The Civil War in the East

A reference guide to America's Civil War.

United States
Armies & Departments

United States
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United States Armies and Departments
in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War
January 1863

1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865

January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

Army of the Potomac

Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside (until 1/26)

Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker (after 1/26)

 

Dept. of Virginia

Major General John Dix

An area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe

 

Middle Department

Major General Robert Schenck

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

 

Washington D.C. Defenses

Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman

District of Columbia, Arlington County in Virginia, and adjacent fortifications


Map of the United States Armies and Departments in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War in January of 1863