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From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket. 1st (Regular) Infantry
The original Confederate uniforms from all branches of the military closely followed the lines of the U.S. Armed Forces.This was until June 6, 1861, when the Confederate Council issued General Order 9, the new regulations for the Confederate infantry, cavalry and artillery.
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.
The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to support the rebellion of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery. [3]
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In July, the Legion infantry boarded a train and headed north to join the Army of Northern Virginia as part of Cobb's Brigade. The cavalry followed later, and was assigned to a different brigade. [5] They would remain separated for the remainder of the war (a common fate for Confederate legions), a situation made official by Special Order 104. [10]
The 18th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.Originally brigaded with the three Texas regiments of John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade, it was transferred to Thomas R.R. Cobb's Georgia Brigade after the Battle of Antietam in late 1862.
Cobb's Legion (also known as the Georgia Legion) was an American Civil War Confederate States Army unit that was raised from the state of Georgia by Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb during the summer of 1861. [1] A legion in the Civil War usually meant a combined-arms unit, consisting of two or three branches of the military: infantry, cavalry, and ...