VI Corps (ACW)

The VI Corps (Sixth Corps) was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Corps - Union Army - American Civil War

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The corps was organized as the Sixth Provisional Corps on May 18, 1862, by uniting Major General William B. Franklin's Division, which had just arrived on the Virginia Peninsula, with Maj. Gen. William F. Smith's Division, which was taken away from the IV Corps for this purpose. This provisional arrangement having been sanctioned by the U.S. War Department, the command received its permanent designation as the VI Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. Franklin was appointed corps commander, and Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum succeeded to the command of Franklin's Division. On June 20, 1862, the corps numbered 24,911, present and absent, with 19,405 present for duty, equipped; the corps artillery numbered 40 guns.

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May 18 - 1862 - William B. Franklin - Virginia Peninsula - William F. Smith - IV Corps - U.S. War Department - Army of the Potomac - Henry W. Slocum - June 20

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