Confederate Armies & Departments in the Eastern Theater
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General Robert E. Lee took command of what had been the Confederate Army of the Potomac after the wounding of General Johnston and what appeared to be a nervous breakdown of Major General Gustavus Smith.
The Battles of Cross Keys on June 8 and Port Republic on June 9 defeated the last Union pursuers in the Shenandoah Valley. From June 18 – 25 Jackson moved his command from the Shenandoah Valley to reinforce Lee at Richmond. After this point the command was operationally Jackson’s Command of the Army of Northern Virginia.