Payments
Union privates were paid $13 per month until after
the final raise of 20 June, when they got $16. One, two, and three star
generals was $315, $457, and $758.The Confederate privates were paid at the
rate of $11 per month. Confederate officer’s pay was a few dollars lower than
that of Union soldiers. Soldiers were supposed to be paid every two months in
the field, but they were fortunate if they got at four-month intervals.
Confederate army was even slower and less regular.