[rottweiller_inc]

"A lot of people don't seem to realize that the Confederate Army was basically a bunch of state militias on loan to Richmond," he said.

Very interesting

[Non-Sequitur]

"A lot of people don't seem to realize that the Confederate Army was basically a bunch of state militias on loan to Richmond," he said.

The same could be said for the Union army.

[Non-Sequitur]

Except for the part about being on loan to Richmond, of course. It's early.

[stand watie]

the PACSA, ie. the REGULAR ARMY of the CSA, had only about TWO THOUSAND (2,000) members (mostly VERY senior officers & senior NCOs).

the CS Marines had about 600 regular members (throughout the WBTS about 2,000 marines served however).

there was also the REGULAR artillery unit (called the Confederate States Artilley), which had about 400 members.

this was the TOTAL NUMBER of REGULARS out of a total line strength of 1.2 million. the rest of the formations were state militia, privately-raised units, reservists & home guards.

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