The Civil War in the East

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

1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865

January to MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

August 1-24

 

Department of the East

Major General John E. Wool

Abolished 8/17

 

Dept. of Pennsylvania

Major General John A. Dix

Merged into Dept. of the Potomac 8/24

 

Dept. of the Shenandoah

Major General Nathaniel P. Banks

Merged into Dept. of the Potomac 8/17

 

Dept. of Virginia

Bde. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler(to 8/17)

Major General John E. Wool (after 8/17)

An area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe

 

Division of the Potomac

Major General George McClellan

 

Dept. of Washington

Brigadier General Joseph K. F. Mansfield

Merged into the Dept. of the Potomac 8/17

 

Dept. of N.E. Virginia

Brigadier General Irvin McDowell

Merged into the Dept. of the Potomac 8/17

 


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

August 24 - 31

 

Department of the Potomac

(Army of the Potomac)

Major General George McClellan

 

Dept. of Virginia

Major General John E. Wool

An area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe

 


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