The Sixth Army Corps was a unit of the
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...
authorized during the
Spanish–American War
The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...
, but which was never organized. After the declaration of war, General Order 36 of May 7, 1898 approved the organization of eight "army corps," each of which was to consist of three or more divisions of three brigades each.
General Order 46 of May 16, 1898 assigned commanding officers and training camps to the new corps. Major General
James H. Wilson was designated commander, with the corps to assemble at
Camp Thomas, Georgia. For reasons that cannot be immediately determined—but which may have stemmed from the near-collapse of organization at Camp Thomas, which was also the mustering point for the
First and
Third corps—the Sixth Corps was never organized and Wilson was transferred to command of the First Division in the First Army
Corps.
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See Also
Corps Badges of the Spanish-American War by Robert Borrel Sr. a
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Military units and formations of the United States in the Spanish–American War