Jim Martin
Colorbearers by Company (Broadfoot)
Fri Apr 20 13:41:16 2001



I've just done a search of the Broadfoot Roster of Confederate Soldiers which I have recompiled in a MS Access Database. I searched for col. cpl., col. sgt., color, color-bearer, flag, flag-bearer, ens., ensign and included variables so I would get just about every possible variation. The result totaled 455 matches and I've broken down these listings by company. "Co. C" does have the largest total of any of the companies; however, I don't know if we can reach any specific conclusions from these numbers.

BTW, I noticed the rank of "Guidon" which is not included in these numbers was always used for artillery units.

Co. A = 59
Co. B = 37
Co. C = 69
Co. D = 48
Co. E = 43
Co. F = 36
Co. G = 37
Co. H = 46
Co. I = 37
Co. K = 38
Co. L = 2
Co. M = 2

and there was one Co. 2 from the 79th LA Militia

• Guidon — GPurvis, Sat Apr 21 15:23
• Colorbearers — Lee, Fri Apr 20 13:59
• Color Company — Dave Neel, Fri Apr 20 17:59
• Companies — GPurvis, Sat Apr 21 15:17
• Roman tradition? — glenn, Sat Apr 21 19:55
• "I" and "J" — Dave Neel, Sat Apr 21 16:10
• I & J — Greg Biggs, Mon May 21 01:53
• No Co. "J" — Bryan Howerton, Sat Apr 21 17:07
• Companies — GPurvis, Sun Apr 22 00:08
• Re: Companies — Bryan Howerton, Sun Apr 22 11:26
• Letters "I' and "J" — GPurvis, Sun Apr 22 12:18
• And "U" / "V" — Bryan Howerton, Sun Apr 22 14:56
• In conclusion.... — Alan J. Pitts, Mon Apr 23 10:53
• Another Company J. — Hayes Lowe, Tue Apr 24 16:36
• FYI.... — Alan J. Pitts, Tue Apr 24 18:10
• re: FYI — Hayes Lowe, Wed Apr 25 18:31
• And on the next page-- n/m — GPurvis, Mon Apr 23 10:19
• I wonder... — Hayes Lowe, Tue Apr 24 16:37