Talk:Confederate States Army

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[edit] Stars of David

I see this article states that Confederate Field Grade insignia consisted of Stars of David worn on the collar instead of five point stars. To the best of my knowledge, the five points stars were used and not six. Thoughts? -Husnock 01:45, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Interesting discrepancy. Photos of Lee (who actually wore a colonel's insignia) show him with 5. This website shows 5, too. This one, too, although it's poorly labeled. I don't feel like editing in the graphical changes, but it seems warranted. (Wait, they didn't have warrant officers, did they? :-)) However, I will bet that due to the wide variations in Confederate 'uniforms', someone will come up with a photo showing 6 points just to confuse matters. Here's John Mosby, for instance. Hal Jespersen 02:04, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] diversity

I have reverted the recent anonymous edit. Please consult WP:CITE on the ways to cite reference material and re-enter your material if you choose to do so. (I often volunteer to clean up poorly formatted material or to at least communicate with the author, but since I have none of these reference works and the user is anonymous, neither is feasible.) You may wish to contrast the numbers you cite with the total numbers of whites who fought. These represent, what, 2%? Hal Jespersen 17:11, 21 May 2006 (UTC)