List of military corps — List of military corps by number The article provides links to lists of military corps arranged by ordinal number, name, country or conflict. ... List of military corps — List of military corps by number This is a list of military corps arranged by ordinal number. ...
A number of countries have Eighth, or VIII, Corps: A corps (plural same as singular; a word that migrated from the French language, pronounced IPA: (cor), but originating in the Latin corpus, corporis meaning body) is either a large military unit or formation, an administrative grouping of troops within an army with a common function (such as artillery or...
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The history of a regiment is so largely identical with that of its corps, that such information serves at once to familiarize the student with the part which it played in connection with the war.
The corps badges, which were worn by many commands, were first ordered in the spring of 1863, and were adopted immediately by the Army of the Potomac; but in the Western armies these badges did not appear on the men's caps until 1864, and then they were only partially adopted.
The various corps were organized, for the most part, with three divisions, each division containing three brigades, and each brigade consisting of five regiments,-- making 45 regiments of infantry in a corps, to which were added about nine batteries of light artillery.
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