CWS.indbCorps badges such as these were worn during the Civil War on the top of a soldier’s forage cap (called a kepi), on the left side of a hat, or on the front of their uniform. The idea is said to have been conceived by Major General Philip Sheridan and was quickly adopted by other units so soldiers could distinguish each other on the battlefield. Badges were colored to distinguish divisions within a corps (first division
was red, second division was white, third division was blue). (Beath, History of the GAR)
The following tables and lists provide summary information regarding the service affiliation and branches of the Latter-day Saint Civil War veterans listed in Appendix E.
mIlITary aFFIlIaTIon veTerans
servICe branCh veTerans
Union Army 296
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AppendIx h
LdS miLitary ServiCe SUmmary
1. See the Ellsworth-Alford chapter herein for an explanation of the term “Galvanized Yankees.”
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CHARTER, Henry Willard
CHERRY, Jesse Yelton
CHLARSON, Hans Nadrian
COATS, Henry
HASTLER, William H.
LANGFORD, John W.
SMITH, Francis M.
BARRETT, William Riley
SNYDER, Henry T.
TURNER, John Edward
WILLIAMS, George Calvin
Union and Confederate army (“gaLvanized yanKeeS”)
DAVIS, John Eugene (aka William H. Norman)
LAWSON, John W. SARGENT, William Pinkney
Confederate army
ODOM, David George Washington