From Wikipedia.
This little-known branch of the Confederate military was still a part of the original Continental Marines established 10 November 1775 in Philadelphia.
The Confederate States Marine Corps was established by an act of the Confederate Congress on 16 March 1861.
Its original manpower was authorized at 45 officers and 944 enlisted men, but was increased on 24 September 1862 to 1,026 enlisted men.
The organization of the Corps began in Montgomery, Alabama, and was completed in Richmond, Virginia, when the capital moved to that city.
The CSMC headquarters and main training facilities in Richmond throughout the war at Camp Beall on Drewry's Bluff and at Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia until it was captured.
The last Confederate Marine group surrendered on April 9, 1865.
--Old B-Runner
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