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Army of the Potomac (Confederate)

Army · Confederate States of America · June 20, 1861 – March 14, 1862

P. G. T. Beauregard's and Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate army at Manassas, which won First Bull Run and was renamed the Army of Northern Virginia.

Recorded for American Civil War.

Attached units 2

Stonewall Brigade July 19, 1861 – November 3, 1861
Texas Brigade October 22, 1861 – March 13, 1862

Engagements 25

First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861
First Battle of Kernstown March 23, 1862
Battle of Front Royal May 23, 1862
First Battle of Winchester May 25, 1862
Battle of Seven Pines May 31 – June 1, 1862
Battle of Port Republic June 9, 1862
Seven Days Battles June 25 – July 1, 1862
Second Battle of Bull Run August 28–30, 1862
Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg December 11–15, 1862
Battle of Chancellorsville April 30 – May 6, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3, 1863
Battle of Chickamauga September 18–20, 1863
Battle of Fort Sanders November 29, 1863
Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7, 1864
Battle of Spotsylvania May 8–21, 1864
Battle of Cold Harbor May 31 – June 12, 1864
Siege of Petersburg June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865
Battle of Monocacy July 9, 1864
Battle of Fort Stevens July 11–12, 1864
Third Battle of Winchester September 19, 1864
Battle of Fisher's Hill September 21–22, 1864
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19, 1864
Battle of Sailor's Creek April 6, 1865
Battle of Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865

Movements

June 20, 1861 – July 17, 1861 Beauregard holds Manassas Junction · map
July 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Bull Run) · map
July 22, 1861 – March 8, 1862 Winters around Centreville and Manassas · map
March 9, 1862 Abandons Manassas · map

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