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

1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865
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Army of the Potomac Major General George McClellan   Dept. of Virginia Major General John E. Wool An area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe