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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:active_years
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1862-1865
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Union_Army_Corps
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gptkbp:command_structure
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gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Major_General_George_B._Mc_Clellan
gptkb:Major_General_John_G._Parke
gptkb:Major_General_Winfield_S._Hancock
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1865
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1865-06-30
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gptkbp:engagements
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:formation_date
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1862-05-18
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:Brandy_Station,_Virginia
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Civil War era
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gptkbp:historical_figure
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gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:William_T._Sherman
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Gouverneur_K._Warren
gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:John_G._Parke
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Henry_W._Halleck
gptkb:John_C._Robinson
gptkb:John_Sedgwick
gptkb:Adelbert_Ames
gptkb:Alexander_Hays
gptkb:Joshua_L._Chamberlain
gptkb:Francis_C._Barlow
gptkb:David_B._Birney
gptkb:George_S._Greene
gptkb:Samuel_K._Zook
gptkb:John_Geary
gptkb:Henry_W._Slocum
Charles Griffin
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Played a key role in major battles of the Civil War.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac
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gptkbp:involved_units
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1st Division, 2nd Division, 3rd Division
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gptkbp:is_celebrated_in
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gptkb:Second_Corps_Memorial,_Gettysburg
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gptkbp:is_organized_by
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gptkb:military_unit
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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 Corps”
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gptkbp:nickname
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“ The Fighting Second”
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
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gptkbp:notable_for
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gptkb:Assault_at_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Charge_at_Gettysburg
gptkb:Defense_at_Spotsylvania
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
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gptkbp:reform
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1864-03-24
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gptkbp:service_branch
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gptkb:military_officer
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gptkbp:size
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approximately 30,000 troops
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:II_Corps,_United_States_Army
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gptkbp:symbol
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Corps badge
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_White_Oak_Road
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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