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Department of Virginia and North Carolina

Index Department of Virginia and North Carolina

The Department of Virginia and North Carolina was a United States Military department encompassing Union-occupied territory in the Confederate States during the Civil War. [1]

63 relations: Alfred Terry, Ambrose Burnside, American Civil War, Army of the James, Army of Virginia, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, Battle of Big Bethel, Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, Battle of Wilmington, Beacon Island, North Carolina, Beaufort, North Carolina, Benjamin Butler, Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Confederate States of America, David B. Birney, Department (United States Army), Department of Virginia and North Carolina, Edward Ord, Erasmus D. Keyes, Fort Fisher, Fort Macon State Park, Fort Monroe, George B. McClellan, George W. Getty, Hatteras Inlet, Henry Halleck, Innis N. Palmer, Jacob Dolson Cox, James City, North Carolina, James River, Jamestown, Virginia, John Adams Dix, John E. Wool, John G. Foster, John J. Peck, John Pope (military officer), John Schofield, Kingsmill, Morehead City, North Carolina, New Bern, North Carolina, Newport Barracks, North Carolina, Newport News, Virginia, Newport, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia, Ocracoke, North Carolina, Rappahannock River, Richmond, Virginia, Roanoke Island, Shenandoah Valley, Siege of Petersburg, ..., Slover-Bradham House, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Surry, Virginia, Thomas H. Ruger, Union (American Civil War), United States Armed Forces, Washington, North Carolina, William Tecumseh Sherman, Williamsburg, Virginia, Wilmington, North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina in the American Civil War, X Corps (Union Army), XVIII Corps (Union Army). Expand index (13 more) »

Alfred Terry

Alfred Howe Terry (November 10, 1827 – December 16, 1890) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886.

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Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a United States Senator.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Army of the James

The Army of the James was a Union Army that was composed of units from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and served along the James River during the final operations of the American Civil War in Virginia.

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Army of Virginia

The Army of Virginia was organized as a major unit of the Union Army and operated briefly and unsuccessfully in 1862 in the American Civil War.

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Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

Atlantic Beach is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Battle of Big Bethel

The Battle of Big Bethel was one of the earliest land battles of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries

The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries (August 28–29, 1861) was the first combined operation of the Union Army and Navy in the American Civil War, resulting in Union domination of the strategically important North Carolina Sounds.

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Battle of Wilmington

The Battle of Wilmington was fought February 11–22, 1865, during the American Civil War, mostly outside the city of Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Beacon Island, North Carolina

Beacon Island, in Portsmouth Township, Carteret County, North Carolina, is an island in the Ocracoke Inlet.

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Beaufort, North Carolina

Beaufort is a town in and the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was a major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer and businessman from Massachusetts.

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Bermuda Hundred Campaign

The Bermuda Hundred Campaign was a series of battles fought at the town of Bermuda Hundred, outside Richmond, Virginia, during May 1864 in the American Civil War.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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David B. Birney

David Bell Birney (May 29, 1825 – October 18, 1864) was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union General in the American Civil War.

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Department (United States Army)

Department is an organizational term used by the U.S. Army, mostly prior to World War I, to describe named geographical districts created for control and administration of installations and units.

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Department of Virginia and North Carolina

The Department of Virginia and North Carolina was a United States Military department encompassing Union-occupied territory in the Confederate States during the Civil War.

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Edward Ord

Edward Otho Cresap Ord (October 18, 1818 – July 22, 1883) was an American engineer and United States Army officer who saw action in the Seminole War, the Indian Wars, and the American Civil War.

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Erasmus D. Keyes

Erasmus Darwin Keyes (May 29, 1810 – October 14, 1895) was a businessman, banker, and military general, noted for leading the IV Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac during the first half of the American Civil War.

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Fort Fisher

Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War.

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Fort Macon State Park

Fort Macon State Park is a North Carolina state park in Carteret County, North Carolina, in the United States.

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Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe (also known as the Fort Monroe National Monument) is a decommissioned military installation in Hampton, Virginia—at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States.

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George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.

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George W. Getty

George Washington Getty (October 2, 1819 – October 1, 1901) was a career military officer in the United States Army, most noted for his role as a division commander in the Army of the Potomac during the final full year of the American Civil War.

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Hatteras Inlet

Hatteras Inlet is an estuary in North Carolina, located along the Outer Banks, separating Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island.

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Henry Halleck

Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer.

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Innis N. Palmer

Innis Newton Palmer (March 30, 1824 – September 10, 1900) was a career officer in the United States Army, serving in the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, and on the Western frontier.

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Jacob Dolson Cox

Jacob Dolson Cox, (Jr.) (October 27, 1828August 4, 1900) was a statesman, lawyer, Union Army general during the American Civil War, Republican politician from Ohio, Liberal Republican Party founder, author, and recognized microbiologist.

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James City, North Carolina

James City is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Craven County, North Carolina, United States.

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James River

The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Jamestown, Virginia

The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

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John Adams Dix

John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 – April 21, 1879) was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War.

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John E. Wool

John Ellis Wool (February 20, 1784 – November 10, 1869) was an officer in the United States Army during three consecutive U.S. wars: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.

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John G. Foster

John Gray Foster (May 27, 1823 – September 2, 1874) was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina.

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John J. Peck

John James Peck (January 4, 1821 – April 21, 1878) was a United States soldier who fought in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War.

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John Pope (military officer)

John Pope (March 16, 1822 – September 23, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War.

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John Schofield

John McAllister Schofield (September 29, 1831 – March 4, 1906) was an American soldier who held major commands during the American Civil War.

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Kingsmill

Kingsmill is a name which has been in use in James City County, Virginia since the 17th century.

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Morehead City, North Carolina

Morehead City is a port town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States.

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Newport Barracks, North Carolina

Newport Barracks, North Carolina were located near the town of Shepherdsville (now Newport, North Carolina), near the site of an early defensive fortification built in the 1830s.

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Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Newport, North Carolina

Newport is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Ocracoke, North Carolina

Ocracoke, from the North Carolina Collection website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Rappahannock River

The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately in length.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Roanoke Island

Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States.

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Shenandoah Valley

The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.

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Siege of Petersburg

The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War.

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Slover-Bradham House

Slover-Bradham House is a historic house located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina.

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St. Mary's County, Maryland

Saint Mary's County (often abbreviated as St. Mary's County), established in 1637, is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Surry, Virginia

Surry (formerly Cross Roads, McIntosh's Cross Roads, McIntoshs Cross Roads, Scuffletown, Smithville, Surry Court House, and The Crossroads) is an incorporated town in Surry County, Virginia, United States.

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Thomas H. Ruger

Thomas Howard Ruger (April 2, 1833 – June 3, 1907) was an American soldier and lawyer who served as a Union general in the American Civil War.

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America.

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Washington, North Carolina

Washington, commonly known as The Original Washington, or Little Washington (to distinguish it from Washington, D.C.), is a city in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, located on the northern bank of the Pamlico River.

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William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.

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Williamsburg, Virginia

Williamsburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.

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Wilmington, North Carolina in the American Civil War

Wilmington, North Carolina, was a major Atlantic Ocean port city for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

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X Corps (Union Army)

X Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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XVIII Corps (Union Army)

XVIII Corps was a North Carolina corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Redirects here:

Army of North Carolina, Department of North Carolina, Department of Virginia, District of North Carolina.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Virginia_and_North_Carolina

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