XVI Corps (Union army)

Corps · United States · December 18, 1862 – July 20, 1865

Union corps organized December 18, 1862, under Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut. A detachment under Brig. Gen. Cadwallader C. Washburn served at Vicksburg in June 1863; the corps was discontinued November 7, 1864, re-established February 18, 1865, and finally discontinued July 20, 1865.

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People who served 3

Andrew J. Smith Major general · 1864 Thomas E. G. Ransom Brigadier general · 1864 Andrew J. Smith Major general · 1865

Movements

Moved with Army of the Tennessee.

December 5, 1862 – December 20, 1862 Grant's overland advance on Vicksburg reaches Oxford, Mississippi Map
December 29, 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Sherman's assault at Chickasaw Bayou fails Map
January 30, 1863 – March 29, 1863 Camps at Milliken's Bend and Young's Point opposite Vicksburg Map
April 30, 1863 Crosses the Mississippi at Bruinsburg Map
May 14, 1863 Takes Jackson, Mississippi Map
May 16, 1863 Battle of Champion Hill Map
May 18, 1863 – July 4, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg Map
July 5, 1863 – September 27, 1863 Occupies Vicksburg; Sherman retakes Jackson Map
October 20, 1863 Sherman's corps marches east across northern Alabama Map
November 23, 1863 – November 25, 1863 Second Battle of Chattanooga Battles for Chattanooga Map
December 15, 1863 – May 4, 1864 Winter quarters around Huntsville (approximate) Map
May 14, 1864 Battle of Resaca Map
June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Map
July 14–15, 1864 Battle of Tupelo
July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta McPherson killed Map
August 31, 1864 – September 1, 1864 Battle of Jonesborough Map
November 15, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Leaves Atlanta on the March to the Sea Map
November 22, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Milledgeville, the Georgia capital Map
December 10, 1864 – December 21, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Siege and capture of Savannah Map
December 15, 1864 – December 16, 1864 Battle of Nashville Map
February 17, 1865 Columbia, South Carolina, burns Map
March 19, 1865 – March 21, 1865 Battle of Bentonville Map
April 26, 1865 Johnston surrenders at Bennett Place Map
May 24, 1865 Grand Review of the Armies in Washington Map