As the XXV, they captured Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy, in 1865 and also stopped general Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox Court House —where the Confederates officially surrendered a week later.

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 on April 3, 1865.

In May the corps was sent to Texas to serve as the "Army of Occupation" against Napoleon III's French presence in Mexico.

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