The Civil War in the East

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

1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865

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Army of the Potomac

Major General Joseph Hooker (until 6/28)

Major General George G. Meade (after 6/28)

 

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.

 

Dept. of Washington

Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman

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

 

Dept. of the Susquehanna (est. 6/9)

Major Genral Darius Couch

The State of Pennsylvania east of Johnstown and Laurel Hill Mountain

 

Dept. of West Virginia (est. 6/28)

Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelly

West Virginia and Maryland west of the Alleghenies

 

West Virginia became a state on 6/20


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