XX Corps (Union Army)

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XX Corps (Union Army) was a major Union Army corps formed in 1864 that served primarily in the Western Theater under generals like Joseph Hooker and Henry Slocum, notably participating in the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea during the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army corps
allegiance Union
alsoKnownAs Twentieth Army Corps
badgeShape five-pointed star within a circular border
branch infantry
commanderDuringAtlantaCampaign Henry Warner Slocum
linked to: Henry W. Slocum

Joseph Hooker
commanderDuringMarchToTheSea Henry Warner Slocum
linked to: Henry W. Slocum
conflict American Civil War
corpsNumber 20
country United States of America
disbandedInYear 1865
disbandmentDate 1865-08-01
engagement Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Bentonville
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Kolb’s Farm
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Peachtree Creek
Battle of Resaca
Carolinas Campaign
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Siege of Atlanta
flagBearer XX Corps badge (star within a circle)
formationDate 1864-04-14
formedBy merger of XI Corps (Union Army)
merger of XII Corps (Union Army)
formedInYear 1864
garrisonOrHeadquarters with Sherman’s forces in Georgia
laterParentFormation Army of Georgia
notableCommander Alpheus S. Williams
Henry Warner Slocum
linked to: Henry W. Slocum

Joseph Hooker
notableFor continuous service in Sherman’s campaigns from Chattanooga to the Carolinas
parentFormation Army of the Cumberland
participatedIn Grand Review of the Armies
occupation of Atlanta
partOf Union Army
regionOfOperations Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
subordinateTo Army of Georgia
Army of the Cumberland
Military Division of the Mississippi
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War

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XI Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) mergedInto XX Corps (Union Army)
Joseph Hooker commanded XX Corps (Union Army)
Army of the Cumberland notableUnit XX Corps (Army of the Cumberland)
linked to: XX Corps (Union Army)
1st Division, XII Corps laterConsolidatedInto XX Corps (Union Army)
2nd Division, XII Corps reorganizedInto XX Corps (Union Army)
Alexander McDowell McCook commanded XX Corps (Union Army)
Alexander McCook commanded XX Corps (Union Army)