Thanks Nedra, I guess I should have clarified - it is in the Civil War. Just wrote an article about Edward Augustus Keith - and his civil war letters. Sylvia -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nedra Dickman Brill" <ndbrill@comcast.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:52 PM To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Cc: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > > Sylvia, > If your question is about Civil War era it would be Private, Corporal, > Sergeant, Lieutenant, then Captain. My husband's grandfather served as > an E7 > Master Sergeant in the cavalry in World Wars 1 & 2, so the ranks have > changed and expanded. > Corrections to the list below-- > E-8 MSG Master Sgt has 3 + 3 with nothing in the middle. > E-8 1SG First Sgt has 3 + 3 with diamond in the middle (not a E-9) -- my > husband was one. > E-9 SGM Sgt Major has star in middle > E-9 CSM Command Sgt Major has star and wreath > Warrant Officers are WOx and a separate "set" from the O-1, etc. Ron has > corrected the General ranks. > Other services are a bit different. For instance, a Navy Captain is an > O-6, > just below an Admiral. The Air Force has Airmen, not Privates. > Nedra > At 12:13 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, ~ Ron W. ~ wrote: > > Army Ranks > Enlisted: > E-1&E-2 Pvt. > E-3 Pvt. First Class - 1 stripe > E-4 Corporal/Sp4 - 2 stripes/ bird patch > E-5 Sergeant/Sp5 - 3 up / bird w/cover > E-6 Staff Sgt./Sp6 - 3 up 1 down/ bird w/2covers > E-7 Sgt. 1st Class/Sp7 - 3 up two down/ bird w/3 > E-8 Master Sgt/Master Specialist - 3 up 3 down/ bird w/4 > E-9 First Sgt. - 3 up 3 down w/diamond in center > E-9 Sgt. Major - Same but w/wreath in center > Officers: > O-1 2nd Lt./WO1 > O-2 1st Lt./CW2 > O-3 Captain/CW3 > O-4 Major/CW4 > O-5 Lt. Colonel > O-6 Colonel > O-7 Maj. General > 4 more Gen. Ranks up to 5-Star General of the Army. > ~ Ron W ~ > In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 11:29 AM > Subject: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > OK, I am lost does corporal come before sergeant, and before > captain? > What > > is the order for these? > > > > Sylvia > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There were some other ranks which are not found as commonly today so would need to be researched a bit to determine where they fall in the "pecking" order. Quartermaster, Adjutant, Brevet, Piper, Drummer, etc., come to mind. Nedra At 02:57 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, you wrote: Thanks Nedra, I guess I should have clarified - it is in the Civil War. Just wrote an article about Edward Augustus Keith - and his civil war letters. Sylvia -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nedra Dickman Brill" <ndbrill@comcast.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 12:52 PM To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Cc: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > > Sylvia, > If your question is about Civil War era it would be Private, Corporal, > Sergeant, Lieutenant, then Captain. My husband's grandfather served as > an E7 > Master Sergeant in the cavalry in World Wars 1 & 2, so the ranks have > changed and expanded. > Corrections to the list below-- > E-8 MSG Master Sgt has 3 + 3 with nothing in the middle. > E-8 1SG First Sgt has 3 + 3 with diamond in the middle (not a E-9) -- my > husband was one. > E-9 SGM Sgt Major has star in middle > E-9 CSM Command Sgt Major has star and wreath > Warrant Officers are WOx and a separate "set" from the O-1, etc. Ron has > corrected the General ranks. > Other services are a bit different. For instance, a Navy Captain is an > O-6, > just below an Admiral. The Air Force has Airmen, not Privates. > Nedra > At 12:13 PM 5/3/2011 -0400, ~ Ron W. ~ wrote: > > Army Ranks > Enlisted: > E-1&E-2 Pvt. > E-3 Pvt. First Class - 1 stripe > E-4 Corporal/Sp4 - 2 stripes/ bird patch > E-5 Sergeant/Sp5 - 3 up / bird w/cover > E-6 Staff Sgt./Sp6 - 3 up 1 down/ bird w/2covers > E-7 Sgt. 1st Class/Sp7 - 3 up two down/ bird w/3 > E-8 Master Sgt/Master Specialist - 3 up 3 down/ bird w/4 > E-9 First Sgt. - 3 up 3 down w/diamond in center > E-9 Sgt. Major - Same but w/wreath in center > Officers: > O-1 2nd Lt./WO1 > O-2 1st Lt./CW2 > O-3 Captain/CW3 > O-4 Major/CW4 > O-5 Lt. Colonel > O-6 Colonel > O-7 Maj. General > 4 more Gen. Ranks up to 5-Star General of the Army. > ~ Ron W ~ > In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 11:29 AM > Subject: [NYGREENE] Military ranks > > OK, I am lost does corporal come before sergeant, and before > captain? > What > > is the order for these? > > > > Sylvia > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message