1861-1865 Civil War; nearly half of Marine Corps' officers resign their commissions to join the New Confederate States Marine Corps Confederate Marines' roster reads 539 A resolution introduced to Congress was one of the first attempts to disband the Corps idea was tabled but the thought continued
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18 June, 1866 Another resolution to disband the Corps studied and dropped (21 Feb,1867)
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Nov. 19, 1868 Marine Corps Emblem adopted (usually credited to CMC Jacob Zeilin emblem
nearly unchanged since that time)The Marines' Hymn first begins to be heard; no author credited.
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1883 Marine Corps motto -- "Semper Fidelis" or "Always Faithful" adopted, replacing other well-known motto's of "Fortitudine" (early 1800's) and "By Sea and By Land"
(1876).
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1888 John Phillip Sousa's "Semper Fidelis" composed.
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