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gptkbp:instanceOf
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military unit
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:affiliatedWith
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gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkb:Union_Army
historical preservation efforts
Civil War reenactments
military memorials
military history studies
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:Major_General_Winfield_S._Hancock
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gptkbp:commissioningDate
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1862
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1865
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1865
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gptkbp:educational_programs
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Corps
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gptkbp:engagesIn
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gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Fredericksburg
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gptkbp:firstGeneration
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gptkb:Major_General_Edwin_V._Sumner
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gptkbp:firstMatch
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gptkb:Major_General_John_G._Parke
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:Brandy_Station,_Virginia
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gptkbp:historicalImpact
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Established tactics still studied today
Significant in Union victories
Symbol_of_Union_resolve
Contributed_to_the_defeat_of_the_Confederacy
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gptkbp:historicalLegacy
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influenced modern military organization
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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1862-1865
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gptkbp:historicalRole
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Key_component_in_the_Eastern_Theater
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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played a key role in major battles
Played a key role in major battles
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
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gptkbp:legacy
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Influenced modern military corps structure
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gptkbp:motto
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“The Second to None”
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gptkbp:navalFleet
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gptkb:2nd_Corps_battle_flag
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gptkbp:nickname
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“The_Second_Corps”
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gptkbp:notable_member
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gptkb:Brigadier_General_Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:Gouverneur_K._Warren
gptkb:Brigadier_General_John_Gibbon
gptkb:Major_General_George_Meade
gptkb:Brigadier_General_David_B._Birney
gptkb:John_G._Barnard
gptkb:Joshua_L._Chamberlain
gptkb:Francis_C._Barlow
gptkb:Seth_Williams
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkb:assault_at_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:pursuit_at_Appomattox
gptkb:defense_at_Gettysburg
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Assaults at Cold Harbor
Defensive_positions_at_Gettysburg
Flanking_maneuvers_at_Chancellorsville
Pursuit_of_Lee's_army
flanking_maneuvers_at_Chancellorsville
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
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gptkbp:recruitment
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Northeastern_states
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gptkbp:reform
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1864
2nd_Division,_Army_of_the_Potomac
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gptkbp:size
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approximately 30,000 troops
approximately 30,000 soldiers
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:II_Corps,_United_States_Army
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gptkbp:type
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infantry_corps
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