The Civil War in the East

United States Armies and Departments
in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War
May 1861

1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865

January to MarchAprilMayJune July August SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Department of the East

Major General John E. Wool

All of the United States east of the Mississippi not in other departments.

 

Dept. of Washington

Colonel Joseph K. F. Mansfield

The District of Columbia, Alexandria County, Va., and Maryland as far as Bladensburg.

 

Dept. of Pennsylvania

Major General Robert Patterson

Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland not in the Depts. of Washington and Annapolis.

 

Dept. of Annapolis

Bde. General Benjamin F. Butler (to 5/22)

Major General George Cadwallader

Maryland between Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington.

 

Dept. of Virginia (est. 5/22)

Bde. General Benjamin F. Butler

An area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe

 

Dept. of N.E. Virginia (est. 5/27)

Bde. General Irvin McDowell

Virginia east of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the James River, except the Dept. of Virginia.

 

United States Armies and Departments in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War in May of 1861