First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

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Confederate States Army formation army corps military unit

The First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia was a principal Confederate field corps in the American Civil War, best known for its major role in key Eastern Theater battles under General James Longstreet.

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Label Occurrences
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia canonical 5
Confederate First Corps 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate States Army formation ⓘ
army corps ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring 1862 ⓘ
1863 ⓘ
1864 ⓘ
1865 ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
associatedWith Longstreet's Corps ⓘ
surface form: James Longstreet's corps
branch Confederate infantry ⓘ
surface form: Confederate States Army infantry
commandStructure Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Second Bull Run

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters Army of Northern Virginia field armies ⓘ
higherFormation Confederate States Army ⓘ
includedUnitType artillery battalion ⓘ
cavalry detachment ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
militaryBranch army ⓘ
notableAction assaults on the Union left at Gettysburg ⓘ
defense of Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg ⓘ
flank attack at Second Bull Run ⓘ
notableCommander James Longstreet ⓘ
John Bell Hood ⓘ
Lafayette McLaws ⓘ
Richard H. Anderson ⓘ
notableFor major role in key Eastern Theater battles under General James Longstreet ⓘ
partOf Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
role principal field corps of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
side Confederacy ⓘ
subordinateTo Robert E. Lee ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Pete → commanded → First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: James Longstreet
fighting at Devil’s Den → unitInvolvedSide2 → First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Fighting at Devil’s Den
this entity surface form: Confederate First Corps
fighting at the Peach Orchard → associatedUnitConfederate → First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Fighting at the Peach Orchard
1st Texas Infantry → corpsAssignment → First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Richard H. Anderson → commanded → First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Pete → commanded → First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: James Longstreet