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The Confederate States Army was a combination of well-trained, professional soldiers; experienced militiamen; lusty adventurers; patriotic farmers, and bored ne'er-do-wells. Their rag-tag image was actually misleading. The CS Army regularly issued equipment and uniform replacements, but due to many reasons (not the least that many simply preferred the homespun cloth from their families) items were traded or sold almost immediately. Although, nearer the close of the war, economic pressures and inflation were causing many shortages.

The CS insignia illustrated here are mainly from the '1861 Army Dress Regulations'. Many noncoms and officers wore no insignia so as not to be recognizable in battle. Some noncoms simply drew their chevrons onto their sleeves or wore black or brown regardless of branch color.

Special thanks for the hard work and design that was used to create these pages needs to be givin to Rod Ploessl. Without his contribution to our site we would have to go without a page on Civil War Insignia. Please visit his web site: United States Army Insignia Home Page at: http://webpages.charter.net/usaihp/armyhome.html