1st Division, XII Corps

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The 1st Division of the XII Corps was a Union Army infantry formation in the American Civil War, noted for its crucial defensive stand on Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army infantry division ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring 1862 ⓘ
1863 ⓘ
1864 ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
army Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
belligerentIn American Civil War ⓘ
branch Union Army ⓘ
commander Alpheus S. Williams ⓘ
Thomas H. Ruger ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distinguishedFor holding the Union right flank at Culp's Hill ⓘ
engagedAgainst Confederate States Army ⓘ
engagedOnDate 1863-07-02 ⓘ
1863-07-03 ⓘ
formedPartOf Twelfth Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac ⓘ
garrisonOrBattlefield Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
higherFormation Army of the Cumberland, XX Corps (after consolidation) ⓘ
Army of the Potomac, XII Corps ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
laterConsolidatedInto XX Corps (Union Army) ⓘ
locationOfAction Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Culp's Hill
notableCommander Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams ⓘ
Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Cedar Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg, defense of Culp's Hill ⓘ
notableFor crucial defensive stand on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg ⓘ
participatedIn Chancellorsville Campaign ⓘ
Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ
Maryland Campaign ⓘ
partOf XII Corps (Union Army) ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Volunteers ⓘ
side Union ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
type infantry division ⓘ

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Culp's Hill → defendedBy → 1st Division, XII Corps ⓘ
Gettysburg Union units and formations → hasPart → 1st Division, XII Corps (Union Army) ⓘ
linked to: 1st Division, XII Corps