14. 1st- U.S. Battalion
15. U.S. Marines
16. Lincoln's Brigade
17. State Brigades (Ohio, Indiana, New York, etc)
18. Highlander Brigade
19. Polish Legion (regiment from new york but it works)
20. German Legion
21. Fire Brigade
22. Blue Coats Brigade (British Brigade)
23. Celtic Brigade
24. Republican Brigade
25. Freedom Brigade
26. Eagle Brigade
27. Sumter Brigade
28. 1783 Brigade
29. America Brigade
30. Stars Brigade
31. California Column
32. Mississippi Marine Brigade
33. Spinola brigade
34. U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade
35. (Your Name) Brigade

36. Blue Jay Brigade
37. Crow's Brigade

38. Robin's Brigade

 

 

 

And if you don't want use names and keep a more organized Army then you can always use this example:

1st Div. 1st Bde.(Infantry) 1st Div. 2nd Bn. (artillery) 1st Div. 1st Cav. (Cavalry) 1st Div. 3rd SS. (sharpshooters) or SKM/Skirms. (Skirmishers)

Edited April 16, 2017 by Hardcase726

[Andre Bolkonsky]

I'll make it easier still: 

Corps in Roman Numeral

Division as a cardinal number

Weapon

II 3 Harper **

2nd Corps, 3rd Division, Harpers Ferry Rifles with 2 stars in veterancy. 

Works great for one battle, kind of a pain to rename everything when you shuffle your OOB between battles.