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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

  • Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate)Only one train was available to carry the Confederate Army of the Shenandoah to Manassas.
  • Army of the PeninsulaThe Army of the Peninsula began as a Confederate departmental order in May 1861. It had 13,000 men by year's end.
  • Army of West MississippiOn February 18, 1865, General Edward Canby renamed his Union field forces. They became the Army of West Mississippi.
  • Army of the CumberlandUnion soldiers charged up Missionary Ridge without orders. Grant demanded to know who had sent them.
  • Army of the PotomacThe Union's Army of the Potomac took its name from a Confederate army. Beauregard's force used it first.
  • Army of TennesseeAn officer declared the Army of Tennessee had ceased to exist, but it hadn't. It was marching again within weeks.
  • First Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaConfederate general James Longstreet was shot by his own men in the Wilderness.
  • Quantrill's RaidersQuantrill's Raiders burned a quarter of Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1863 and killed at least 150 men and boys.
  • Army of Northern VirginiaThe Confederate battle flag was designed to fix a deadly mix-up.
  • Army of the TennesseeAt Atlanta, McPherson was killed and the Army of the Tennessee fought on. About 27,000 men beat back nearly 40,000.
  • Confederate States ArmyIn April 1862, the Confederacy passed the first military draft law in American history.
  • Army of the GulfThe Union's Army of the Gulf was renamed late in the war, then took its old name back.
  • Trans-Mississippi DepartmentAfter Vicksburg and Port Hudson fell, the Trans-Mississippi Department was virtually cut off from Richmond.
  • Stonewall BrigadeOf roughly 6,000 men in the Stonewall Brigade, only 219 were left at Appomattox. None of them held a rank above captain.
  • Missouri State GuardThe Missouri State Guard was created in a legislative chamber, not on a battlefield.
  • United States Colored TroopsWilliam Carney planted a flag on Fort Wagner's wall after its bearer was shot. He was wounded three times.

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