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Two [[corps]] of the [[Union Army]] were called '''VII Corps''' during the [[American Civil War]].[[Image:VIIcorpsbadge1.png|thumb|Union Army 1st Division Badge, VII Corps[[File:VII Corps HQ Flag.svg|left|thumb|Flag of the VII Corps]]]]

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Two [[corps]] of the [[Union Army]] were called '''VII Corps''' during the [[American Civil War]].

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[[Image:VIIcorpsbadge1.png|thumb|Union Army 1st Division Badge, VII Corps]]

==VII Corps (Department of Virginia)==
==VII Corps (Department of Virginia)==
This corps was established 22 July 1862 from various Union troops stationed in southeastern [[Virginia]]. The corps' main combat action occurred in the spring of 1863, when it faced [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops of [[James Longstreet]]'s Corps in [[Suffolk, Virginia]]. Commanders were:
This corps was established 22 July 1862 from various Union troops stationed in southeastern [[Virginia]]. The corps' main combat action occurred in the spring of 1863, when it faced [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops of [[James Longstreet]]'s Corps in [[Suffolk, Virginia]]. Commanders were:


*[[John Adams Dix]] 22 July 1862 – 16 July 1863
*[[John Adams Dix]] 22 July 1862 – 16 July 1863
*[[Henry Morris Naglee]] 16 July – 20 July 1863
*[[Henry Morris Naglee]] 16–20 July 1863
*[[George W. Getty]] 20 July – 1 August 1863
*[[George W. Getty]] 20 July – 1 August 1863


The corps was discontinued on August 1, 1863, and its troops were transferred to the [[XVIII Corps (Union Army)|Eigteenth Corps]].<ref> [http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar;cc=moawar;q1=fourth%20army%20corps;rgn=full%20text;idno=waro0045;didno=waro0045;view=image;seq=0829 Official Records, Series 1, Volume 27, Part 3, p. 827]</ref>
The corps was discontinued on August 1, 1863, and its troops were transferred to the [[XVIII Corps (Union Army)|Eighteenth Corps]].<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077700262&view=1up&seq=829&skin=2021 Official Records, Series 1, Volume 27, Part 3, p. 827]</ref>


==VII Corps (Department of Arkansas)==
==VII Corps (Department of Arkansas)==
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==References==
==References==
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*Boatner, Mark M. III, The Civil War Dictionary: Revised Edition, David McKay Company, Inc., 1984.
*Boatner, Mark M. III, The Civil War Dictionary: Revised Edition, David McKay Company, Inc., 1984.


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/CORPS/7thdov.htm VII Corps (Department of Virginia) history]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050310171312/http://www.civilwararchive.com/CORPS/7thdov.htm VII Corps (Department of Virginia) history]
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/CORPS/7thdoa.htm VII Corps (Department of Arkansas) history]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090621153019/http://www.civilwararchive.com/CORPS/7thdoa.htm VII Corps (Department of Arkansas) history]


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VII Corps
VII Corps badge
ActiveJuly 22, 1862 – August 1, 1863
January 6, 1864 – August 1, 1865
TypeArmy Corps
SizeCorps
Part ofDepartment of Arkansas
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Insignia
1st Division
2nd Division
3rd Division
United States Army Corps, 1861-1865
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VI Corps (Union Army) VIII Corps (Union Army)

Two corps of the Union Army were called VII Corps during the American Civil War.

Union Army 1st Division Badge, VII Corps
Flag of the VII Corps

VII Corps (Department of Virginia)

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This corps was established 22 July 1862 from various Union troops stationed in southeastern Virginia. The corps' main combat action occurred in the spring of 1863, when it faced Confederate troops of James Longstreet's Corps in Suffolk, Virginia. Commanders were:

The corps was discontinued on August 1, 1863, and its troops were transferred to the Eighteenth Corps.[1]

VII Corps (Department of Arkansas)

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After the original VII Corps was deactivated in the summer of 1863, a second VII Corps was formed from troops in the Department of Arkansas. Most of its active service occurred during Steele's Arkansas Expedition. Commanders were:

References

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Citations
  1. ^ Official Records, Series 1, Volume 27, Part 3, p. 827
Bibliography
  • Boatner, Mark M. III, The Civil War Dictionary: Revised Edition, David McKay Company, Inc., 1984.
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