What is American Civil War Corps Badges?
[[File:Co C 110th Pennsylvania Infanry.jpg|thumb|350px|Co C 110th Pennsylvania Infantry after the Battle of Fredericksburg Va. An excellent photograph showing the Union Army white Diamond shaped III Corps Badges on the caps]] '''[[Corps]] [[badge]]s in the [[American Civil War]]''' were originally worn by [[soldier]]s of the [[Union Army]] on the top of their army [[forage cap]], left side of the [[hat]], or over their left [[chest]] [[pocket]]. The idea was suggested by [[Major Geneneral]] [[Philip Kearny]].<ref name=cwfuiWSR>{{cite web |url=http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/FlagsUniformsAndInsignia/corpsbadges.html |title=Flags, Uniforms & Insignia |publisher=The War for States' Rights |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=25 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060225033743/http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/FlagsUniformsAndInsignia/corpsbadges.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> During a battle he [[wikt:reprimand|reprimand]]ed officers that turned out to not be under his command.<ref name=cwfuiWSR/> To prevent that from happening again, he ordered the men in his [[division]] to sew a {{convert|2|in}} square of [[red]] [[cloth]] on their hats.<ref name=cwfuiWSR/> This idea was adopted by Major General [[Joseph Hooker]] after he assumed command of the [[Army of the Potomac]]. This was so any soldier could be identified at a distance. == Corps badges == Maj. Gen. [[Daniel Butterfield]], Hooker's [[chief of staff]], was assigned the task of designing a distinctive shape for each corps badge. Butterfield also decided that each [[Military division|division]] in the corps should have a [[wikt:variation|variation]] of the corps badge in a different color. Division badges were colored as follows: # Red &mdash; First division of corps # White &mdash; Second division of corps # Blue &mdash; Third division of corps These were used in the United States' [[Army of the Potomac]]. These rules were adopted by other Union Armies, however it was not universal. For example, the XIII Corps never adopted a badge. A