(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) PERKINS WASHINGTON ”The four bastioned

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) PERKINS, WASHINGTON. 'The four-bastioned 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

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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 soldiers of the 10th were merged with the 24th and 25th Corps, this badge was awarded to everyone from commissioned officer to enlisted man.