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Officers of the Confederate States Navy used, just like the army, a combination of several rank insignias to indicate their rank. [4] [better source needed] While both hat insignia and sleeve insignia were used here the primary indicator were shoulder straps. Only line officers wore those straps shown below as officers of various staff ...
The first of the Navy uniforms were made in dark blue, but with the Southern style of rank insignia for the officers. The 1862 Confederate regulations ordered the uniform to be steel gray and lined with a dark black silk serge .
Pages in category "Military ranks of the Confederate States of America" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Robert E. Lee, the best known CSA general.Lee is shown with the insignia of a Confederate colonel, which he chose to wear throughout the war. Much of the design of the Confederate States Army was based on the structure and customs of the United States Army [1] when the Confederate States Congress established the Confederate States War Department on February 21, 1861. [2]
Corps badges in the American Civil War were originally worn by soldiers of the Union Army on the top of their army forage cap , left side of the hat, or over their left breast. The idea is attributed to Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny , who ordered the men in his division to sew a two-inch square of red cloth on their hats to avoid confusion on the ...
Often shown as first general killed in Civil War, before First Bull Run. Cousin of Richard B. Garnett. Garrott, Isham Warren: See incomplete appointments section in List of American Civil War Generals (Acting Confederate). Warner lists as a general; Eicher does not. Gartrell, Lucius Jeremiah: Brigadier general rank: August 22, 1864 nom: August ...
Officers of the Confederate States Navy used, just like the army, a combination of several rank insignias to indicate their rank. [13] [14] While both hat insignia and sleeve insignia were used here the primary indicator were shoulder straps. Only line officers wore those straps shown below as officers of various staff departments (Medical, Pay ...
The men serving in the highest rank as Confederate States generals, such as Samuel Cooper and Robert E. Lee, were enrolled in the ACSA to ensure that they outranked all militia officers. Confederate States State militias were organized and commanded by the state governments, similar to those authorized by the United States Militia Act of 1792.