"Damn that 6th corps, we meet them wherever we go."[1]
-Confederate Brigadier General John G. Echols
Active= 1862–1865
Type= Army Corps
Size= Corps
Part of= Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Shenandoah
Engagements= American Civil War
Notable commanders= John Sedgwick
The VI Corps (Sixth Army Corps) was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Corps Flag: https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/btlflags/other/1stBrig3rdDiv6thCorps_DesFlags1.htm
Command history
| William B. Franklin | May 18, 1862 – November 16, 1862 |
| William F. Smith | November 16, 1862 – January 25, 1863 |
| John Newton | January 25, 1863 – February 5, 1863 |
| John Sedgwick | February 5, 1863 – April 6, 1864 |
| James B. Ricketts | April 6, 1864 – April 13, 1864 |
| John Sedgwick | April 13, 1864 – May 9, 1864 |
| Horatio G. Wright | May 9, 1864 – July 8, 1864 |
| * Horatio G. Wright | August 6, 1864 – October 16, 1864 |
| * James B. Ricketts | October 16, 1864 – October 19, 1864 |
| * George W. Getty | October 19, 1864 – October 19, 1864 |
| * Horatio G. Wright | October 19, 1864 – December 6, 1864 |
| Horatio G. Wright | December 6, 1864 – January 16, 1865 |
| George W. Getty | January 16, 1865 – February 11, 1865 |
| Horatio G. Wright | February 11, 1865 – June 28, 1865 |
The VI Corps was assigned to:
Primary subordinate units were:
For personnel assigned to the VI Corps headquarters unit, or to an unknown or subordinate unit that has no category, add to this category.
For the primary, peacetime category, see:
For more information on the VI Corps during the United States Civil War See:
Sources
- Eicher, John H., and 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.
- http://www.frontierfamilies.net/family/6thcorps.htm