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XVII Corps (Union Army)

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and fought in many of the important battles during Red River Campaign. The Red River Division moved to Nashville. It was again attached to A.J. Smith's command only this time it was styled the 3rd Division of the "Detachment of the Army of the Tennessee". The division was led by Colonel Jonathan B.
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were created in the Western Theater. At the time it was created the XIII Corps constituted the entire Army of the Tennessee under Ulysses S. Grant. Initially Grant subdivided the corps into the Right, Left and Center wings. Major General James B. McPherson led the Center of the XIII Corps. On
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While most of the XVII Corps was left in Mississippi, William T. Sherman took the 2nd Division, led by Brig. Gen. John E. Smith, to help in lifting the siege of Chattanooga. Two of Smith's brigades (led by Green Berry Raum and Karl Leopold Matthies) took a significant part in the
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took command. Sherman transferred the rest of the corps to Georgia to take part in the Atlanta campaign. Only the 3rd and 4th Divisions took part in the campaign and these divisions missed much of the early battles but played a major role in the
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had a particularly hard fight on Bald Hill. Bald Hill would be renamed Leggett's Hill in honor of the division commander. After the fall of Atlanta, General Blair took a leave of absence from the army and General
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One division formerly part of the XVII Corps was dubbed the Red River Division or the Provisional Division and was attached to the Right Wing-XVI Corps under Andrew J. Smith. The division was led by
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December 18, 1862 the XIII Corps was officially divided. The Center officially became the XVII Corps with McPherson still in command and was originally composed of three divisions under
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In 1864 General McPherson assumed command of the Army of the Tennessee and for a short time no officer was appointed to command the corps. Eventually Major General
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commanded the XVII Corps. When Ransom died of exposure during the pursuit of John Bell Hood's army Blair returned shortly after to command of the corps.
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and took part in the capture of Savannah, Georgia. The corps consisted of three divisions; First Division (formerly Fourth Division, XVI Corps) under
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Francis Blair Jr. (center), shown with his staff, led the Union XVII Corps in the Atlanta campaign.
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In the winter of 1863–1864 Sherman returned to Vicksburg to lead the
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Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi
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Division of the Union Army during the American Civil War
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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XVII Corps (ACW)

Army Corps
Corps
Army of the Tennessee
American Civil War
James B. McPherson
Francis P. Blair, Jr.



corps
Union Army
American Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
Army of the Tennessee
Maj. Gen.
James B. McPherson
Francis P. Blair II
Western Theater
XIII Corps
XIV Corps
John A. Logan
John McArthur
Isaac F. Quinby
Vicksburg Campaign
Battle of Raymond
Jackson
William T. Sherman
XV Corps

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