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X Corps was a
corps of the
Union Army during the
American Civil War. It served during operations in
South Carolina in the Department of the South, and later in
Benjamin Butler's
Army of the James, during the
Bermuda Hundred and
Petersburg Campaigns.
History
The corps was officially created on
September 13,
1862, to consist of the majority of Union troops operating in South Carolina and eastern Georgia. (Other troops in Florida were officially under its command but were not effectively.) The corps was initially commanded by
Ormsby M. Mitchel, who died in October 1862. He was succeeded by
John Milton Brannan,
David Hunter,
Quincy Adams Gillmore,
David B. Birney and
Alfred H. Terry.
The corps took part in most of the operations against
Charleston from 1862–63, including attacks on
James Island and
Morris Island and the
Battle of Fort Wagner. Other elements of the corps based in Florida took part in the disastrous
Battle of Olustee.
In early 1864, the corps, now commanded by Gillmore, was transferred to the
Army of the James. It took part in the Bermuda Hundred operations and played a principal role in the disastrous
Drewry's Bluff action. It also took part in the attack on
Cold Harbor in conjunction with units of the
Army of the Potomac, and the corps played a major role in the early stages of the
Petersburg Campaign.
In December 1864, the corps was disbanded; its white contingent went to the new
XXIV Corps, while its black units went to the
XXV Corps. The new XXIV Corps took part in the successful attack on
Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in early 1865. The X Corps was "revived", under the command of
Alfred Terry, in March 1865, and served primarily on garrison duty in South Carolina and Georgia until it was discontinued in August 1865.
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