Rank Charts for Civil War Navies
United States Marine Corps

Officers’ Shoulder Insignia
(in silver, embroidered on gold braid Russian knot (with dark red in the center of each swirl); regulations specify
three strands for company-grade officers, four for higher; in practice this was not observed.


Colonel

Captain

Lieutenant Colonel

1st Lieutenant

Major

2nd Lieutenant

 

NCOs'  Insigniae
(yellow on a crimson background; note the arch to the stripes—not straight like Army stripes)


Sergeant
Major

Quartermaster
Sergeant

Drum Major /
Ordnance Sgt

1st Sergeant /
Orderly Sgt

Sergeant

Corporal

 

USN
A
USN
B
USN
C
USN
D
USN
E
CSN
(all)
USMC
(all)
CSMC
(all)
1861-
7/13/62
8/1/1862-
5/23/63
5/24/64-
1/28/64
1/29/64-
1/14/65
1/15/65-
12/1/66
1861 Regs
1864 Adds
   

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