II Corps (Union army)

II Corps
Army of the Potomac II Corps badge (trefoil)
Active1862–1865
CountryUnited States United States
Branch Union Army
TypeArmy Corps
SizeCorps
Part ofArmy of the Potomac
Motto(s)"Clubs are trumps"
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Edwin Vose Sumner
Darius N. Couch
Winfield Scott Hancock
Gouverneur K. Warren
Andrew A. Humphreys
Insignia
1st Division
2nd Division
3rd Division

There were five corps in the Union Army designated as II Corps (Second Army Corps) during the American Civil War. These formations were the Army of the Cumberland II Corps commanded by Thomas L. Crittenden from October 24, 1862, to November 5, 1862, later renumbered XXI Corps; the Army of the Mississippi II corps led by William T. Sherman from January 4, 1863, to January 12, 1863, renumbered XV Corps; Army of the Ohio II Corps commanded by Thomas L. Crittenden from September 29, 1862, to October 24, 1862, transferred to Army of the Cumberland; Army of Virginia II Corps led by Nathaniel P. Banks from June 26, 1862, to September 4, 1862, and Alpheus S. Williams from September 4, 1862, to September 12, 1862, renumbered XII Corps; and the Army of the Potomac II Corps from March 13, 1862, to June 28, 1865.

Of these five, the one most widely known was the Army of the Potomac formation, the subject of this article.