Talk:Walter Taylor

Hmm--Never noticed this before, but in the photo, which is the best known photo of him, he's wearing the rank insignia of a full colonel, if I remember Confederate officers' insignia correctly. A rank he never held. Lee, Joe Johnston and a few other Rebel generals famously wore the same, for reasons I've never heard satisfactorily explained, but there's a world of difference between wearing the markings of a lower rank and a higher one. Military discipline seems much more likely to frown on the latter. Turtle Fan 04:39, October 19, 2009 (UTC)