IV Corps (Union Army)
| IV Corps | |
|---|---|
Army Corps | |
| Size | Corps |
| Part of | Army of the Potomac |
| Engagements | American Civil War |
| Insignia | |
| 1st Division |  |
| 2nd Division |  |
| 3rd Division |  |
There were two corps of the Union Army called IV Corps during the American Civil War. They were separate units, one serving with the Army of the Potomac and the Department of Virginia in the Eastern Theater, 1862–1863, the other with the Army of the Cumberland in the Western Theater, 1863–1865.
IV Corps (Eastern Theater)
The IV Corps, Army of the Potomac, was created on March 13, 1862, and placed under the command of
Antietam Campaign
and remained with them for the duration of the war. The corps' peak strength (in early 1862) was 37,000 men.
The corps took part in
XVIII Corps
.
Command history
| Erasmus D. Keyes | March 13, 1862 – August 1862 | Army of the Potomac |
| Erasmus D. Keyes | August 1862 – August 1, 1863 | Department of Virginia |
IV Corps (Western Theater)
This corps was created on October 10, 1863, from the remnants of
Franklin, and Nashville. When the force Thomas commanded at Nashville was divided, he was left in command only of the IV Corps and cavalry under James H. Wilson and George Stoneman
. The IV Corps was ordered to block the mountain passes and prevent a potential retreat by Lee's army into the mountains.
Records differ regarding the further history of the corps. Two sources[2] report that it was deactivated on August 1, 1865. A third[3] reports that after the war it was sent to Texas as part of the U.S. Army detachment dispatched to persuade French Emperor
Napoleon III
to withdraw his troops from Mexico, and was not disbanded until December 1865.
Command History
| Gordon Granger | October 10, 1863 – April 10, 1864 | Chattanooga and Knoxville |
Oliver O. Howard
|
April 10, 1864 – July 27, 1864[2] | to Atlanta |
| David S. Stanley | July 27, 1864[2] – December 1, 1864 | wounded at Franklin |
| Thomas J. Wood | December 1, 1864 – January 31, 1865 | Nashville |
| David S. Stanley | January 31, 1865 – August 1, 1865 |
Notes
- ^ Eicher and Phisterer.
- ^ Fox. Stanley's personnel records indicate he commanded the Central District of Texas in June and July 1865, so a corps commander for the entire disputed period cannot be identified.
References
- Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Fox, William F., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, reprinted by Morningside Bookshop, Dayton, Ohio, 1993, ISBN 0-685-72194-9.
- Phisterer, Frederick, Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States, Castle Books, 1883, ISBN 0-7858-1585-6.
Citations
- ^ Official Records, Series 1, Volume 27, Part 3, p. 827
- ^ a b [1] O.R. Series 1, Volume 38, Part 5, Special Field Order # 44, P 266
