United States Armies in the East > Department of the Shenandoah


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Commanded by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks

Discontinued August 17, 1861 and merged into the Department of the Potomac as Banks’ Division.

First Brigade Col. George H. Thomas
5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Colonel Orris S. Ferry to 1 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
19th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel John S. Clarke to 1 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
28th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Dudley Donnelly to 1 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
13th Pennsylvania Reserves Infantry Colonel Charles Biddle to 1 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel John Geary to 1 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Troop Captain Thomas James mustered out 8/17
1st Rhode Island Battery to 1 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
2nd United States Cavalry Regiment to Defenses Washington
Second Brigade Col. John J. Abercrombie
4th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Colonel Levi Woodhouse to 2 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
12th Indiana Infantry Regiment to 2 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
16th Indiana Infantry Regiment to 2 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel George H. Gordon to 2 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
12th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment  Colonel Fletcher Webster to 2 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment  Colonel John K. Murphy from Philadelphia 8/3; to 2 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
Battery E, 1st United States Artillery to Defences Washington
Third Brigade Col. C. P. Stone
1st New Hampshire Infantry Regiment Colonel Mason Tappan 8/9 mustered out
9th New York State Militia Regiment Colonel John W. Stiles to 3 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment to 3 Brig., Banks’ Div., Army Potomac
4th United States Artillery Battery F to Banks’ Div., Army Potomac