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I am wondering if the 2nd and 3rd Division colors for the 1863 design 19th Corps badge unofficially adopted on February 18, 1863, were 1st Division-red, 2nd Division-blue, 3rd Division-white? The order for the 19th Corps badge officially adopted on November 17, 1864, states: "In color it will be, for the First Division, red; Second Division, blue; Third Division, white" (note that these colors are different from the standard red, white and blue for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions of other Union Army Corps).
The attached image is an 1863 design 1st Division (red), 19th Corps badge that, according to this article, was excavated from the September 4, 1864, campsite of the 114th New York Volunteer Infantry (1st Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps) near Charles Town, West Virginia.
Image source: https://john-banks.blogspot.com/2016/10/badges-of-excellence-tiny-artwork.html
The attached image is an 1863 design 1st Division (red), 19th Corps badge that, according to this article, was excavated from the September 4, 1864, campsite of the 114th New York Volunteer Infantry (1st Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps) near Charles Town, West Virginia.
Image source: https://john-banks.blogspot.com/2016/10/badges-of-excellence-tiny-artwork.html