Major-General to A. H. Embler, March 18, 1865
No. 32. Before Richmond, Va., March 18, 1865.
By authority of the major-general commanding the Army of the James, the “heart” is adopted as the badge of the Twenty-fourth Army Corps.
The symbol selected is one which testifies our affectionate regard for all our brave comrades—alike the living and the dead—who have braved the perils of this mighty conflict, and our devotion to the sacred cause—a cause which entitles us to the sympathy of every brave and true heart and the support of every strong and determined hand.
3 R R—VOL XLVI, PT UI The major-general commanding the corps does not doubt that sol diers who have given their strength and blood to the fame of their former badges will unite in rendering the present one even more renowned than those under which they have heretofore marched to battle.
The First’ Division will wear the red hearts; the Independent Division, the white hearts; and the Third Division, the blue hearts.
By command of Major-General, Gibbon:
Brevet Major, Aide-de-Camp, and Actg, Asst. Adjutant-General.