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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 | HearLore
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate)The Army of the Shenandoah began as scattered militia companies sent to Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Robert E. Lee appointed Thomas J.
Army of the PeninsulaColonel John B. Magruder received his assignment in May 1861 to command operations on the lower Virginia Peninsula. Yorktown served as his headquarters…
Army of West MississippiOn the 18th of February 1865, Major General Edward Canby took command of a military division in Mississippi. He renamed the field forces within that division…
Army of the CumberlandThe Army of the Cumberland began its life in November 1861 as the Army of the Ohio. Brigadier General Robert Anderson led this new force during its earliest…
Army of the PotomacThe Army of the Potomac was created in July 1861 shortly after the First Battle of Bull Run. Its nucleus began as the Army of Northeastern Virginia led by…
Army of TennesseeThe Army of Tennessee took its name from the Confederate state of Tennessee and was formed on the 20th of November 1862.
First Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaOn the 1st of June 1862, Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of the Potomac following Johnston's wounding during Battle of Seven Pines.
Quantrill's RaidersThe Missouri-Kansas border area became fertile ground for guerrilla warfare when the Civil War erupted in 1861. In February 1861, Missouri voters elected…
Army of Northern VirginiaOn the 20th of June 1861, the Army of the Potomac organized itself from operational forces in Northern Virginia. This unit would eventually become known as…
Army of the TennesseeIn September 1861, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant established his headquarters at the river port of Cairo, Illinois.
Confederate States ArmyOn the 8th of February 1861, delegates from seven Deep South slave states met in Montgomery, Alabama to adopt the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate…
Army of the GulfAdmiral David G. Farragut captured New Orleans in 1862, creating a vacuum that required immediate military governance. Benjamin F.
Trans-Mississippi DepartmentWar Department General Orders No. 39 dated the 26th of May 1862 created the Trans-Mississippi Department. Headquarters began at Little Rock in Arkansas.
Stonewall BrigadeGeneral Thomas J. Jackson stood before a group of raw recruits at Harpers Ferry on the 27th of April, 1861. He began to shape these enthusiastic volunteers…
Missouri State GuardThe Missouri General Assembly passed the Military Bill on the 11th of May 1861. This law arrived just one day after the Camp Jackson Affair in St. Louis.
United States Colored TroopsIn July 1862, the U.S. Congress passed the Confiscation Act, legalizing the practice of Union officers freeing slaves and putting them to work as army…