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BATTALION ORGANIZATION.

By THE EDITOR.

The following Battalions, twenty-five in number, continued
in existence till the close of the war, except the Fourth, Fifth,
Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth
and Eighteenth, which were merged into regiments, after
somewhat lengthy existence as battalions.

The Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-
third, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth weré not officially so
styled and are herein thus numbered only for convenience, the
official designation being given in each case in the sub-head.

There were also several other battalions not hereinafter
given whose existence was soon merged into regiments as Sin-
gletary’s Battalion, which became the Twenty-seventh Regi-
ment; Wm. T. Williams’ Battalion, which was raised into the
Thirty-second Regiment; Rogers’ Battalion, later Forty-sev-
enth Regiment; Evans’ Battalion, later Sixty-third Regi-
ment; Sixth Battalion, which was enlarged and made the
Sixtieth Regiment. Then there were the eight Reserve Bat-
talions which were merged into the Seventieth, Seventy-first,
Seventy-second and Seventy-eighth Regiments, as is related
in the history of the organization of the reserves and several
battalions of Senior Reserves were merged into the Seventy-
third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh
Regiments.

There may have been other battalions still which soon lost
their separate existence in regimental organization.

Including the “Bethel” Regiment and excluding those nine
of following battalions which, as stated above, were merged
into regiments, this State furnished 84 regiments, 16 battal-
jons and 13 unattached companies, besides the companies and
individuals from this State serving in commands from other
States, and nine regiments of Home Guards and the militia

rendering short tours of duty.

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