He entered the army as a lieutenant colonel. He was later promoted to brigadier general and then to major general.
He was a Major.
His rank was that of General, the highest rank attainable in the army of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He held the rank of Colonel in the United States Army before he resigned his commission.
James Garfield.
Subdued rank insignia in the US Armed Forces wasn't introduced until the Vietnam war.
The Confederacy had huge expenditures during the US Civil War. This hampered the rate of pay for the common soldier at the rank of private. Pay for them was $11 per month.
James Garfield was elected in 1880, 15 years after the Civil War ended. He was a major general in the Civil War and his military recorded helped him get elected.
The lowest rank was a private.
The US Presidents who were Civil War veterans who saw combat action were Grant, Hayes, Garfield and McKinley. Andrew Johnson has military rank as the military governor of Tennessee and Arthur was a supply officer in a non-combat position. Fillmore had a sort of honorary position in the home guard.
No, he was born in Ohio, a northern state. The first southerner president after the Civil War is Woodrow Wilson.
He was a Major.
Several of them. Grant, Garfield, McKinley for three.
His rank was that of General, the highest rank attainable in the army of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He held the rank of Colonel in the United States Army before he resigned his commission.
Their rank was general
He was a civil war general, and the 20th US president
Grant, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison and McKinley.
Commander in Chief.
General and commander of northern forces towards the end of the civil war