6th Corps

GPTKB entity

Properties (59)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:John_Sedgwick
gptkbp:commissioningDate	1861
gptkbp:disbanded	1865
gptkbp:dissolved	1865
gptkbp:engagesIn	gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness Battle of Antietam Battle of Cold Harbor Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	played a key role in several major battles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	6th Corps
gptkbp:knownFor	high combat effectiveness
gptkbp:motto	“The_Sixth_Corps_Never_Retreats”
gptkbp:nickname	The Fighting Sixth
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:George_W._Getty gptkb:Philip_Sheridan gptkb:Joseph_Hooker gptkb:William_B._Franklin gptkb:William_T._Sherman gptkb:John_A._McClernand gptkb:Daniel_E._Sickles gptkb:Alfred_T._A._Torbert gptkb:Robert_E._Lee gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant gptkb:Gouverneur_K._Warren gptkb:Philip_Kearny gptkb:George_B._McClellan gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock gptkb:George_H._Thomas gptkb:James_Longstreet gptkb:George_A._Custer gptkb:John_G._Parke gptkb:William_H._Seward gptkb:George_Meade gptkb:John_W._Geary gptkb:Stonewall_Jackson gptkb:J.E.B._Stuart gptkb:John_C._Robinson gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside gptkb:John_Sedgwick gptkb:John_A._Logan gptkb:Charles_Griffin gptkb:Henry_C._Wright gptkb:John_F._Reynolds gptkb:Alexander_Hays gptkb:James_H._Wilson gptkb:David_B._Birney gptkb:George_S._Greene gptkb:William_H._French gptkb:Joseph_B._Carr gptkb:Samuel_K._Zook Henry W. Slocum
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:reform	1864
gptkbp:size	approximately 30,000 soldiers
gptkbp:subordinateUnits	gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac