NCO Chevrons

(A)    Sergeant Major:    the battalion orderly Sergeant, the senior NCO in the battalion.

(B)    Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant:    issues clothing, equipment, and rations to the men of the regiment with the help of the Battery Quartermaster Sergeants.

(C)    Ordnance Sergeant:    in charge of all the ordnance in the battalion.  He insures that the batteries get the proper type and amount of ammunition.

(D)    First Sergeant:    the battery orderly Sergeant and senior NCO in the Battery.  He represents the enlisted men in front of the officers.

(E)    Battery Quartermaster Sergeant:    Issues clothing, equipment, and rations to the men of the battery.

(F)    Sergeant (Chief of Piece):    commands one gun and caisson.

(G)    Corporal:    commands the cannon only, in charge of aiming the cannon and the five privates under him.

(H)    Corporal of Pioneers:    work parties that are attached to batteries are under his direction.  Work parties were used to mend roads, remove obstacles and built defenses for the battery.

(I)    Pioneer:    member of work party that did  the manual labor associated with a battery.  

The rank insignia is the same for all branches.  The only difference is the color of the stripe.  Red as shown above is for artillery, sky blue for infantry, and yellow for cavalry.

(Thanks to Scott Gutzke from Battery B 4th U.S. for use of this article)