Daily AncestorC.S.A.
C.S.A. stands for Confederate States of America or its army, and on a gravestone marks a Confederate soldier.
C.S.A. abbreviates Confederate States of America and is also used for the Confederate States Army. It appears on gravestones, in pension applications made to Southern states, and in rosters of Confederate units.
A C.S.A. marker tells you to look for Confederate service records and state pension files rather than federal pensions, which went to Union veterans.
As seen in a recordInscription on a veteran's gravestone
Pvt. Co. B, 4th Tenn. Inf., C.S.A.
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