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First commanded by Major General Philip Sheridan, the Second Army of the Shenandoah was formed in August 1864 to drive Confederate General Jubal Early's forces out of Shenandoah Valley.

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Formed in February 1865 and commanded by Major General Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate Army of the South, consisted of the Army of Tennessee and all troops in Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and the Department of Southern Virginia.

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The Army of the Southwest was a short-lived Union force organized on December 25, 1861, to resist Confederate forces operating in Missouri.

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Composed primarily of Midwesterners, the Union Army of the Tennessee participated in nearly all of the major campaigns in the Western Theater during the American Civil War from 1861 through 1865.

Key facts about the American Civil War Union Army of the Tennessee.

The last major Southern force to surrender at the end of the American Civil War, the Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department embodied the troops assigned to the Trans-Mississippi Department.

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Formed on January 10, 1862, from troops operating in the Trans-Mississippi District of Department Number 2, in Arkansas and Missouri, the Confederate Army of the West participated in the Battles of Pea Ridge and Iuka before being merged with troops from the Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana to form the Army of West Tennessee on September 28, 1862.

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Formally named the Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg was charged with defending Vicksburg, Mississippi, during Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign in 1863.

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Organized on June 26, 1862, the Army of Virginia was defeated at the Second Battle of Bull Run before it was discontinued on September 12, 1862.

Key facts about the Union Army of Virginia.

The Army of West Virginia served under Brigadier General George Crook during Major General Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign in 1864.

Key facts about the Union Army of West Virginia.

Benedict Arnold was a General in the Continental Army. He was instrumental in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga at the beginning of the American Revolution but eventually turned traitor.

Full Name Chester Alan Arthur Birth Date October 5, 1829 Birth Location North Fairfield, Vermont Parents William and Malvina (Stone)…