From Wikipedia.
In the last post I mentioned that Leonard W. Covington had entered the U.S. Army in 1792 as a cornet. I was unfamiliar with this rank, so had to look it up in good ol' Wiki.
According to them, a cornet was originally the third and lowest rank of commissioned officers in a British cavalry unit after the captain and lieutenant. It was abolished in 1871.
It would be the equivalent of today's second lieutenant.
Evidently, this rank was also used in the U.S. Army.
And Here I was Thinking Something About a Music Instrument. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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