IX Corps, Army of the Potomac

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IX Corps, Army of the Potomac was a major Union infantry corps in the American Civil War, noted for its extensive combat service in the Eastern Theater under generals such as Ambrose Burnside and its participation in key campaigns including the Overland and Petersburg operations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
IX Corps, Army of the Potomac canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army corps ⓘ
infantry corps ⓘ
military corps ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
alsoServedWith Army of the Ohio ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
branch Union Army infantry ⓘ
composition primarily volunteer infantry regiments ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
disbandedInYear 1865 ⓘ
engagement Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of North Anna ⓘ
Battle of South Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Battle of the Crater ⓘ
Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Vicksburg Campaign ⓘ
formedInYear 1862 ⓘ
garrisonDuty Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
includedUnitsFrom Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
New England states ⓘ
linked to: New England

Western states and territories ⓘ
notableAction assaults on Confederate lines at Petersburg ⓘ
participation in the Battle of the Crater mine explosion ⓘ
notableCommander Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
linked to: Ambrose Burnside

Jacob D. Cox ⓘ
John G. Parke ⓘ
Orlando B. Willcox ⓘ
notableFor service under General Ambrose E. Burnside in multiple departments ⓘ
notedFor extensive combat service in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
participatedIn Overland Campaign ⓘ
Petersburg operations ⓘ
defense of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf Army of the Potomac ⓘ
reorganized multiple times between 1862 and 1865 ⓘ
role offensive and defensive operations against Confederate forces in Virginia and Tennessee ⓘ
subordinateTo Army of the Potomac commander George G. Meade ⓘ
linked to: George G. Meade

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union command) ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Boydton Plank Road → UnionForce → IX Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Battle of Fox’s Gap → forceTypeUnion → IX Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Battle of Poplar Springs Church → unionForces → IX Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ