1st Division, XII Corps

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The 1st Division of the XII Corps was a Union Army infantry formation in the American Civil War, noted for its crucial defensive stand on Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army infantry division
military unit
activeDuring 1862
1863
1864
allegiance Union NERFINISHED
United States of America
army Army of the Cumberland NERFINISHED
Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED
belligerentIn American Civil War NERFINISHED
branch Union Army NERFINISHED
commander Alpheus S. Williams NERFINISHED
Thomas H. Ruger NERFINISHED
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distinguishedFor holding the Union right flank at Culp's Hill
engagedAgainst Confederate States Army NERFINISHED
engagedOnDate 1863-07-02
1863-07-03
formedPartOf Twelfth Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED
garrisonOrBattlefield Gettysburg, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
higherFormation Army of the Cumberland, XX Corps (after consolidation) NERFINISHED
Army of the Potomac, XII Corps NERFINISHED
historicalEra 19th century
laterConsolidatedInto XX Corps (Union Army) NERFINISHED
locationOfAction Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
notableCommander Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams NERFINISHED
Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger NERFINISHED
notableEngagement Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED
Battle of Cedar Mountain NERFINISHED
Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED
Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED
Battle of Gettysburg, defense of Culp's Hill NERFINISHED
notableFor crucial defensive stand on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg
participatedIn Chancellorsville Campaign NERFINISHED
Gettysburg Campaign NERFINISHED
Maryland Campaign NERFINISHED
partOf XII Corps (Union Army) NERFINISHED
role infantry
serviceBranch United States Volunteers NERFINISHED
side Union
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED
type infantry division

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Culp's Hill defendedBy 1st Division, XII Corps