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Union - 18th Corps (1063 words) |
 | In April, 1864, the corps was concentrated at Yorktown, preparatory to the spring campaign of the Army of the James. |
| Hinks' Division was left behind, and in its place, two divisions of the Tenth Corps, under General Devens, temporarily attached to the Eighteenth as a third division, moved with General Smith's command, the three divisions being commanded at Cold Harbor by Generals Brooks, Martindale and Devens. |
| In that battle the Eighteenth Corps made a gallant attack on the enemy's entrenchment's; but, like the various other corps engaged, it was obliged to abandon the assault with heavy loss, its casualties at Cold Harbor amounted to 448 killed, 2,365 wounded, and 206 missing; total, 3,019. |
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U.S. VII Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (432 words) |
| The VII Army Corps of the United States Army was one of the two principal corps of the army in Europe during the Cold War, along with V Corps. |
| Its presence took US forces in theatre from a force capable of defending Saudi Arabia to a force capable of ejecting Iraqi troops from Kuwait. |
| In addition, it had US 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment to act as a scouting force, and two further heavy divisions; US 1st Cavalry Division and British 1st Armoured Division. |
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