Confederate States Marines
| Confederate States Marine Corps | |
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Marine Corps of the Confederate States Participant in the American Civil War |
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Seal of the Confederate Department of the Navy, which the Confederate Marines formed a part of alongside the Confederate Navy.
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| Active | March 16, 1861 – April 9, 1865 |
| Ideology | Amphibious warfare |
| Leaders | Lloyd J. Beall (Colonel-commandant) |
| Headquarters |
Norfolk, Virginia Drewry's Bluff, Virginia |
| Strength | 900–1,000 men |
| Part of |
 Confederate States
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| Allies |
 Confederate States Navy Confederate States Army
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| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars | American Civil War |
| Motto | Deo Vindice (English: "Under God, Our Vindicator") |
| Colors | Blue, white, and red |
| Flag |  |
The Confederate States Marine Corps (CSMC) was a branch of the Confederate States armed forces during the American Civil War. It was established by an act of the Confederate Congress on March 16, 1861. The CSMC's manpower was initially authorized at 45 officers and 944 enlisted men, and was increased on September 24, 1862 to 1,026 enlisted men. The organization of the corps began at Montgomery, Alabama, and was completed at Richmond, Virginia, when the capital of the Confederate States of America was moved to that location. The CSMC headquarters and main training facilities remained in Richmond, Virginia throughout the war, located at Camp Beall on Drewry's Bluff and at the Gosport Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. The last CSMC unit surrendered to the U.S. on April 9, 1865, with the Confederacy itself capitulating a month later.
Before the war, the United States Marine Corps had been an "exceptionally fine and well-disciplined" organization, and "from it came the nucleus of the corresponding establishment of the Confederate service", the CSMC. The CSMC was modeled after the United States Marine Corps, but there were some differences: the Confederates organized themselves into permanent companies, replaced the fife with the light infantry bugle, and wore uniforms similar to those of British Royal Marines. Like the USMC, when ashore they provided guard detachments for Confederate naval stations at:
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