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{{short description|American Civil War Army Corps}}

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| caption = XXV Corps badge
| dates = 1864–1866
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| type = [[Army Corps]]
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| command_structure = [[Army of the James]]
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{{Military unit sidebar
 | title = United States Army Corps, 1861-1865
 | previous =[[XXIV Corps (Union army)]]
 | next =[[Cavalry Corps (Union army)]]
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'''XXV Corps''' was a [[corps]] of the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]].  It was unique in that it was made up almost entirely of [[United States Colored Troops|African-American troops]]. These soldiers had previously belonged to the [[X Corps (ACW)|X Corps]] and [[XVIII Corps (Union Army)|XVIII Corps]]. As the XXV, they captured [[Richmond, Virginia]], the capital of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]], in 1865 and also stopped general [[Robert E. Lee]]'s army at [[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park|Appomattox Court House]] —where the Confederates [[Battle of Appomattox Court House|officially surrendered]] a week later.

==History==
On December 3, 1864, the two corps of the [[Army of the James]] were reorganized.  Its white units went to the [[XXIV Corps (ACW)|XXIV Corps]], while the black units became the XXV Corps, under the command of [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[Godfrey Weitzel]]. The new XXV Corps served with distinction during the waning days of the [[Petersburg Campaign]]. Its main noteworthy action was being the first command to occupy [[Richmond in the Civil War|Richmond]] on April 3, 1865.  In May the corps was sent to [[Texas]] to serve as the "Army of Occupation" against [[Napoleon III]]'s [[Second French Intervention in Mexico|French presence in Mexico]]. The XXV Corps was disbanded in January 1866.

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Image:XXVcorpsbadge1.png|Union Army [[:en:XXV Corps (ACW)|1st Division]] Badge, XXV Corps
Image:XXVcorpsbadge2.png|Union Army 2nd Division Badge, XXV Corps
Image:XXVcorpsbadge3.png|Union Army 3rd Division Badge, XXV Corps
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050207183702/http://www.civilwararchive.com/CORPS/25thcorp.htm XXV Corps history]
{{Union Army Formations}}

[[Category:Union army corps|25]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1864]]
[[Category:African-American military units and formations of the American Civil War]]
[[Category:1864 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865]]


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