For the most part, these rules were adopted by other Union Armies however, it was not universal. These were used in the United States' Army of the Potomac. Butterfield also designated that each division in the corps should have a variation of the corps badge in a different color.
Daniel Butterfield, Hooker's chief of staff, was assigned the task of designing a distinctive shape for each corps badge. Joseph Hooker after he assumed command of the Army of the Potomac, so any soldier could be identified at a distance. 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. An excellent photograph showing the Union Army white Diamond shaped III Corps Badges on the forage capsĬorps 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. Corps badges in the American Civil War Co C 110th Pennsylvania Infantry after the Battle of Fredericksburg Va.
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