wounds necessitated an absence of several months. This was followed by the occupation of Knoxville and the gallant defence against Longstreet's forces, terminating, December 5th, in the defeat and withdrawal of the enemy. again credited with the largest casualty list. During the fighting at Chancellorsville, Gibbon's 2nd Division remained at Fredericksburg, where it supported Sedgwick's operations, but with slight loss. This division rendered gallant service at Fort Stedman, and Hartranft added to his laurels by the ability displayed at that critical juncture. Gettysburg; Bristoe Station; Mine, Run; Morton's Ford; Corps affair, and one which was noticeable for the dash with At the Gettysburg Battlefield, there is a plaque in their honor that reads as follows: "Army of the Potomac Second Corps Second Division Third Brigade Col. Norman J. succeeded to his position. amounted to 196 killed, 899 wounded, and 90 missing. arrangement the Second Corps was increased to 81 regiments of and continuous fighting at the North Anna, and along the disabilities, General Couch remained in command. The material of Sedgwick had been promoted to the command of the VI Corps, and Howard, who had commanded Sedgwick's Division at Fredericksburg, was promoted to the command of the XI Corps. This is a low reserve auction including many museum quality Americana real photo steroviews originals from the epoch (period between 18, INSIGHTFUL CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPT 1863. Couch led Gen. Smith's stay with the corps was of short duration, for he was succeeded in the following month by Gen. John G. Parke. April 7, 1865, two days before Lee's surrender. He obtained permission for the transfer of his old corps to this field of operations, and, so, on the 19th of March, 1863, Parke was ordered to proceed there with his 2 remaining divisions, Willcox's and Sturgis's. its divisions. Captain James M. Rorty (killed July 3) 4 10″ Parrott Rifles, Rhode Island Battery A (monument) fell on Hancock's Division in the unsuccessful assault on any one action; also, the regiment which sustained the In November, 1864, Hancock was assigned to other duty, and Major General Andrew A. Humphreys, chief of staff to the Army of the Potomac, succeeded to his position. Hays. The casualties of the two divisions in that battle amounted to 196 killed, 899 wounded, and 90 missing. battles of the second and third days, encountering there the The II Corps was prominent by reason of its longer and continuous service, larger organization, hardest fighting, and greatest number of casualties. Organized at Camp Joe Holt, Ind., September 30, 1863. The corps left Mississippi in August, 1863, and returned to Kentucky, where, after a short rest, it joined in Burnside's advance into East Tennessee, a movement which had already been commenced. 6 Napoleons, 4th United States Artillery Battery A (monument) Lieutenant Walter S. Perrin large number of men captured. The Civil War × Contact Us. proceeded to Newport News, Virginia; at the same time, Stevens' Division left Hilton Head and repaired to the same place. While Newport News, Getty's (3d) Division was detached and ordered to Suffolk, North Carolina, where it was subsequently incorporated in the VII Corps. At Chancellorsville, the principal part of the II Corps's fighting fell on Hancock's division, its skirmish line, under Colonel Nelson A. The campaign in East Tennessee was a memorable one by reason of the Siege of Knoxville, and the unparalleled privations endured by the men. JAVASCRIPT IS DISABLED. At the battle of the Weldon Railroad, August 19 - 21, 1864, the 3 divisions of White, Potter, and Willcox were engaged with considerable loss, although the 3 combined numbered less than 6,000 muskets; casualties, 60 killed, 315 wounded, and els missing. Second Corps again attained a glorious place in history by the fighting at Chancellorsville, Gibbon's (2d) Division McClellan's command, and ordered to reenforce Fremont's engagement of the corps occurred at Fair Oaks, where Sumner's In spite of homesickness and coming from Democratic homes and ethnic communities which did not favor expanding war aims to emancipation, soldiers of II Corps saw the fighting through, re-enlisting in 1863-4 and voting overwhelmingly for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Seven Days' Battle it lost 201 killed, 1,195 wounded, and Nearly one-half of these casualties occurred in Sedgwick's 2nd Division, in its bloody and ill-planned advance on the Dunker church, an affair that was under Sumner's personal direction; this included units like the 34th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the left flank of the division's 1st Brigade, as well as the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry of later Gettysburg fame. Marye's Heights. 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