What do you know about the Gettysburg USA 2nd Corps Brigades? Try this Know Your Commander Quiz. If you can’t ace it, try again until you can! Victory.
This quiz spotlights the names of Union infantry commanders at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, in Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock’s 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac. Battlefield “promotions” are marked with the caret symbol (^) and point to the battlefield role identified in the previous quiz line.
If you need help or detailed context for quiz answers, please visit Civil War Cycling’s order of battle page for Gen. Meade’s Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg. For more details, including photographs, see “AOP Order of Battle – 2nd Corps Flashcards.”
Gettysburg USA 2nd Corps Brigades
Caldwell’s Division, 2nd Corps
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Gibbon’s Division, 2nd Corps
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Hays’ Division, 2nd Corps
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For a day-by-day summary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the actions of commanders named in this quiz, please see Civil War Cycling’s “Gettysburg Study Notes”:
- Battle Summary – Day 1 (July 1, 1863)
- Battle Summary – Day 2 (July 2, 1863)
- Battle Summary – Day 3 (July 3, 1863)
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