The Civil War in the East

United States Armies and Departments
in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War
May 1862

1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865

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Army of the Potomac

Major General George McClellan

Operating in the Department of Virginia, but separate from General Wool's command.

 

Dept. of Virginia

Major General John E. Wool

An area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe

 

Middle Department

Major General John Dix

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the eastern part of Maryland and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

 

Dept. of the Rappahannock

Major General Irvin McDowell

Virginia east of the Blue Ridge and west of the Potomac River, the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad, including the District of Columbia and the country between the Potomac and the Patuxent Rivers.

 

Dept. of the Shenandoah

Major General Nathaniel Banks

The Valley of Virginia and Allegheny & Washington Counties in Maryland.