An "Adjutant" was responsible for the administrative details of the regiments, battalions, etc.......the bookkeeper.
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The lowest rank was a private.
The rank was officially "musician". Drummers, fifers, and buglers were all classified as musicians.
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.
{| |- | Artif was short for Artificer. It wasn't a rank, it was a position. Each unit had one and they were basically a mechanic or repair person that took care of military equipment. |}
Chester A Arthur was the Quartermaster General of the State of New York and held the rank of Brigadier General United States Volunteers during the Civil War. Although he did not see action he was instrumental in supplying a large number of Union Troops during the Rebellion.