Gettysburg USA 3rd Corps Brigades – Quiz

What do you know about the Gettysburg USA 3rd Corps Brigades? Try this Know Your Commander Quiz. Take your time, play, enjoy. Cheating is okay.

This quiz spotlights the names of Union infantry commanders at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, in Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles’ 3rd 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 – 3rd Corps Flashcards.”

Birney’s Division, 3rd Corps

For context with answers, click here to jump into the relevant section of our order of battle page.

Humphreys’ Division, 3rd 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)