Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

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Confederate States Army unit military corps

The Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia was a major Confederate infantry corps in the American Civil War, best known for its role in key Eastern Theater battles under the command of Lieutenant General A.P. Hill.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Confederate Third Corps	2
Third Corps (Army of Northern Virginia)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate States Army unit ⓘ military corps ⓘ
allegiance	Confederate States of America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Third Corps (A.N.V.) NERFINISHED ⓘ
armyCommander	Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	infantry ⓘ
commanderRank	Lieutenant General ⓘ
component	Anderson’s Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Heth’s Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilcox’s Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbandedFollowing	surrender at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
engagement	Appomattox Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Spotsylvania Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristoe Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Mine Run Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Overland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedFrom	division-level commands of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
higherCommand	Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAction	assaults on the Union III Corps and I Corps at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 ⓘ participation in Longstreet’s assault on the Union left at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 ⓘ
notableCommander	Ambrose Powell Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Cadmus M. Wilcox NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Heth NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard H. Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	heavy casualties in the opening day of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
partOf	Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryArm	infantry ⓘ
regionOfOperations	Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportedTo	Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	field corps ⓘ
side	Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
sideOpposed	United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo	Army of Northern Virginia Third Corps command structure ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
type	field army corps ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Battle of Boydton Plank Road → ConfederateForce → Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

A.P. Hill → command → Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Battle of the Weldon Railroad → confederateForce → Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Battle of Peebles' Farm → involvesMilitaryUnit → Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Corps (Army of Northern Virginia)

Battle of White Oak Road → militaryUnit → Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Third Corps

Battle of Boydton Plank Road → notableUnit → Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Third Corps