Also, each company was authorized two Laundresses/servants. Each of the latter retained the rank of Private. Additionally, the regimental staff consisted of Forage and Wagon Masters Fife and Drum Majors a Sutler Blacksmiths Teamsters Wagoners Ambulance Drivers, Nurses and Clerks. The enlisted staff was led by a Sergeant Major, the senior regimental Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) and consisted of a QuarterMaster Sergeant, a Commissary Sergeant, an Ordnance Sergeant and a Hospital Steward. Rounding out the F & S were a Chaplain, a Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon. M.) and an Assistant Commissary Subsistence (A. Additionally, the staff consisted of an Adjutant with the rank of Captain, an Assistant Quartermaster (A.
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A staff of three officers commanded the regiment, a full Colonel, seconded by a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major. To guide the regiment in its duties were the regimental Field and Staff, abbreviated F & S. Each platoon in like manner was divided into two sections. The company was further subdivided into two equal parts designated the first and second platoons. In addition, each company had, for the purpose of sounding the different calls to order, a Drummer and a Fifer. Then came the four Corporals entitled, First, Second, Third and Fourth Corporals. The senior non-commissioned officer was the First, or Orderly Sergeant followed by four Sergeants noted as Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Duty Sergeants. ADM 102/374 - Haslar Royal Naval Hospital: deaths of seamen.
A Captain and three subalterns, First, Second and Third Lieutenants, the latter at times called a Brevet Second Lieutenant. ARR1 - GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 to 1921). 140/141Įach infantry company contained about 100 men. Other than their placement on parade, I have not been able to discern the differences between the Second through Fifth Sergeants, and likewise the corresponding First through Fourth Corporals.Īn excellent description of the duties of the Orderly (First) Sergeant is found in William Watson's "Life in the Confederate Army, Being the Observations and Experiences of an Alien in the South During the American Civil War," Louisiana State University Press Edition, Baton Rough, 1995, pp. It should be noted that Union companies had 8 Corporals, Confederate, only 4. I've drafted up the following re this subject for my regimental history of the 43rd Tennessee, CSA.
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