Union:
White Soldiers- Were payed $13 a month. it was really a $10 salary plus a $3 clothing allowance.
Black Soldiers- Were payed $7 a month. It was really a $10 salary minus the $3 clothing allowance
Note: Black soldiers did not receive the same salary until 1865
Confederate:
Soldiers-(1861) Were payed $11 per month
Soldiers-(!864) Were payed $18 dollars per month
Note: In 1864 the increase in salary of soldiers was worthless due to the week confederate dollar.
Ranks: Confederate: Union:
Private $11.00 $ 13.00
Corporal $13.00 $ 13.00
Sergeant $ 17.00 $ 17.00
First Sergeant $ 20.00 $ 20.00
Quartermaster Sergeant $ 21.00 $ 21.00
Sergeant Master $ 21.00 $ 21.00
Second Lieutenant $ 80.00 $ 105.50
First Lieutenant $ 90.00 $ 105.50
Captain $ 130.00 $ 115.50
Major $150.00 $ 169.00
Lieutenant Colonel $ 170.00 $ 181.00
Colonel $195.00 $ 212.00
Brigadier General $ 301.00 $ 315.00
Major General $ 301.00 $ 457.00
Lieutenant General $ 301.00 $ 748.00
General $ 301.00 ---------------
The black soldiers were not payed as much as the whites because whites and black were not equal. Black people were not even considered as humans.
White Soldiers- Were payed $13 a month. it was really a $10 salary plus a $3 clothing allowance.
Black Soldiers- Were payed $7 a month. It was really a $10 salary minus the $3 clothing allowance
Note: Black soldiers did not receive the same salary until 1865
Confederate:
Soldiers-(1861) Were payed $11 per month
Soldiers-(!864) Were payed $18 dollars per month
Note: In 1864 the increase in salary of soldiers was worthless due to the week confederate dollar.
Ranks: Confederate: Union:
Private $11.00 $ 13.00
Corporal $13.00 $ 13.00
Sergeant $ 17.00 $ 17.00
First Sergeant $ 20.00 $ 20.00
Quartermaster Sergeant $ 21.00 $ 21.00
Sergeant Master $ 21.00 $ 21.00
Second Lieutenant $ 80.00 $ 105.50
First Lieutenant $ 90.00 $ 105.50
Captain $ 130.00 $ 115.50
Major $150.00 $ 169.00
Lieutenant Colonel $ 170.00 $ 181.00
Colonel $195.00 $ 212.00
Brigadier General $ 301.00 $ 315.00
Major General $ 301.00 $ 457.00
Lieutenant General $ 301.00 $ 748.00
General $ 301.00 ---------------
The black soldiers were not payed as much as the whites because whites and black were not equal. Black people were not even considered as humans.