Longstreet's Corps

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Confederate army corps

Longstreet's Corps was a major Confederate army corps commanded by Lieutenant General James Longstreet during the American Civil War, noted for its role in several key campaigns in the Eastern and Western Theaters.

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Surface form	Occurrences
James Longstreet's corps	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate army corps ⓘ
allegiance	Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
armyBranch	infantry ⓘ
associatedPerson	Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	James Longstreet NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedAgainst	Union Army of the Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ
formationType	corps-level formation ⓘ
historicalRegion	Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Confederate States Army infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	James Longstreet NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAction	assaults on the second day at Gettysburg ⓘ breakthrough at Chickamauga ⓘ defensive position on Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg ⓘ flank attack at Second Manassas ⓘ
notableCommanderRank	Lieutenant General ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Chickamauga NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Spotsylvania Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ Chickamauga Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Gettysburg Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Knoxville Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Overland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Bull Run NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	participation in key battles in both Eastern and Western Theaters ⓘ
partOf	Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Army of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	defensive mainstay in several campaigns ⓘ major offensive striking force of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
side	Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1862–1865 ⓘ

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

Relief of Knoxville → involves → Longstreet's Corps ⓘ

First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → associatedWith → Longstreet's Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Longstreet's corps

Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) → partOf → Longstreet's Corps ⓘ