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) ⓘ