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During the Civil War the NCOs of both the Union and Confederacy wore their chevrons pointed down, but was there a reason for them to point down instead of up?
Before the Civil War The US Army usually wore NCO chevrons which pointed up, for example during the Mexican American War NCOs wore chevron points up. By World War One the Army returned to chevrons pointing up. Even at the start of the Civil War some militias wore chevrons point up while the US Army wearing chevrons point down.
So chevrons points down, chevrons points up, why did the US Army yo-yo on the direction?
Before the Civil War The US Army usually wore NCO chevrons which pointed up, for example during the Mexican American War NCOs wore chevron points up. By World War One the Army returned to chevrons pointing up. Even at the start of the Civil War some militias wore chevrons point up while the US Army wearing chevrons point down.
So chevrons points down, chevrons points up, why did the US Army yo-yo on the direction?