It is one rank below 2nd Lt. Here is a typical officer staff from archival records of 30th Mississippi Regiment, listed from company commander down to lowest officer rank. Company A, Neill Guards, of Carroll County,
Captain - J. M. Johnson
First Lieutenant- J. W. S. Merrill
Second Lieutenant- J. T. Streater
Third Lieutenants- W. W. Conger, J. C. McMath.
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Lt General Richard Taylor surrendered on May 4 1865 at the "Surrender Oak" in Citronelle AL
Term for the President as commander of the nation's armed forces.
Breckenridge served as a Confederate general, rising to three star rank as a Lieutenant General. He was the last Secretary of War for the Confederacy.
What's the abreviation for lutenit? Answer(Eilena Seri 877): Lt, Lieut, LEUT, and LT. Change(ES877): Do you mean "lieutenant"? If you do mean that, then it is a rank inside the army. It usually means second-in-command. i.e. if it was "lieutenant colonel" it would be "second-in-command to colonel." Hope this helps.
no Lt. Colonel is higher Air Force Ranks: 2nd Lt, 1st Lt, Capt, Major, Lt Col, Col, Brig. Gen., Lt. Gen., Maj. Gen., General, then General of the air force ( which is like a 5 star general and normally only during time of war there will be one Dear Mr. William Galloway, With due respect to you, Mr. Galloway, I think Lt. General is one rank higher than Maj. General. In the order that you have mentioned the ranks in your posting, it appears that it is the other way. As far as my knowledge is concerned, a major general carries two stars while a lieutenant general carries three, a full pledge general, four. A brigadier general one. You are right on five-star general. As you surely know, among five-star generals were Gen. Omar Bradley, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Pres. Dwight Eisenhower, to name just three.