| VII Corps | |
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 VII Corps badge | |
| Active | July 22, 1862 – August 1, 1863 January 6, 1864 – August 1, 1865 |
| Type | Army Corps |
| Size | Corps |
| Part of | Department of Arkansas |
| Engagements | American Civil War |
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Two corps of the Union Army were called VII Corps during the American Civil War.
This corps was established 22 July 1862 from various Union troops stationed in southeastern Virginia. The corps' main combat action occurred in the spring of 1863, when it faced Confederate troops of James Longstreet's Corps in Suffolk, Virginia. Commanders were:
The corps was discontinued on August 1, 1863, and its troops were transferred to the Eighteenth Corps. [1]
After the original VII Corps was deactivated in the summer of 1863, a second VII Corps was formed from troops in the Department of Arkansas. Most of its active service occurred during Steele's Arkansas Expedition. Commanders were:
Frederick Steele was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving in the Mexican-American War, the Yuma War, and as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for retaking much of secessionist Arkansas for the Union cause, escaping the besieged port-city of Camden through successful deception tactics, and defeating Sterling Price and E. Kirby Smith at Jenkins Ferry.
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