Have you ever saw pictures or watched movies of the War Between the States and wonder what the Confederate rank insignia on their uniforms meant? The Union officer insignia is the same as used today, the Confederate officer insignia was based on European military rank that is also still in use. These diagrams came from the "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies", later reprinted as the "Official Atlas of the Civil War;(Plate CLXXI)":

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Deo Vindice Resurgam
(God Will Vindicate. I Shall Rise Again!)
Quemadmoeum Gladuis Neminem Occidit, Occidentis Telum Est
(A Sword Is Never A Killer, It Is A Tool In The Killer's Hands) --Seneca, circa 45 AD
Omnes Homines Aut Liberi Sunt Aut Servi
(All Men Are Freemen Or Slaves)
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes
(Who Will Watch The Watchmen?) -- Juvenal, 128 AD
Illegitimati non carborundum
(Don't Let The Bastards Wear You Down) -- Gen. Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell
Si vis pacem, para bellum
(If You Wish For Peace, Prepare For War)

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