| Regiments at Gettysburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engaged Strength | Union | Confederate | ||
| Quantity | Percentage | Quantity | Percentage | |
| INFANTRY | ||||
| 51-100 | 7 | 3% | - | - |
| 101-150 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1% |
| 151-200 | 20 | 8.4 | 7 | 4% |
| 201-250 | 42. | 17.2 | 22 | 13% |
| 251-300 | 51 | 21.4 | 30 | 18% |
| 301-350 | 36 | 15 | 52 | 31% |
| 351-400 | 31 | 13 | 22 | 13% |
| 401-450 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 8% |
| 451-500 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5% |
| 501-550 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2% |
| 551-600 | 1 | o.4 | 6 | 3.5% |
| 601-650 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.2% |
| 651-700 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 801-850 | - | - | 1 | 0.6% |
| Total Rgts. | 238 | - | 170 | - |
| CAVALRY | ||||
| 51-100 | 2 | 6.3% | - | - |
| 101-150 | - | - | 3 | 13.6% |
| 151-200 | 1 | 3.4 | 2 | 9% |
| 201-250 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 27.3% |
| 251-300 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13.6% |
| 301-350 | 6 | 20.7 | 4 | 18% |
| 351-400 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 4.5% |
| 401-450 | 3 | 10.3 | 1 | 4.5% |
| 451-500 | 3 | 10.3 | 1 | 4.5% |
| 501-550 | 1 | 3.4 | 1 | 4.5% |
| 551-6oo | 2 | 7 | - | - |
| 601-650 | 1 | 3.4 | - | - |
| Total Rgts. | 29 | - | 22 | - |
| Small Arms Used by Union Army at Gettysburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Regiments armed | Percentage | Men armed | Percentage |
| INFANTRY | ||||
| Rifled Muskets | 202 | 85.0% | 61,451 | 85.6% |
| Smoothbore Muskets | 10 | 4.0 | 2,202 | 3.0% |
| Sharps Rifles | 2 | 1.0 | 482 | 0.7% |
| Austrian Rifles | 24 | 10.0 | 7,676 | 10.7% |
| Totals | 238 | - | 71,811 | - |
| CAVALRY | ||||
| Carbines | 27 | 93.0% | 9,250 | 89.0% |
| Spencer Repeaters | 2 | 7.0 | 1,123 | 11.0% |
| Totals | 29 | - | 10,373 | - |
| Small Arms Used by Confederate Army at Gettysburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Regiments armed | Percentage | Men armed | Percentage |
| INFANTRY | ||||
| Rifled Muskets | 169 | 99.4% | 57,218 | 99.4% |
| Breechloading Rifles | 1 | 0.6 | 317 | 0.6% |
| Totals | 170 | - | 57,535 | - |
| CAVALRY | ||||
| Carbines | 5 | 22.7% | 1,486 | 24.2% |
| Pistols | 13 | 59.1 | 3,811 | 62.2% |
| Rifled Muskets | 4 | 18.2 | 827 | 13.5% |
| Totals | 22 | - | 6,124 | - |
| Artillery Used by the Armies at Gettysburg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gun Type | Union | Confederate | ||
| Quantity | Percentage | Quantity | Percentage | |
| 12 lb. Napoleon | 142 | 40% | 101 | 38% |
| 12 lb. Howitzer | 2 | o.6 | 26 | 10% |
| 6 lb. S'bore | - | - | 1 | 0.4% |
| 24 lb. Howitzer | - | - | 4 | 1.5% |
| 3" Rifle | 144 | 40 | 77 | 29% |
| 10 lb. Parrott | 60 | 17 | 42 | 16% |
| 20 lb. Parrott | 6 | 1.7 | 10 | 4% |
| Blakely Rifle | - | - | 3 | 1.1% |
| Whitworth Rifle | - | - | 2 | 0.8% |
| Total Guns | 358 | - | 266 | - |
| Total Rifled Guns | 214 | 60% | 134 | 50% |
| Total S'bore Guns | 144 | 40 | 132 | 50% |
| 6 gun batteries | 50 | 77 | 4 | 6% |
| 4 gun batteries | 14 | 21.5 | 52 | 77.6% |
| 3 gun batteries | - | - | 7 | 10.4% |
| Other size batteries | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 6 |
| Total batteries | 65 | - | 67 | - |
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