army of the potomac

     

The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

Trivia about army of the potomac

  • The eastern Union army came to be called the army of this river
  • In 1861 George B. McClellan became the first to take the helm of this army, called "Mr. Lincoln's Army"
  • 4-word term for Gen. McClellan's Union forces that guarded D.C. against invasion across a certain river
  • June 28, 1863: Heard Meade is the latest in a long line of heads of the army of this river. I'd love some mead...
  • McClellan, Burnside, Hooker & Meade successively headed this army
  • The hopeless "Mud March" in a Virginia downpour ended Burnside's command of the force called this Army

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