XIV Corps (ACW)

XIV Corps (ACW)

XIV Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Corps History

The XIV Corps, along with the XIII Corps, were both created in October of 1862 with the passing of General Orders No. 168. When the Corps was first mustered, General William Rosecrans was put in command. The corps was actually not a corps at all, but the Army of the Ohio, previously under the command of Don Carlos Buell, just now entered into the Army of the Cumberland and renamed to accomodate such. When the corps was first given its designated number, it was made up of twelve divisions. This included 155 regiments of infantry, 1 regiment of engineers, 35 batteries of artillery, and 6 regiments of cavalry.

The corps had fought at the Battle of Perryville on October 9th, 1862 and had taken a total of 4,211 casualties. It later fought at the Battle of Stones River where it lost 13,249 men, 25% of its numbers.

Soon the corps was split up into three wings, the left wing being renamed the Twentieth, the right being the Twenty-first, and the center remaining the XIV Corps.

Additional battle the XIV Corps participated in include Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and Savannah.

Corps Badge origin

This Corps's distinctive badge was in the shape of that of an acorn. The acorn was chosen to remind the men of their tough times in late 1863 when they were left in the wilderness without supplies and forced to survive on acorns.

External links

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/CORPS/14thcorp.htm XIV Corps history]


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