Army of the Potomac

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The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, best known for its major campaigns against Confederate forces in Virginia.

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Generate an image of the Army of the Potomac (The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, best known for its major campaigns against Confederate forces in Virginia.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military unit ⓘ
Union field army ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
areaOfOperations Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
associatedWith Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
branch Union Army artillery ⓘ
Union Army cavalry ⓘ
Union Army infantry ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
commander Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

George G. Meade ⓘ
Joseph Hooker ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
cooperatedWith Army of the James ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
disbanded 1865 ⓘ
engagedIn Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Chancellorsville Campaign ⓘ
Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ
Maryland Campaign ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
firstCommander George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan
formed 1861 ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters Washington, D.C. ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
namedAfter Potomac River ⓘ
notableCommander George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

George G. Meade ⓘ
notableFor battles against Confederate forces in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
major campaigns in Virginia ⓘ
participatedIn Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C., 1865 ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
primaryOpponents Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Confederate States Army ⓘ
role principal Union army in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
strength over 100,000 soldiers at peak ⓘ
subordinateTo Army of the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States Army

United States Department of War ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
victory Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ

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Battle of Gettysburg → combatant → Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Little Round Top → defendedBy → Union Army of the Potomac ⓘ
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