When, after the March 1863 circular, did units receive their Corps Badges in the AOP?
And more specifically, when did private purchase corps badges begin to be available?
As a prize, here is an image of one from the 77th NY. At the museum I work at we are pondering when the individual who had it might have acquired it, knowing very little about him except that he was a line officer in the '63 campaigns and moved onto a general's staff during the '64 campaigns until he was wounded at Cedar Creek.
And more specifically, when did private purchase corps badges begin to be available?
As a prize, here is an image of one from the 77th NY. At the museum I work at we are pondering when the individual who had it might have acquired it, knowing very little about him except that he was a line officer in the '63 campaigns and moved onto a general's staff during the '64 campaigns until he was wounded at Cedar Creek.
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