Reb or Yankee?

[Ihatecomplicatedinterface]

 

[Nathan Stuart]

If it's a binary choice, looks like a Confederate (Reb) ranker.

 

[major bill]

It could be either. So many Union troops went off to war in gray roundabouts.

 

[Ihatecomplicatedinterface]

If it's a binary choice, looks like a Confederate (Reb) ranker.

What is a ranker?

 

[Robert Gray]

What is a ranker?

An enlisted man, in this case a private.

 

[Nathan Stuart]

What is a ranker?

Yes, it means what Robert Gray said above - referring to a soldier, in this case a private, in the ranks.