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Corps badges in the American Civil War were originally worn by soldiers of the Union Army on the top of their army forage cap ( kepi), left side of the hat, or over their left breast. The idea is attributed to Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, who ordered the men in his division to sew a two-inch square of red cloth on their hats to avoid confusion on the battlefield. This idea was adopted by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker after he assumed command of the Army of the Potomac, so any soldier could be identified at a distance.
Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield, Hooker's chief of staff, was assigned the task of designing a distinctive shape for each corps badge. Butterfield also designated that each division in the corps should have a variation of the corps badge in a different color. Division badges were colored as follows:
# Red — First division of corps
# White — Second division of corps
# Blue — Third division of corps
These were used in the United States' Army of the Potomac. For the most part, these rules were adopted by other Union Armies, however it was not universal. For example, the XIII Corps never adopted a badge, and the XIX Corps had the first division wear a red badge, the second division wear a blue badge, and the third division wear white.
For Army corps that had more than three divisions, the standardization was lost:
# Green — Fourth division of VI, IX, and XX Corps
# Yellow — Fourth division of
File:Icorpsbadge.png, Union Army, I Corps, 1st Division Badge,
File:IIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, II Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:IIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, III Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:IVcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, IV Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:Vcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, V Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:VIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, VI Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:VIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, VII Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:VIIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, VIII Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:IXcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, IX Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:Xcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, X Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:XIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XI Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:XIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XII Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:XIVcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XIV Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:XVcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XV Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:XVIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XVI Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:XVIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XVII Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:XVIIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XVIII Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:XIXcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XIX Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:XIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XX Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:XXIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XXII Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:XXIIIcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XXIII Corps, 3rd Division Badge
File:XXIVcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XXIV Corps, 1st Division Badge
File:XXVcorpsbadge.png, Union Army, XXV Corps, 1st Division Badge
Corps Badges "Emblems Of Pride"
{{American Civil War Badges *
Corps badges in the American Civil War were originally worn by soldiers of the Union Army on the top of their army forage cap ( kepi), left side of the hat, or over their left breast. The idea is attributed to Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, who ordered the men in his division to sew a two-inch square of red cloth on their hats to avoid confusion on the battlefield. This idea was adopted by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker after he assumed command of the Army of the Potomac, so any soldier could be identified at a distance.
Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield, Hooker's chief of staff, was assigned the task of designing a distinctive shape for each corps badge. Butterfield also designated that each division in the corps should have a variation of the corps badge in a different color. Division badges were colored as follows:
# Red — First division of corps
# White — Second division of corps
# Blue — Third division of corps
These were used in the United States' Army of the Potomac. For the most part, these rules were adopted by other Union Armies, however it was not universal. For example, the XIII Corps never adopted a badge, and the XIX Corps had the first division wear a red badge, the second division wear a blue badge, and the third division wear white.
For Army corps that had more than three divisions, the standardization was lost:
# Green — Fourth division of VI, IX, and XX Corps
# Yellow — Fourth division of XV Corps 15th Corps, Fifteenth Corps, or XV Corps may refer to:
*XV Corps (British India)
*XV Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I
*15th Army Corps (Russian Empire), a unit in World War I
*XV Royal Bavar ...
(reportedly Orange was also used for a 5th Division Badge)
# Multicolor — Headquarters or artillery elements (certain corps)
The badges for enlisted men were cut from colored cloth, while officer's badges were privately made and of a higher quality. Metallic badges were often made by jewelers and were personalized for the user. The badges eventually became part of the Army regulations and a great source of regimental pride.John D. Billings, Hardtack and Coffee
* Corps badges
* Corps flags
: I II III
III or iii may refer to:
Companies
* Information International, Inc., a computer technology company
* Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a library-software company
* 3i, formerly Investors in Industry, a British investment company
Other uses
* Ins ...
IV V VI VII VII or vii may refer to: the Roman numeral 7
Art and entertainment
* The Vii, a video game console
* vii, leading-tone triad, see diminished triad
* ''VII'' (Blitzen Trapper album)
* ''VII'' (Just-Ice album)
* ''VII'' (Teyana Taylor album)
* ...
VIII
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9.
In mathematics
8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
* a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
IX X XI XII
XII may refer to:
* 12 (number) or XII in Roman numerals
* 12th century or XII in Roman numerals
* ''XII'' (album), a 2012 album by American country music singer Neal McCoy
* ''XII'' (single), a 2019 single album by K-pop singer Chungha, featuri ...
XIV XV XVI
16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and .
In English speech, ...
XVII
17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number.
Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers.
In mathematics
17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...
XVIII
18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19.
In mathematics
* Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...
XIX XX XXI XXII
22 (twenty-two) is the natural number following 21 and preceding 23.
In mathematics
22 is a palindromic number and the eighth semiprime; its proper divisors are 1, 2, and 11. It is the second Smith number, the second Erdős–Woods numb ...
XXIII XXIV XXV Cavalry corps
* See also
* External links
Corps badges
Corps flags
I Corps, Army of the Potomac
II Corps, Army of the Potomac
III Corps, Army of the Potomac
IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland
V Corps, Army of the Potomac
VI Corps, Army of the Potomac
VII Corps, Dept of Arkansas
VIII Corps, Middle Department
IX Corps, Army of the Potomac
X Corps, Department of South
XI Corps, Army of the Potomac
XII Corps, Army of the Potomac
XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee
No badge was designated for the XIII Corps.XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland
XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee
XVI Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi
XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee
XVIII Corps, Army of the James
XIX Corps, Middle Military Division
XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland
XXI Corps
XXII Corps, Dept of Washington
XXIII Corps, Dept of Ohio & Dept of North Carolina
XXIV Corps, Dept of Virginia
XXV Corps, Army of the James, Dept of Texas
Cavalry corps
Brigade badges
I Corps, Army of the PotomacSee also
* Major organizations of the Union Army *Kearny Cross The Kearny Cross was a military decoration of the United States Army, which was first established in 1862 during the opening year of the American Civil War. The original decoration was known as the ''Kearny Medal'' and was adopted as an unofficial ...
References
External links
Corps Badges "Emblems Of Pride"
{{American Civil War Badges *