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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:action
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gptkb:Assault_on_Fort_Harrison
gptkb:Capture_of_New_Market_Heights
gptkb:Defense_of_Port_Hudson
gptkb:Engagement_at_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Engagement_at_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Siege_operations_at_Petersburg
Engagement at Chaffin's Farm
Engagement at Fair Oaks
Engagement at the Wilderness
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gptkbp:colors
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gptkb:blue
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1865
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gptkbp:engagement
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gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
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gptkbp:engagements
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gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Chaffin's_Farm
gptkb:Battle_of_Fair_Oaks
gptkb:Battle_of_New_Market_Heights
gptkb:Battle_of_Port_Hudson
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Harrison
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gptkbp:formed
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1862
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Virginia
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Contributed to the capture of Richmond
Helped to secure Union victory in the Civil War
Involved in major battles of the Civil War
Played a key role in the Siege of Petersburg
Participated in the final campaigns of the Civil War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Union 18th Corps
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gptkbp:initially_assigned_to
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gptkb:Department_of_the_Gulf
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gptkbp:is_active_in
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:later_assigned_to
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gptkb:Army_of_the_James
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gptkbp:motto
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“ The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved”
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gptkbp:nickname
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“ The Eighteenth Corps”
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gptkbp:notable_commanders
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gptkb:Major_General_William_B._Franklin
gptkb:Major_General_Edward_O._C._Ord
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:recruited_from
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Northern states
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gptkbp:reformed
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1864
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gptkbp:size
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approximately 30,000 soldiers
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Port_Republic
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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