See if you can get hold of a copy of 'Battle in the Civil War' by Paddy Griffith in which Peter Dennis profusely illustrates all the various formations in beautiful pen and ink drawings.

This is indeed how a unit would deploy into battle. The only thing you miss is the so called 'line of fileclosers'; the NCO's and extra men for the colorguard that would form up about two paces behind the second line to keep the line straight while manouevering in the field and the correct position of the combined musicians.  What you should do if you want to get it right (and even more important: understand it) is to get a ACW drill manual; preferably 'Gilhams' which shows all formations and the relative positions of officers, colors, musicians etc. even up to field artillery and cavalry drill.
Check the link below and pay special attention to the 'School of the Battalion' for your new project.
http://www.drillnet.net/GILHAM/Gilhams.htm

Have fun with it! If you have any questions just let me know; I've been doing this for about twentyfive years and was lucky enough to be able to march with 25.000 other re-enactors at the Gettysburg 1998 re-enactment

Cheers,
Rob

Cheers for the link, Rob. Appreciated.

Quote from: Ace of Spades on 28 August 2014, 06:27:42 AM
I've been doing this for about twentyfive years and was lucky enough to be able to march with 25.000 other re-enactors at the Gettysburg 1998 re-enactment

1998 - I'd just finished secondary school and gotten a job. First pay packet went on Foundry 28mm EIR, as WHAB had just been released.

I was in my second job I guess and spent most of my money those days on re-enactment supplies and trips but also still quite a bit on my 'small' armies; mainly 20mm plastics though in those days, WW-2 of course (because I re-enacted that too, and Napoleonics, and early 17th century, and Boer War and... and... and... 

Cheers,
Rob

I was in my first proper job about then, and also getting into WHAB, had just rediscovered a love for the bright flashing bronze and got a 28mm Mycenaean army. I think I've painted three chariots and about half a dozen pike and bow since then...