Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate)

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Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) was a South Carolina infantry brigade in the Confederate Army, commanded by Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw and noted for its prominent combat role in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military unit
Confederate States Army unit
infantry brigade
activeDuring 1861–1865
allegiance Confederate States of America
branch Confederate States Army
commander Joseph B. Kershaw NERFINISHED
commanderRank Brigadier General
composition infantry
conflict American Civil War
country Confederate States of America
engagedAgainst Union Army
historicalPeriod American Civil War
surface form: American Civil War era
namedAfter Joseph B. Kershaw NERFINISHED
notableCommander Joseph B. Kershaw NERFINISHED
notedFor prominent combat role in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
participatedIn Appomattox Campaign
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Seven Pines
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of the Wilderness
First Battle of Bull Run
Knoxville Campaign
Overland Campaign
Peninsula Campaign
Second Battle of Bull Run
Seven Days Battles
Siege of Petersburg
Valley Campaigns of 1864
partOf Army of Northern Virginia
Longstreet's Corps
McLaws’s Division
surface form: McLaws's Division
primaryRecruitmentArea South Carolina
raisedIn South Carolina
region Southern United States
surface form: American South
service Confederate States Army
side Confederate States of America
surface form: Confederacy
stateOrigin South Carolina
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
type infantry formation

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Subject: Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate)
Description of subject: Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) was a South Carolina infantry brigade in the Confederate Army, commanded by Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw and noted for its prominent combat role in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

Referenced by (3)

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

Battle of Fredericksburg hasParticipant Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate)
fighting at the Peach Orchard associatedUnitConfederate Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate)
subject surface form: Fighting at the Peach Orchard
this entity surface form: Kershaw’s Brigade
Sunken Road and Marye’s Heights associatedWithUnit Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate)
this entity surface form: Kershaw’s Brigade (Confederate)