The Civil War in the East

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

1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865

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Army of the Potomac

Major General George McClellan

Pope's beaten Army of Virginia withdrew into the defenses of Washington and merged with the Army of the Potomac under McClellan's command. Pope requested to be relieved on September 3 and was transferred back to the Western Theater.

 

Dept. of Virginia

Major General John Dix

An area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe

 

Middle Department

Major General John E. Wool

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

 

Army of Virginia

Major General John Pope

Merger of the Mountain Department and the Departments of the Rappahannock and the Shenandoah, each of which became a subordinate corps of the army

 

Military District of Washington

Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth

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