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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Principal Union army in the eastern theatre of the American Civil War</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Union army. For the Confederate army of the same name, see <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac_(Confederate)" title="Army of the Potomac (Confederate)">Army of the Potomac (Confederate)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Army of the Potomac</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Potomac_Staff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Potomac_Staff.jpg/300px-Potomac_Staff.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Potomac_Staff.jpg/450px-Potomac_Staff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Potomac_Staff.jpg/600px-Potomac_Staff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="702" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Generals of the Army of the Potomac at <a href="/wiki/Culpeper,_Virginia" title="Culpeper, Virginia">Culpeper, Virginia</a> in September 1863, including (from left to right): <a href="/wiki/Gouverneur_K._Warren" title="Gouverneur K. Warren">Gouverneur K. Warren</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_H._French" title="William H. French">William H. French</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_G._Meade" class="mw-redirect" title="George G. Meade">George G. Meade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_J._Hunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry J. Hunt">Henry J. Hunt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_A._Humphreys" title="Andrew A. Humphreys">Andrew A. Humphreys</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Sykes" title="George Sykes">George Sykes</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">July 26, 1861</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">June 28, 1865</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg/25px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg/38px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg/50px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="719" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">Field army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Primary <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Theater of the American Civil War">Eastern Theater</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Irwin_McDowell" class="mw-redirect" title="Irwin McDowell">Irwin McDowell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_B._McClellan" title="George B. McClellan">George B. McClellan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Burnside" title="Ambrose Burnside">Ambrose Burnside</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hooker" title="Joseph Hooker">Joseph Hooker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_G._Meade" class="mw-redirect" title="George G. Meade">George G. Meade</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Army of the Potomac</b> was the primary <a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">field army</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Union_army" title="Union army">Union army</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Theater of the American Civil War">Eastern Theater of the American Civil War</a>. It was created in July 1861 shortly after the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="First Battle of Bull Run">First Battle of Bull Run</a> and was disbanded in June 1865 following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House" title="Battle of Appomattox Court House">surrender</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederate Army">Confederate</a> <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia" title="Army of Northern Virginia">Army of Northern Virginia</a> in April. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_of_the_Potomac&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Army_of_the_Potomac_--_Our_Outlying_Picket_in_the_Woods.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Army_of_the_Potomac_--_Our_Outlying_Picket_in_the_Woods.jpg/220px-The_Army_of_the_Potomac_--_Our_Outlying_Picket_in_the_Woods.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Army_of_the_Potomac_--_Our_Outlying_Picket_in_the_Woods.jpg/330px-The_Army_of_the_Potomac_--_Our_Outlying_Picket_in_the_Woods.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_Army_of_the_Potomac_--_Our_Outlying_Picket_in_the_Woods.jpg/440px-The_Army_of_the_Potomac_--_Our_Outlying_Picket_in_the_Woods.jpg 2x" data-file-width="899" data-file-height="670" /></a><figcaption><i>The Army of the Potomac – Our Outlying Picket in the Woods</i>, an illustration of the Army of the Potomac by <a href="/wiki/Winslow_Homer" title="Winslow Homer">Winslow Homer</a> published in <i><a href="/wiki/Harper%27s_Weekly" title="Harper's Weekly">Harper's Weekly</a></i> on June 7, 1862</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_Review_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac_%E2%80%93_Drawn_by_Mr._Thomas_Nast_(from_Harper%27s_Weekly)_MET_DP831348.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Grand_Review_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac_%E2%80%93_Drawn_by_Mr._Thomas_Nast_%28from_Harper%27s_Weekly%29_MET_DP831348.jpg/220px-Grand_Review_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac_%E2%80%93_Drawn_by_Mr._Thomas_Nast_%28from_Harper%27s_Weekly%29_MET_DP831348.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Grand_Review_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac_%E2%80%93_Drawn_by_Mr._Thomas_Nast_%28from_Harper%27s_Weekly%29_MET_DP831348.jpg/330px-Grand_Review_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac_%E2%80%93_Drawn_by_Mr._Thomas_Nast_%28from_Harper%27s_Weekly%29_MET_DP831348.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Grand_Review_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac_%E2%80%93_Drawn_by_Mr._Thomas_Nast_%28from_Harper%27s_Weekly%29_MET_DP831348.jpg/440px-Grand_Review_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac_%E2%80%93_Drawn_by_Mr._Thomas_Nast_%28from_Harper%27s_Weekly%29_MET_DP831348.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3617" data-file-height="2361" /></a><figcaption><i>Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac</i>, an October 1863 illustration by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nast" title="Thomas Nast">Thomas Nast</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Harper%27s_Weekly" title="Harper's Weekly">Harper's Weekly</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>The Army of the Potomac was founded in 1861. It initially was only the size of a corps relative to the size of Union armies later in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>. Its nucleus was called the <b>Army of Northeastern Virginia</b> led by <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brig. Gen.</a> <a href="/wiki/Irvin_McDowell" title="Irvin McDowell">Irvin McDowell</a>. It fought and lost the Civil War's first major battle, the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="First Battle of Bull Run">First Battle of Bull Run</a>. The arrival in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Maj. Gen.</a> <a href="/wiki/George_B._McClellan" title="George B. McClellan">George B. McClellan</a> dramatically changed the makeup of that army. McClellan's original assignment was to command the Division of the Potomac, which included the Department of Northeast Virginia under McDowell and the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Washington" title="Department of Washington">Department of Washington</a> under Brig. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_K._Mansfield" title="Joseph K. Mansfield">Joseph K. Mansfield</a>. </p><p>On July 26, 1861, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Shenandoah" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Shenandoah">Department of the Shenandoah</a>, commanded by Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Banks" title="Nathaniel P. Banks">Nathaniel P. Banks</a>, was merged with McClellan's departments and on that day, McClellan formed the Army of the Potomac, which was composed of all military forces in the former Departments of Northeastern Virginia, Washington, <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Pennsylvania" title="Department of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, and the Shenandoah. The men under Banks's command became an infantry division in the Army of the Potomac.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The army started with four corps, but these were divided during the <a href="/wiki/Peninsula_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsula Campaign">Peninsula Campaign</a> to produce two more. After the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="Second Battle of Bull Run">Second Battle of Bull Run</a>, the Army of the Potomac absorbed the units that had served under Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/John_Pope_(military_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Pope (military officer)">John Pope</a>. </p><p>The belief that <a href="/wiki/John_Pope_(military_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Pope (military officer)">John Pope</a> commanded the Army of the Potomac in the summer of 1862 after McClellan's unsuccessful Peninsula Campaign is mistaken. On the contrary, Pope's <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Virginia" title="Army of Virginia">Army of Virginia</a> was built around different units, although three corps of the Army of the Potomac were sent to northern Virginia and were under Pope's operational control during the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Virginia Campaign">Northern Virginia Campaign</a>. During the time that the Army of Virginia existed, the Army of the Potomac was headquartered on the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Peninsula" title="Virginia Peninsula">Virginia Peninsula</a>, and then outside Washington, D.C., with McClellan still in command, although most of his troops had been temporarily reassigned. After Pope's defeat at <a href="/wiki/Second_Bull_Run" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Bull Run">Second Bull Run</a>, McClellan was given back his original units, plus most of the units of the Army of Virginia, which were integrated into the Army of the Potomac – although not always successfully. </p><p>The Army of the Potomac underwent many structural changes during its existence. The army was divided by <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Burnside" title="Ambrose Burnside">Ambrose Burnside</a> into three grand divisions of two corps each with a Reserve composed of two more. Hooker abolished the grand divisions. Thereafter the individual corps, seven of which remained in Virginia, reported directly to army headquarters. Hooker also created a Cavalry Corps by combining units that previously had served as smaller formations. In late 1863, two corps were sent West, and – in 1864 – the remaining five corps were recombined into three. Burnside's <a href="/wiki/IX_Corps_(ACW)" class="mw-redirect" title="IX Corps (ACW)">IX Corps</a>, which accompanied the army at the start of <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Overland_Campaign" title="Overland Campaign">Overland Campaign</a>, rejoined the army later. For more detail, see the section <b>Corps</b> below. </p><p>The Army of the Potomac fought in most of the Eastern Theater campaigns, primarily in (Eastern) Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. After the end of the war, it was disbanded on June 28, 1865, shortly following its participation in the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Review_of_the_Armies" title="Grand Review of the Armies">Grand Review of the Armies</a>. </p><p>The <b>Army of the Potomac</b> was also the name given to General <a href="/wiki/P._G._T._Beauregard" title="P. G. T. Beauregard">P. G. T. Beauregard</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> army during the early stages of the war (namely, First Bull Run; thus, the losing Union army ended up adopting the name of the winning Confederate army). However, the name was eventually changed to the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia" title="Army of Northern Virginia">Army of Northern Virginia</a>, which became famous under General <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert E. Lee</a>. </p><p>In 1869, the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Army_of_the_Potomac" title="Society of the Army of the Potomac">Society of the Army of the Potomac</a> was formed as a veterans association. It had its last reunion in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Noted_units">Noted units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_of_the_Potomac&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Noted units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Civil_War_steeplechase2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Civil_War_steeplechase2.jpg/220px-Civil_War_steeplechase2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Civil_War_steeplechase2.jpg/330px-Civil_War_steeplechase2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Civil_War_steeplechase2.jpg/440px-Civil_War_steeplechase2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6750" data-file-height="2694" /></a><figcaption>An illustration of the Army of the Potomac celebrating <a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Steeplechase_(horse_racing)" title="Steeplechase (horse racing)">steeplechase race</a> among the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Brigade_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Brigade (U.S.)">Irish Brigade</a>, drawn by <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Forbes" title="Edwin Forbes">Edwin Forbes</a> on March 17, 1863</figcaption></figure> <p>Because of its proximity to the nation's largest cities at the time, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, the Army of the Potomac received more contemporary media coverage than the other Union field armies. Such coverage produced fame for a number of this army's units. Individual brigades, such as the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Brigade_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Brigade (U.S.)">Irish Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Brigade" title="Philadelphia Brigade">Philadelphia Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/First_New_Jersey_Brigade" title="First New Jersey Brigade">First New Jersey Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="Vermont Brigade">Vermont Brigade</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Brigade" title="Iron Brigade">Iron Brigade</a>, were well known to the general public, both during and after the Civil War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corps">Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_of_the_Potomac&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scouts_and_guides_Army_of_the_Potomac.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Scouts_and_guides_Army_of_the_Potomac.jpg/220px-Scouts_and_guides_Army_of_the_Potomac.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Scouts_and_guides_Army_of_the_Potomac.jpg/330px-Scouts_and_guides_Army_of_the_Potomac.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Scouts_and_guides_Army_of_the_Potomac.jpg/440px-Scouts_and_guides_Army_of_the_Potomac.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="287" /></a><figcaption>Scouts and guides of the Army of the Potomac, photographed by <a href="/wiki/Mathew_Brady" title="Mathew Brady">Mathew Brady</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Headquarters_of_the_5th_Corps,_Army_of_the_Potomac,_at_the_home_of_Col._Avery_near_Petersburg,_Virginia)_-_Brady,_Washington_LCCN2017660615_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Headquarters_of_the_5th_Corps%2C_Army_of_the_Potomac%2C_at_the_home_of_Col._Avery_near_Petersburg%2C_Virginia%29_-_Brady%2C_Washington_LCCN2017660615_crop.jpg/220px-Headquarters_of_the_5th_Corps%2C_Army_of_the_Potomac%2C_at_the_home_of_Col._Avery_near_Petersburg%2C_Virginia%29_-_Brady%2C_Washington_LCCN2017660615_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Headquarters_of_the_5th_Corps%2C_Army_of_the_Potomac%2C_at_the_home_of_Col._Avery_near_Petersburg%2C_Virginia%29_-_Brady%2C_Washington_LCCN2017660615_crop.jpg/330px-Headquarters_of_the_5th_Corps%2C_Army_of_the_Potomac%2C_at_the_home_of_Col._Avery_near_Petersburg%2C_Virginia%29_-_Brady%2C_Washington_LCCN2017660615_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Headquarters_of_the_5th_Corps%2C_Army_of_the_Potomac%2C_at_the_home_of_Col._Avery_near_Petersburg%2C_Virginia%29_-_Brady%2C_Washington_LCCN2017660615_crop.jpg/440px-Headquarters_of_the_5th_Corps%2C_Army_of_the_Potomac%2C_at_the_home_of_Col._Avery_near_Petersburg%2C_Virginia%29_-_Brady%2C_Washington_LCCN2017660615_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3310" data-file-height="2135" /></a><figcaption>Headquarters staff of the 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac at the home of Col. <a href="/wiki/Isaac_E._Avery" title="Isaac E. Avery">Isaac E. Avery</a> near <a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Virginia" title="Petersburg, Virginia">Petersburg, Virginia</a>, photographed by <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Brady" title="Matthew Brady">Matthew Brady</a> in June 1864; the following month, on July 3, Avery was killed in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The army originally consisted of fifteen divisions, the Artillery Reserve and the Cavalry Command. Commanded by <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Vose_Sumner" title="Edwin Vose Sumner">Edwin V. Sumner</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_B._Franklin" title="William B. Franklin">William B. Franklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Blenker" title="Louis Blenker">Louis Blenker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Banks" title="Nathaniel P. Banks">Nathaniel P. Banks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_W._Lander" title="Frederick W. Lander">Frederick W. Lander</a> (replaced by <a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1806)" title="James Shields (politician, born 1806)">James Shields</a> after Lander's death on March 2, 1862, <a href="/wiki/Silas_Casey" title="Silas Casey">Silas Casey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irvin_McDowell" title="Irvin McDowell">Irvin McDowell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitz_John_Porter" title="Fitz John Porter">Fitz John Porter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Heintzelman" title="Samuel P. Heintzelman">Samuel P. Heintzelman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Carlos_Buell" title="Don Carlos Buell">Don Carlos Buell</a> (replaced by <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_D._Keyes" title="Erasmus D. Keyes">Erasmus D. Keyes</a> in November, 1861), <a href="/wiki/William_Farrar_Smith" title="William Farrar Smith">William F. Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hooker" title="Joseph Hooker">Joseph Hooker</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Dix" title="John Adams Dix">John A. Dix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pomeroy_Stone" title="Charles Pomeroy Stone">Charles P. Stone</a> (replaced by <a href="/wiki/John_Sedgwick" title="John Sedgwick">John Sedgwick</a> in February, 1862), <a href="/wiki/George_A._McCall" title="George A. McCall">George A. McCall</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Stoneman" title="George Stoneman">George Stoneman</a> (replaced by <a href="/wiki/Philip_St._George_Cooke" title="Philip St. George Cooke">Philip St. George Cooke</a> in January, 1862) and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Jackson_Hunt" title="Henry Jackson Hunt">Henry J. Hunt</a>. </p><p>Because this arrangement would be too hard to control in battle, <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">President Lincoln</a> issued an order on March 13, 1862, dividing the army into five corps headed by MG <a href="/wiki/Irvin_McDowell" title="Irvin McDowell">Irvin McDowell</a> (<a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="I Corps (Union Army)">I Corps</a>; Franklin's Division: BG <a href="/wiki/William_B._Franklin" title="William B. Franklin">William B. Franklin</a>, McCall's "<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Reserves" title="Pennsylvania Reserves">Pennsylvania Reserves</a>" Division: BG <a href="/wiki/George_A._McCall" title="George A. McCall">George A. McCall</a> and McDowell's old Division under BG <a href="/wiki/Rufus_King_(general)" title="Rufus King (general)">Rufus King</a>.), BG <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Vose_Sumner" title="Edwin Vose Sumner">Edwin V. Sumner</a> (<a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="II Corps (Union Army)">II Corps</a>; Sumner's old Division under BG <a href="/wiki/Israel_B._Richardson" title="Israel B. Richardson">Israel B. Richardson</a>, Sedgwick's Division: BG <a href="/wiki/John_Sedgwick" title="John Sedgwick">John Sedgwick</a> and Blenker's Division: <a href="/wiki/Louis_Blenker" title="Louis Blenker">Louis Blenker</a>.), BG <a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Heintzelman" title="Samuel P. Heintzelman">Samuel P. Heintzelman</a> (<a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="III Corps (Union Army)">III Corps</a>; Porter's Division: BG <a href="/wiki/Fitz_John_Porter" title="Fitz John Porter">Fitz John Porter</a>, Hooker's Division: BG <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hooker" title="Joseph Hooker">Joseph Hooker</a> and Heintzelman's old Division under BG <a href="/wiki/Charles_Smith_Hamilton" title="Charles Smith Hamilton">Charles S. Hamilton</a>), BG <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_D._Keyes" title="Erasmus D. Keyes">Erasmus D. Keyes</a> (<a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="IV Corps (Union Army)">IV Corps</a>; Keyes' old Division under BG <a href="/wiki/Darius_N._Couch" title="Darius N. Couch">Darius N. Couch</a>, Smith's Division: BG <a href="/wiki/William_Farrar_Smith" title="William Farrar Smith">William F. Smith</a> and Casey's Division: BG <a href="/wiki/Silas_Casey" title="Silas Casey">Silas Casey</a>), MG <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Banks" title="Nathaniel P. Banks">Nathaniel P. Banks</a> (<a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="V Corps (Union Army)">V Corps</a>, which later became the <a href="/wiki/XII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XII Corps (Union Army)">XII Corps</a>; Banks' old Division under BG <a href="/wiki/Alpheus_S._Williams" title="Alpheus S. Williams">Alpheus S. Williams</a>, Shield's Division: BG <a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1806)" title="James Shields (politician, born 1806)">James Shields</a> and a Cavalry Division under BG <a href="/wiki/John_Porter_Hatch" title="John Porter Hatch">John P. Hatch</a>). </p><p>Lincoln named as corps commanders the five highest-ranking division commanders in the army. McClellan was unhappy with this, as he had intended to wait until the army had been tested in battle before judging which generals were suitable for corps command. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Williamsburg" title="Battle of Williamsburg">Battle of Williamsburg</a> on May 5, McClellan requested and obtained permission to create two additions corps; these became the V Corps, headed by BG Fitz-John Porter, and the VI Corps, headed by BG William B. Franklin, both personal favorites of his. After the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Kernstown" title="First Battle of Kernstown">First Battle of Kernstown</a> in the Valley on March 23, the administration feared the threat to the national capital in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson" title="Stonewall Jackson">"Stonewall" Jackson</a>'s force. To McClellan's displeasure, it detached Blenker's division from the II Corps and sent it to <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, where it served under <a href="/wiki/John_C._Fremont" class="mw-redirect" title="John C. Fremont">John C. Fremont</a>'s command. McDowell's I Corps was detached as well and stationed in the Rappahannock area. </p><p>In June 1862, George McCall's division from I Corps (the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Reserves" title="Pennsylvania Reserves">Pennsylvania Reserves</a> Division) was sent down to the Peninsula and temporarily attached to the V Corps. In the Seven Days Battles, the V Corps was heavily engaged. The Pennsylvania Reserves, in particular, suffered heavy losses including its division commander, who was captured by the Confederates, and two of its three brigadiers, <a href="/wiki/John_F._Reynolds" title="John F. Reynolds">John F. Reynolds</a>, who was also captured, and <a href="/wiki/George_Meade" title="George Meade">George Meade</a>, who was wounded. The III Corps fought at Glendale, however, the rest of the army was not heavily engaged in the week-long fight aside from Slocum's division of the VI Corps, which was sent to reinforce the V Corps at Gaines Mill. </p><p>The Army of the Potomac remained on the Virginia Peninsula until August, when it was recalled back to Washington D.C. Keyes and one of the two IV Corps divisions were left behind permanently as part of the newly created Department of the James, while the other division, commanded by Brig. Gen Darius Couch, was attached to the VI Corps. </p><p>During the Second Battle of Bull Run, the III and V Corps were temporarily attached to Pope's army; the former suffered major losses and was sent back to Washington to rest and refit afterward, so it did not participate in the Maryland Campaign. In the battle, Pope issued confusing orders to the V Corps, eventually directing them against Jackson's flank, ignoring Longstreet's troops on the Union flank. Pope blamed the defeat at Second Bull Run on Porter, who was court-martialed and spent much of his life seeking exoneration. Sigel's command, now redesignated the XI Corps, also spent the Maryland Campaign in Washington resting and refitting. </p><p>In the Maryland Campaign, the Army of the Potomac had six corps. These were the I Corps, commanded by Joe Hooker after Irvin McDowell was removed from command, the II Corps, commanded by Edwin Sumner, the V Corps, headed by Fitz-John Porter, the VI Corps, headed by William Franklin, the IX Corps, headed by Ambrose Burnside and formerly the Department of North Carolina, and the XII Corps, headed by Nathaniel Banks until September 12, and given to Joseph K. Mansfield just two days prior to Antietam, where he was killed in action. </p><p>At Antietam, the I and XII Corps were the first Union outfits to fight and both corps suffered enormous casualties (plus the loss of their commanders) so that they were down to near-division strength and their brigades at regimental strength after the battle was over. The II and IX Corps were also heavily engaged but the V and VI Corps largely stayed out of the battle. </p><p>When Burnside took over command of the army from McClellan in the fall, he formed the army into four Grand Divisions. The Right Grand Division was commanded by Edwin Sumner and comprised the II and XI Corps, the Center Grand Division, commanded by Joe Hooker, comprised the V and III Corps, and the Left Grand Division, commanded by William Franklin, comprised the VI and I Corps. In addition, the Reserve Grand Division, commanded by Franz Sigel, comprised the XI and XII Corps. </p><p>At Fredericksburg, the I Corps was commanded by John F. Reynolds, the II Corps by Darius Couch, the III Corps by George Stoneman, the V Corps by Daniel Butterfield, the VI Corps by William F. Smith, and the IX Corps by <a href="/wiki/Orlando_B._Willcox" title="Orlando B. Willcox">Orlando Willcox</a>. The XI Corps was commanded by Franz Sigel and the XII Corps by Henry Slocum, however, neither corps was present at Fredericksburg, the former not arriving until after the battle was over, and the latter was stationed at Harper's Ferry. </p><p>Following Fredericksburg, Burnside was removed from command of the army and replaced by Joe Hooker. Hooker immediately abolished the Grand Divisions and also for the first time organized the cavalry into a proper corps led by George Stoneman instead of having them ineffectually scattered among infantry divisions. Burnside and his old IX Corps departed out to a command in the Western Theater. The I, II, and XII Corps retained the same commanders they had had during the Fredericksburg campaign, but the other corps got new commanders once again. <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Butterfield" title="Daniel Butterfield">Daniel Butterfield</a> was chosen by Hooker as his new chief of staff and command of the V Corps went to George Meade. Daniel Sickles received command of the III Corps and <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Otis_Howard" title="Oliver Otis Howard">Oliver Howard</a> the XI Corps after Franz Sigel had resigned, refusing to serve under Hooker, his junior in rank. William Franklin also left the army for the same reason. Edwin Sumner, who was in his 60s and exhausted from campaigning, departed as well and died a few months later. William F. Smith resigned from command of the VI Corps, which was taken over by John Sedgwick. The I and V Corps were not significantly engaged during the Chancellorsville campaign. </p><p>During the Gettysburg Campaign, the army's existing organization was largely retained, but a number of brigades composed of short-term nine-month regiments departed as their enlistment terms expired. Darius Couch resigned from command of the II Corps after Chancellorsville, the corps going to Winfield Hancock. The Pennsylvania Reserves Division, having spent several months in Washington D.C. resting and refitting from the 1862 campaigns, returned to the army, but was added to the V Corps rather than rejoining the I Corps. George Stoneman had been removed from command of the cavalry corps by Hooker after a poor performance during the Chancellorsville campaign and replaced by Alfred Pleasanton. </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Meade" title="George Meade">George Meade</a> was suddenly appointed the commander of the army on June 28, a mere three days before the battle of Gettysburg. At the battle, the I, II, and III Corps suffered such severe losses that they were almost nonfunctional as fighting units at the end. One corps commander (Reynolds) was killed, another (Sickles) lost a leg and was permanently out of the war, and a third (Hancock) was badly wounded and never completely recovered from his injuries. The VI Corps had not been significantly engaged and was mostly used to plug up holes in the line during the battle. </p><p>For the remainder of the war, corps were added and subtracted from the army. IV Corps was broken up after the Peninsula Campaign, with its headquarters and 2nd Division left behind in Yorktown, while its 1st Division moved north, attached to the VI Corps, in the Maryland Campaign. Those parts of the IV Corps that remained on the Peninsula were reassigned to the Department of Virginia and disbanded on October 1, 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those added to the Army of the Potomac were <a href="/wiki/IX_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="IX Corps (Union Army)">IX Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/XI_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XI Corps (Union Army)">XI Corps</a> (<a href="/wiki/Franz_Sigel" title="Franz Sigel">Sigel's</a> I Corps in the former <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Virginia" title="Army of Virginia">Army of Virginia</a>), <a href="/wiki/XII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XII Corps (Union Army)">XII Corps</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_P._Banks" title="Nathaniel P. Banks">Banks's</a> II Corps from the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Virginia" title="Army of Virginia">Army of Virginia</a>), added in 1862; and the <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Corps_(Union_Army)#Cavalry_Corps,_Army_of_the_Potomac" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalry Corps (Union Army)">Cavalry Corps</a>, created in 1863. </p><p>Eight of these corps (seven infantry, one cavalry) served in the army during 1863, but due to attrition and transfers, the army was reorganized in March 1864 with only four corps: II, V, VI, and Cavalry. Of the original eight, I and III Corps were disbanded due to heavy casualties and their units combined into other corps. The XI and XII Corps were ordered to the West in late 1863 to support the <a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Chattanooga Campaign">Chattanooga Campaign</a>, and while there were combined into the XX Corps, never returning to the East. </p><p>The IX Corps returned to the army in 1864, after being assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Theater of the American Civil War">West</a> in 1863 and then served alongside, but not as part of, the Army of the Potomac from March to May 24, 1864. On that latter date, IX Corps was formally added to the Army of the Potomac.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two divisions of the Cavalry Corps have transferred in August 1864 to Maj. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Philip_Sheridan" title="Philip Sheridan">Philip Sheridan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Union_Army_of_the_Shenandoah" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army of the Shenandoah">Army of the Shenandoah</a>, and the 2nd Division alone remained under Meade's command. </p><p>On March 26, 1865, that division was also assigned to Sheridan for the closing campaigns of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_of_the_Potomac&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Irvin_McDowell" title="Irvin McDowell">Irvin McDowell</a>: Commander of the Army and Department of Northeastern Virginia (May 27 – July 25, 1861)</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/George_B._McClellan" title="George B. McClellan">George B. McClellan</a>: Commander of the Military Division of the Potomac, and later, the Army and Department of the Potomac (July 26, 1861 – November 9, 1862)</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_E._Burnside" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrose E. Burnside">Ambrose E. Burnside</a>: Commander of the Army of the Potomac (November 9, 1862 – January 26, 1863)</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hooker" title="Joseph Hooker">Joseph Hooker</a>: Commander of the Army and Department of the Potomac (January 26 – June 28, 1863)</li> <li>Major General <a href="/wiki/George_G._Meade" class="mw-redirect" title="George G. Meade">George G. Meade</a>: Commander of the Army of the Potomac† (June 28, 1863 – June 28, 1865)††</li></ul> <p><b>Notes</b><br /> †<a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General (United States)">Lt. Gen.</a> <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a>, general-in-chief of all Union armies, located his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac and provided operational direction to Meade from May 1864 to April 1865, but Meade retained command of the Army of the Potomac. </p><p>††Major General <a href="/wiki/John_G._Parke" class="mw-redirect" title="John G. Parke">John G. Parke</a> took brief temporary command during Meade's absences on four occasions during this period) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_battles_and_campaigns">Major battles and campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_of_the_Potomac&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Major battles and campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="First Battle of Bull Run">First Bull Run Campaign</a> or First Manassas: McDowell (as "Army of Northeastern Virginia")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peninsula_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsula Campaign">Peninsula Campaign</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Days_Battles" title="Seven Days Battles">Seven Days Battles</a>: McClellan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Virginia Campaign">Northern Virginia Campaign</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="Second Battle of Bull Run">Second Battle of Bull Run</a> (I, XI, XII Corps participated under the control of the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Virginia" title="Army of Virginia">Army of Virginia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland Campaign">Maryland Campaign</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam" title="Battle of Antietam">Battle of Antietam</a>: McClellan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg" title="Battle of Fredericksburg">Fredericksburg Campaign</a>: Burnside</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville" title="Battle of Chancellorsville">Chancellorsville Campaign</a>: Hooker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gettysburg Campaign">Gettysburg Campaign</a>: Hooker/Meade (Meade appointed June 28, 1863)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristoe_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" 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/></a><figcaption>Losses sustained by the Army of the Potomac and the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_James" title="Army of the James">Army of the James</a> between May 5, 1864, and April 9, 1865, compiled in the Adjutant-General's Office in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_of_the_Potomac&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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(28 February 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nps.gov/long/blogs/civil-war-medal.htm">"Civil War Medal"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Longfellow_House%E2%80%93Washington%27s_Headquarters_National_Historic_Site" title="Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site">Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Longfellow+House%E2%80%93Washington%27s+Headquarters+National+Historic+Site&rft.atitle=Civil+War+Medal&rft.date=2014-02-28&rft.aulast=Daly&rft.aufirst=David+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Flong%2Fblogs%2Fcivil-war-medal.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArmy+of+the+Potomac" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Welcher, pp. 361–362.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Welcher, pp. 428, 431.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Welcher, pp. 536, 540.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>Bibliography</b> </p> <ul><li>Beatie, Russel H. <i>Army of the Potomac: Birth of Command, November 1860 – September 1861</i>. New York: Da Capo Press, 2002. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-306-81141-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-306-81141-3">0-306-81141-3</a>.</li> <li>Beatie, Russel H. <i>Army of the Potomac: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861 – February 1862</i>. New York: Da Capo Press, 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-306-81252-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-306-81252-5">0-306-81252-5</a>.</li> <li>Beatie, Russel H. <i>Army of the Potomac: McClellan's First Campaign, March – May 1862</i>. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-932714-25-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-932714-25-8">978-1-932714-25-8</a>.</li> <li>Eicher, John H. and <a href="/wiki/David_J._Eicher" title="David J. Eicher">Eicher, David J.</a>, <i>Civil War High Commands</i>, Stanford University Press, 2001, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8047-3641-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-8047-3641-3">0-8047-3641-3</a>.</li> <li>Welcher, Frank J. <i>The Union Army, 1861–1865 Organization and Operations</i>. Vol. 1, <i>The Eastern Theater</i>. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-253-36453-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-253-36453-1">0-253-36453-1</a>.</li></ul> <p><b>Further reading</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Chamberlain" title="Joshua Chamberlain">Chamberlain, Joshua L.</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Passing_of_the_Armies" title="The Passing of the Armies">The Passing of the Armies</a>: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac</i>. New York: Bantam Books, 1993. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-553-29992-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-553-29992-1">0-553-29992-1</a>. First published in 1915 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_W._Sears" title="Stephen W. Sears">Sears, Stephen W.</a> <i>Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac</i> (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017), xii, 884 pp.</li></ul> <ul><li>Sodergren, Steven E. <i>The Army of the Potomac in the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns: Union Soldiers and Trench Warfare, 1864-1865</i> (Louisiana State University Press, 2017) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=59437">online scholarly review of this book</a></li> <li>Taaffe, Stephen R. <i>Commanding the Army of the Potomac</i> (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2006). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7006-1451-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7006-1451-6">0-7006-1451-6</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_of_the_Potomac&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Army_of_the_Potomac" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Army of the Potomac">Army of the Potomac</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.gov/gett/getttour/armorg.htm">Army Organization during the Civil War</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/05586887.3526.emory.edu">Service of the cavalry in the Army of the Potomac (1882)</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/05089446.3350.emory.edu">Army of the Potomac: a history of its campaigns, the Peninsula, Maryland, Fredericksburg: the testimony of its three commanders, Maj.-Gen. 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mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Formations_of_the_Union_army" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Formations of the Union army</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Independent<br />departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_East" title="Department of the East">Department of the East</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Central_New_York&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Central New York (page does not exist)">District of Central New York</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Massachusetts_(military)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Massachusetts (military) (page does not exist)">District of Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Western_New_York&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Western New York (page does not exist)">District of Western New York</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Pacific" title="Department of the Pacific">Department of the Pacific</a>: <a href="/wiki/District_of_Arizona" title="District of Arizona">District of Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Military_District" title="Humboldt Military District">District of Humboldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Oregon_(military)" title="District of Oregon (military)">District of Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_California" title="District of California">District of California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Southern_California" title="District of Southern California">District of Southern California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Utah" title="District of Utah">District of Utah</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Department of the Potomac</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_South" title="Department of the South">Department of the South</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Florida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Florida (page does not exist)">District of Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Hilton_Head&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Hilton Head (page does not exist)">District of Hilton Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="District of North Carolina">District of North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Savannah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Savannah (page does not exist)">District of Savannah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_District_(Charleston)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern District (Charleston) (page does not exist)">Northern District (Charleston)</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Virginia_and_North_Carolina" title="Department of Virginia and North Carolina">Department of Virginia and North Carolina</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Eastern_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Eastern Virginia (page does not exist)">District of Eastern Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="District of North Carolina">District of North Carolina</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg/180px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg/240px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Board_of_War_and_Ordnance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="719" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Military_Division" title="Middle Military Division">Middle Military<br />Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Department" title="Middle Department">Middle Department</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Rappahannock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Rappahannock (page does not exist)">Department of Rappahannock</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Shenandoah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Shenandoah (page does not exist)">Department of Shenandoah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mountain_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mountain Department (page does not exist)">Mountain Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Baltimore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Baltimore (page does not exist)">District of Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Eastern_Shore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Eastern Shore (page does not exist)">District of Eastern Shore</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Pennsylvania" title="Department of Pennsylvania">Department of Pennsylvania</a>: <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Monongahela" title="Department of the Monongahela">Department of the Monongahela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Susquehanna" title="Department of the Susquehanna">Department of the Susquehanna</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Washington" title="Department of Washington">Department of Washington</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Alexandria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Alexandria (page does not exist)">District of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Saint_Mary%27s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Saint Mary's (page does not exist)">District of Saint Mary's</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Washington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Washington (page does not exist)">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Annapolis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Annapolis (page does not exist)">District of Annapolis</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_West_Virginia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of West Virginia (page does not exist)">Department of West Virginia</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Harper%27s_Ferry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Harper's Ferry (page does not exist)">District of Harper's Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanawha_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kanawha District (page does not exist)">Kanawha District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Military_Division_of_the_Mississippi" title="Military Division of the Mississippi">Military Division<br />of the<br />Mississippi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilson%27s_Raid" title="Wilson's Raid">Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Cumberland" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Cumberland">Department of the Cumberland</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_the_Etowah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of the Etowah (page does not exist)">District of the Etowah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Middle_Tennessee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Middle Tennessee (page does not exist)">District of Middle Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Northern_Alabama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Northern Alabama (page does not exist)">District of Northern Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_West_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="District of West Tennessee">District of West Tennessee</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Ohio" title="Department of the Ohio">Department of the Ohio</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_East_Tennessee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of East Tennessee (page does not exist)">District of East Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Kentucky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Kentucky (page does not exist)">Department of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Cairo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Cairo (page does not exist)">District of Cairo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Western_Kentucky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Western Kentucky (page does not exist)">District of Western Kentucky</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Department_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Department (United States) (page does not exist)">Northern Department</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Indiana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Indiana (page does not exist)">District of Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Illinois_(Military)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Illinois (Military) (page does not exist)">District of Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Michigan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Michigan (page does not exist)">District of Michigan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_Division_of_West_Mississippi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Military Division of West Mississippi (page does not exist)">Military Division<br />of West<br />Mississippi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Arkansas">Department of Arkansas</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Eastern_Arkansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Eastern Arkansas (page does not exist)">District of Eastern Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_the_Frontier" class="mw-redirect" title="District of the Frontier">District of the Frontier</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Little_Rock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Little Rock (page does not exist)">District of Little Rock</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Gulf" title="Department of the Gulf">Department of the Gulf</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Baton_Rouge_and_Port_Hudson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson (page does not exist)">District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Carrollton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Carrollton (page does not exist)">District of Carrollton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Key_West_and_Tortugas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Key West and Tortugas (page does not exist)">District of Key West and Tortugas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_La_Fourche&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of La Fourche (page does not exist)">District of La Fourche</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_West_Florida_and_South_Alabama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of West Florida and South Alabama (page does not exist)">District of West Florida and South Alabama</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Kansas" title="Department of Kansas">Department of Kansas</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Colorado_(military)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Colorado (military) (page does not exist)">District of Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Nebraska">District of Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_North_Kansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of North Kansas (page does not exist)">District of North Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_South_Kansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of South Kansas (page does not exist)">District of South Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Upper_Arkansas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Upper Arkansas (page does not exist)">District of Upper Arkansas</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Missouri">Department of Missouri</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Central_Missouri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Central Missouri (page does not exist)">District of Central Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_North_Missouri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of North Missouri (page does not exist)">District of North Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Rolla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Rolla (page does not exist)">District of Rolla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Saint_Louis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Saint Louis (page does not exist)">District of Saint Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Southwest_Missouri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Southwest Missouri (page does not exist)">District of Southwest Missouri</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_New_Mexico" title="Department of New Mexico">Department of New Mexico</a>: <a href="/wiki/District_of_Arizona" title="District of Arizona">District of Arizona</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Northwest" title="Department of the Northwest">Department of the Northwest</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Iowa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Iowa (page does not exist)">District of Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Minnesota">District of Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Wisconsin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Wisconsin (page does not exist)">District of Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=District_of_Dakota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="District of Dakota (page does not exist)">District of Dakota</a></li></ul> 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Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Mississippi" title="Army of the Mississippi">Army of the Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Ohio" title="Army of the Ohio">Army of the Ohio</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Army of the Potomac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Shenandoah_(Union)" title="Army of the Shenandoah (Union)">Army of the Shenandoah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Southwest" title="Army of the Southwest">Army of the Southwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Tennessee" title="Army of the Tennessee">Army of the Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_Virginia" title="Army of Virginia">Army of Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_West_Mississippi" title="Army of West Mississippi">Army of West Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_West_Virginia" title="Army of West Virginia">Army of West Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Army corps</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="I Corps (Union Army)">First Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="II Corps (Union Army)">Second Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="III Corps (Union Army)">Third Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="IV Corps (Union Army)">Fourth Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="V Corps (Union Army)">Fifth Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VI_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="VI Corps (Union Army)">Sixth Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="VII Corps (Union Army)">Seventh Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Corps (Union Army)">Eighth Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="IX Corps (Union Army)">Ninth Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="X Corps (Union Army)">10th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XI_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XI Corps (Union Army)">11th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XII Corps (Union Army)">12th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XIII Corps (Union Army)">13th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIV_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XIV Corps (Union Army)">14th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XV_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XV Corps (Union Army)">15th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XVI_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XVI Corps (Union Army)">16th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XVII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XVII Corps (Union Army)">17th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XVIII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XVIII Corps (Union Army)">18th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIX_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XIX Corps (Union Army)">19th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XX_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XX Corps (Union Army)">20th Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXI_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XXI Corps (Union Army)">21st Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XXII Corps (Union Army)">22d Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXIII_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XXIII Corps (Union Army)">23d Army Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXIV_Corps_(Union_Army)" 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