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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) PERKINS, WASHINGTON.
”The four-bas-
tioned fort, the well-earned badge of the Tenth Corps will be worn by every
commissioned officer and enlisted men in this command.”
Silver badge, of the
third division of the Tenth Corps, with the name of its owner incised on the face, “Washt.
Perkins, 54 Ms vols.” (WGC)
Np, 1865
[2,500/3,500]
A RARE BADGE
, awarded to washington perkins, a colored trooper of the 10th corps,
once part of the 54th mass. volunteers.
Badges of different shapes were warded to different
Corps to be displayed on their flags etc. The 10th Army Corps, at Faison’s Station, North
Carolina, had been working to reinforce the four-sided fortifications there, and thus their badge
was four-sided (like a cross), called the “four bastioned fort.” On April 7, 1865 before the sol-
diers of the 10th were merged with the 24th and 25th Corps, this badge was awarded to
everyone from commissioned officer to enlisted man.
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.)
Promotion for an African American enlisted
man, Edgar W. Ambleman, to the rank of Commissary Sergeant.
Engraved certifi-
cate, 10
1
⁄
2
x 15 inches, accomplished by hand. American Eagle, E Pluribus Unum, and
Commanding officer of the 108th Regiment of “Colored Infantry” (added by hand)
engraved at the top. With “108th,” and “Colored Infantry both supplied by hand. Signed
by Lieutenant Colonel John J. Bishop of the 108th Regiment, and additionally by Thomas
J. Neal, second lieutenant, adjutant of the Regiment, January 23, 1865. (WGC)
Rock Island, IL, 1865
[800/1,200]
The 108th Regiment was largely composed of former slaves, employed for the most part as
guards of the Confederate prison camp on Rock Island.
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