British Volunteer Brigades (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

The British Volunteer Brigades were paramilitary units organized and funded by the United States and United Kingdom that assisted the United States of America against the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The BVB consisted of 7 brigades totaling nearly 750,000 servicemen. The BVB existed for eight years, from 1862 until 1870.

The BVB served in many important battles in Confederate soil, including the Second Battle of Chickasaw Creek.