R. Bruce Ricketts
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Robert Bruce Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War. He is best known for his battery's defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill on the second da
Rickett's Battery sketched by Alfred Waud
II Corps (Union army)
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There were five corps in the Union Army designated as II Corps during the American Civil War. These formations were the Army of the Cumberland II Corps commanded by Thomas L. Crittenden from October 2
R. Bruce Ricketts
…The fight for the guns became hand to hand, but the Confederates were unable to capture the whole battery. Eventually Union reinforcements from the II Corps brigade of Col. Samuel S. Carroll drove the Confederates down hill. A monument to the battery stands in the general location of their fight. After the…
Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch
Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his II Corps division commanders during the Overland Campaign. Standing, from left to right, are Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow, Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, and Brig. Gen. John Gibbon.
Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys