Original Companions:
Commissioned officers and honorably discharged commissioned officers of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Regular or Volunteer, including officers of assimilated or corresponding rank by appointment of the Secretary of War or Navy, who were actually engaged in the suppression of the Rebellion prior to the fifteenth day of April, 1865, and whose names appear in the Official Registers of the United States Army, and Navy and of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army, or appeared upon the official records of the United States War or Navy Department during their term of service as commissioned officers of organizations mustered into service of the United States, and not restricted to service within any given State, or who served under the President’s call of the fifteenth day of April, 1861; or who, having served as non-commissioned officers, warrant officers or enlisted men, during the War of the Rebellion, have since been or may hereafter be commissioned as officers in the United States Regular or Volunteer Army, Navy or Marine Corps; and persons who, having served as non-commissioned officers, warrant officers or enlisted men as aforesaid, shall have become eligible to membership by descent from members of the Order, or officers who were eligible as such, who shall have died. All midshipmen in the United States Navy and all cadets of the United States Army, who, while pursuing their course in the United States Naval Academy or the United States Military Academy, actually rendered service, and which service has been or shall be recognized by the United States Congress or the Navy Department as service rendered during the War of the Rebellion.
Hereditary Companions:
The direct male descendants of the age of 18 years or more of deceased eligible officers or of a brother or sister of any such officer (collateral descent).
Associate Companions:
Associate Companions must be male persons of the age of 18 years or more who are not known to be eligible for Hereditary membership in the Order, who subscribe to the Preamble, Principles, and Objects of the Order, who have demonstrated a serious interest in the War of the Rebellion, and whose membership will advance the objects of the Order. Associates may vote and serve on committees, but may not hold office.
Please review the National Commandery's membership guidelines and download their membership forms.