Revised United States Army regulations of 1861, with an appendix containing the changed and laws affecting Army regulations and Articles of war to June 25, 1863:

l72 REVISED REOTIONS- I
Uniform.-Badges to distinguish Rank.
each end, each leaf extending seven-eigl ths of an inch from the end
border of the strap.
1570. For a Majo-the same as for a Colonel, according to corps,
omitting the eagle, and introducing a gold-embroidered leaf at each end,
each leaf extending seven-eighths of an inch from the end border of the
strap.
1571. For a Captain-the same as for a Colonel, according to corps,
omitting the eagle, and introducing at each end two gold-embroidered
bars of the same width as the border, placed parallel to the ends of the
strap; the distance between them and from the border equal to the width
of the border.
1572. For a First l'eutenant-the same as for a Colonel, according to
corps, omitting the eagle, and introducing at each end one gold-embroidered bar of the same width as the border, placed parallel to the ends of
the strap, at a distance from the border equal to its width.
1573. For a Second Lieutenant-the same as for a Colonel, according
to corps, omitting the eagle.
1574. For a Brevet Second Lieutenant-the same as for a Second Lieu
tenant.
1575. For a Miedical Cadet-a strip of gold lace three inches long,
half an inch wide, placed in the middle of a strap of green cloth three
gad three-quarter inches long by one and one-quarter inches wide.
1576. The shoulder-strap will be worn whenever the epaulette is not
Chevrons.
1577. The rank of non-commissioned officers will be marked by chevrons upon both sleeves of the uniform coat and overcoat, above the elbow,
of silk or worsted binding one-half an inch wide, same color as the edging
on the coat, points down, as follows:
1578. For a Sergeant Majorthree bars and an arc, in silk.
1579. For a Quartermaster Sergeant-three bars and a tie, in silk.
1580. For an Ordnance Sergeant-three bars and a star, in silk.
1581. For a Hospital Steward-a half chevron of the following
description,-viz.: of emerald green cloth, one and three-fourths inches
wide, running obliquely downward from the outer to the inner seam of
the sleeve, and at an angle of about thirty degrees with a horizontal,
parallel to, and one-eighth of an inch distant from, both the upper and
lower edge, an embroidery of yellow silk one-eighth of an inch wide, and
in the centre a "caduceus" two inches long, embroidered also with yellow
silk, the head toward the outer seam of the sleeve.
1582. For a First Sergeant —three bars and a lozenge, in worsted.
1583. For a Sergeant-three bars, in worsted.
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REVISED REGULATIONS