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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 , 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 ...
A plate showing the uniform of a U.S. Army first sergeant, circa 1858, influenced by the French army. The military uniforms of the Union Army in the American Civil War were widely varied and, due to limitations on supply of wool and other materials, based on availability and cost of materials. [1]
The XV Army Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.It served in the Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman.It was commanded by Sherman in the siege of Vicksburg and then by Maj. Gen. John A. Logan in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
This category is for articles related to corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Pages in category "Union army corps" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
X Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served during operations in South Carolina in the Department of the South, and later in Benjamin Butler's Army of the James, during the Bermuda Hundred and Petersburg Campaigns. Union Army 1st Division Badge, X Corps
XXIV Corps Badge (Union Army) XXIV Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.. The Union Army of the James was formed in April 1864 under the command of Major General Benjamin Butler for the purpose of taking Richmond, Virginia and Petersburg, Virginia while the Union Army of the Potomac along with the separate IX Corps under the direction of Union General-in-chief ...
I Corps (First Corps) was the designation of three different corps-sized units in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Separate formation called the I Corps served in the Army of the Ohio/Army of the Cumberland under Alexander M. McCook from September 29, 1862 to November 5, 1862, in the Army of the Mississippi under George W. Morgan from January 4, 1863 to January 12, 1863 (which was ...
There were four formations in the Union Army designated as III Corps (or Third Army Corps) during the American Civil War. Three were short-lived: In the Army of Virginia, a temporary designation of the command better known as I Corps (Army of the Potomac):: Irvin McDowell (June 26 – September 5, 1862); James B. Ricketts (September 5–6, 1862);