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Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls - Rank Abbreviations
- 1ADJ — 1st Adjutant
- 1ASURG — 1st Assistant Surgeon
- 1BNADJ — 1st Battalion Adjutant
- 1BUG — 1st Bugler
- 1CLASS — 1st Class
- 1CMUS — 1st Class Musician
- 1CPL — 1st Corporal
- 1LT — 1st Lieutenant
- 1MAJ — 1st Major
- 1SGT — 1st Sergeant
- 2ADJ — 2nd Adjutant
- 2ASURG — 2nd Assistant Surgeon
- 2BNADJ — 2nd Battalion Adjutant
- 2BNQM — 2nd Battalion Quartermaster
- 2BUG — 2nd Bugler
- 2CLASS — 2nd Class
- 2CMUS — 2nd Class Musician
- 2CPL — 2nd Corporal
- 2LT — 2nd Lieutenant
- 2MAJ — 2nd Major
- 2SGT — 2nd Sergeant
- 3ADJ — 3rd Adjutant
- 3BNADJ — 3rd Battalion Adjutant
- 3BNQM — 3rd Battalion Quartermaster
- 3CLASS — 3rd Class Musician (Cavalry)
- 3CMUS — 3rd Class Musician (Infantry)
- 3CPL — 3rd Corporal
- 3LT — 3rd Lieutenant
- 3MAJ — 3rd Major
- 3SGT — 3rd Sergeant
- 4C4LT — 4th Lieutenant
- 4SGT — 4th Sergeant
- 5CPL — 5th Corporal
- 5SGT — 5th Sergeant
- 6CPL — 6th Corporal
- 6SGT — 6th Sergeant
- 7CPL — 7th Corporal
- 8CPL — 8th Corporal
- 9CPL — 9th Corporal
- 10CPL — 10th Corporal
- 11CPL — 11th Corporal
- 12CPL — 12th Corporal
- AAG — Assistant Adjutant General
- ABUG — Assistant Bugler
- ACOMM — Assistant Commissary
- ADJ or ADT — Adjutant
- ART — Artillery
- AQM — Assistant Quartermaster
- ASURG — Assistant Surgeon
- BLKS or BKSM — Blacksmith
- BNADJ — Battalion Adjutant
- BNQM — Battalion Quartermaster
- BUG or BG — Bugler
- BVT — Brevet
- CHBUG — Chief Bugler
- CHAP — Chaplain
- CLK — Clerk
- COL — Colonel
- COLORSGT — Color Sergeant
- COMM or COM — Commissary
- COMSGT — Commissary Sergeant
- CPL — Corporal
- CPT — Captain
- DRUM — Drummer
- ENG — Engineer
- FAR — Farrier
- FARSGT — Farrier Sergeant
- FIFE — Fifer
- GUID — Guidon
- HOST — Hospital Steward
- JR 1LT — Junior 1st Lieutenant
- JR 2LT — Junior 2nd Lieutenant
- JUDADV — Judge Advocate
- LT or LTD — Lieutenant
- MAJ — Major
- MASTER — Bandmaster
- MUS — Musician
- ORD — Orderly
- OSGT or ORDSTG — Orderly Sergeant
- PAY — Paymaster
- PMUS or PRIN — Principal Musician
- PL — 4th Corporal
- PVT — Private
- QM — Quartermaster
- QMSGT or QMST — Quartermaster Sergeant
- SAD — Saddler
- SADSGT — Saddler Sergeant
- SGM — Sergeant Major
- SGT — Sergeant
- SR 1LT — Senior 1st Lieutenant
- SR 2LT — Senior 2nd Leutenant
- SURG — Surgeon
- TEAM — Teamster
- TRUM or TRUMP — Trumpeter
- UCOOK — Undercook
- VETSURG — Veterinary Surgeon
- WAG — Wagoner
- WAGMAS — Wagon Master