III Corps, Army of the Potomac

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III Corps, Army of the Potomac was a major Union infantry corps in the American Civil War, noted for its hard fighting and heavy losses in key battles such as Gettysburg.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps
military unit
allegiance Union
branch Union Army
commanderAtBattle Daniel E. Sickles at Battle of Gettysburg
Samuel P. Heintzelman during Peninsula Campaign
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
disbandedIn 1864
engagedInBattle Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Seven Pines
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Williamsburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Overland Campaign
Peninsula Campaign
Second Battle of Bull Run
Seven Days Battles
formedIn 1862
garrisonOrAssemblyLocation Army of the Potomac field armies
hadDivision 1st Division, III Corps
2nd Division, III Corps
3rd Division, III Corps
notableCommander Daniel E. Sickles
linked to: Daniel Sickles

David B. Birney
George W. Getty
Samuel P. Heintzelman
notableEvent advanced to Peach Orchard salient at Gettysburg
notedFor controversial deployment at Gettysburg
hard fighting
heavy casualties
partOf Army of the Potomac
reorganizedInto II Corps, Army of the Potomac
VI Corps, Army of the Potomac
side Union
size corps
subordinateTo Major General George B. McClellan
linked to: George McClellan

Major General George G. Meade
linked to: George G. Meade

Major General Joseph Hooker
sufferedHeavyLossesAt Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
type infantry corps

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Fighting at the Peach Orchard associatedUnitUnion III Corps, Army of the Potomac
subject linked to: fighting at the Peach Orchard
Cemetery Ridge defendedBy III Corps (Union Army of the Potomac)
linked to: III Corps, Army of the Potomac
Philip Kearny commanded 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac
linked to: III Corps, Army of the Potomac
Samuel P. Heintzelman commanded III Corps (Army of the Potomac)
linked to: III Corps, Army of the Potomac