Union III Corps

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Union III Corps was a major formation of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War, noted for its hard fighting and heavy casualties in key battles such as Gettysburg.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army formation
military corps
absorbedInto II Corps NERFINISHED
VI Corps NERFINISHED
allegiance Union NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Third Corps NERFINISHED
belligerent United States of America NERFINISHED
branch Union Army NERFINISHED
campaign Chancellorsville Campaign NERFINISHED
Gettysburg Campaign NERFINISHED
Overland Campaign NERFINISHED
Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED
casualtiesAt Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED
commander Daniel Sickles NERFINISHED
David B. Birney NERFINISHED
Samuel P. Heintzelman NERFINISHED
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
disbandedIn 1864
engagedAt Battle of Fair Oaks NERFINISHED
Battle of Wapping Heights NERFINISHED
Battle of Williamsburg NERFINISHED
Mine Run Campaign NERFINISHED
Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED
Second Battle of Bull Run NERFINISHED
Seven Days Battles NERFINISHED
formedIn 1862
garrison Army of the Potomac field operations
higherCommand Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED
knownFor hard fighting
heavy casualties
militaryBranch United States Volunteers NERFINISHED
notableBattle Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED
Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED
Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House NERFINISHED
Battle of the Wilderness NERFINISHED
notableDivisionCommander Andrew A. Humphreys NERFINISHED
David B. Birney NERFINISHED
notableEvent advanced to Peach Orchard salient at Gettysburg NERFINISHED
notableFor controversial deployment at Gettysburg by Daniel Sickles
partOf Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED
side Union NERFINISHED
size corps
subordinateTo Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED
theaterOfOperations Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED
typeOfUnit infantry corps

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fighting at Devil’s Den unitInvolvedSide1 Union III Corps
subject surface form: Fighting at Devil’s Den