Greg Biggs
Alabama color bearers - ensigns
Thu Jun 21 00:39:50 2001
Hello,
Please keep in mind that the rank of Ensign for the color bearers was only created in early 1864 - and was rescinded in 1865.
Any rank of ensign before that was the same as a Third Lieutenant basically - and not necessarily the guy that bore the unit's colors.
I ran into this while researching the Georgia Militia and saw how many ensigns they had listed - in 1861! These were all Third Lieutenants.
Greg Biggs
Re: Alabama color bearers - ensigns
Alan J. Pitts, Thu Jun 21 10:56
A;abama color bearers - ensigns
Greg Biggs, Thu Jun 21 11:56