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