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Re: 2nd MI Cav. and 5th MI Inf.

The insignial you describe is not of th Civil War period. Crossed rifles was adopted by the U.S. Army as Infantry insignia sometime in the later 19th century. In the Civil War a brass bugle denoted infantry. No crossed rifles were used.

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