The Civil War in the East

United States Armies and Departments
in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War
January 1865

1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugust

Army of the Potomac

Maj. Gen. George G. Parke (to 1/11)

Major General George G. Meade (after 1/11)

 

Dept. of Virginia & North Carolina

Major General Benjamin Butler (to 1/8)

Major Genral E.O.C. Ord (after 1/18)

reorganized and separated into two original departments 1/31

 

Middle Department

Major General Lew Wallace

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

 

Dept. of Washington

Maj. Gen. Christopher Augur

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

 

Dept. of Pennsylvania

Major Genral Darius Couch

The State of Pennsylvania

 

Dept. of West Virginia

Major General George Crook

West Virginia and Maryland west of the Alleghenies

 

Middle Military Division -
Department of the Shenandoah

Major General Philip Sheridan


Map of the United States Armies and Departments in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War in January of 1865