The Army of the Potomac was the primary field army of the Union army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was created in July 1861 shortly after the First Battle of Bull Run and was disbanded in June 1865 following the surrender of the …

The Army of the Potomac – officially known as the Department of the Potomac – was the main field army of the United States in the Eastern Theater for most of the Civil War. It was tasked with protecting the national capital of Washington and with …

Organization of the Federal Army of the Potomac during the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. Army of the Potomac (monument) Major General George G. Meade (monument) strength: 93,700 men, 372 guns casualties: 3,150 killed, …

2020年12月7日 · The Army of the Potomac was the primary Union fighting force in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War (1861–1865).

2025年1月7日 · The Army of the Potomac was the Union's primary fighting force in the Eastern Theater throughout most of the American Civil War.

Henry Halleck ordered McClellan’s Army of the Potomac to assist Maj. Gen. John Pope’s newly created Army of Virginia in central Virginia. Until the two Union armies could be combined for a renewed assault upon the Confederate capital of Richmond, it fell upon Pope to defend Washington, D.C., and…

The Confederate Army of the Potomac, whose name was short-lived, was under the command of Brig. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard in the early days of the American Civil War. Its only major combat action was the First Battle of Bull Run.

The Army of the Potomac was the main Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War From 1861 to 1865. The army was also known as Mr. Lincoln's Army due to the close involvement by President Abraham Lincoln. [1]

2025年1月7日 · Organized June 20, 1861, the Army of the Potomac later became the Army of Northern Virginia, the principal military force of the Confederate States of America in the …

2024年5月18日 · In the American Civil War’s Eastern Theater, the Army of the Potomac stood as the Union’s principal force, bearing the monumental task of defending Washington D.C. and ultimately defeating Robert E. Lee’s formidable Army of Northern Virginia.