Union Army Cavalry Corps

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cavalry corps military unit

The Union Army Cavalry Corps was the mounted combat branch of the Union Army during the American Civil War, known for its reconnaissance, screening, and raiding operations against Confederate forces.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Union Army cavalry 3
Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi 1
Union Army Cavalry Corps canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cavalry corps ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring 1863 ⓘ
1864 ⓘ
1865 ⓘ
allegiance Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch United States Army ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
engagedIn Appomattox Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Brandy Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gettysburg Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Overland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864 NERFINISHED ⓘ
equipment carbines ⓘ
horses ⓘ
revolvers ⓘ
sabers ⓘ
function flank protection ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
pursuit of retreating enemy forces ⓘ
garrison Army field formations rather than fixed garrisons ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army cavalry ⓘ
notableAction covering army retreats and advances ⓘ
raids against Confederate supply lines ⓘ
screening infantry movements ⓘ
notableCommander Alfred Pleasonton NERFINISHED ⓘ
David McMurtrie Gregg NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Stoneman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philip Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor increasing effectiveness of Union cavalry later in the war ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Confederate cavalry ⓘ
partOf Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
role mounted combat ⓘ
raiding operations ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
screening ⓘ
subUnitOf Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ
Army of the Shenandoah NERFINISHED ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTactic deep cavalry raids ⓘ
dismounted skirmishing ⓘ
mounted charges ⓘ

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

John Buford → servedIn → Union Army Cavalry Corps ⓘ
Wilson's Raid → commandStructure → Union Army Cavalry Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi
Army of the Frontier → branch → Union Army Cavalry Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Army cavalry
Army of the Shenandoah → branch → Union Army Cavalry Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Army cavalry
Union Army of Northeastern Virginia → branch → Union Army Cavalry Corps ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Army cavalry