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The Department of the Susquehanna was a military department created by the United States War Department during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Its goal was to protect the state capital and the southern portions of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to deny the Confederate army passage across the vital Susquehanna River.

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Department of the Susquehanna

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The Department of the Susquehanna was a military department created by the United States War Department during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American...

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Susquehanna River

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The Susquehanna River (/ˌsʌskwəˈhænə/ SUSS-kwə-HAN-ə; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping...

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Susquehanna University

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Susquehanna University is a private liberal arts college in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Its name is derived from the original Susquehannock settlers of...

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Army of the Potomac

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was to command the Division of the Potomac, which included the Department of Northeast Virginia under McDowell and the Department of Washington under...

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Battle of Gettysburg

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state troops of the Department of the Susquehanna, and various garrisons, including that at Harpers Ferry. In reaction to the death of Jackson after...

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Harrisburg in the American Civil War

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commanding the 1st Division of the Department of the Susquehanna, sent two militia infantry regiments and a cavalry company to locate the Confederates. The two...

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Army of the Cumberland

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Anderson. The army fought under the name Army of the Ohio until Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans assumed command of the army and the Department of the Cumberland...

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Department of the Monongahela

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The Department of the Susquehanna consisted of most of central and eastern Pennsylvania. The Department of the Monongahela consisted of western Pennsylvania...

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Union Army

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name departments for rivers (such as Department of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland,) or regions (Department of the Pacific, Department of New...

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Department of Pennsylvania

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December 1, 1864, the Department of Pennsylvania was recreated, with the merging of the Department of the Susquehanna with the Department of the Monongahela...

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Army of the Ohio

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the Department of the Ohio. All the forces of the department were then organized into the Army of the Ohio, with Buell in command. Early in 1862, the...

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Middle Military Division

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Departments of the Susquehanna, Washington, West Virginia, and the Middle Department. On December 1, 1864, the Department of the Susquehanna within the military...

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West Branch Susquehanna River

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The West Branch Susquehanna River is one of the two principal branches, along with the North Branch, of the Susquehanna River in the Northeastern United...

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Army of Virginia

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existing departments operating around Virginia: Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's Mountain Department, Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell's Department of the Rappahannock...

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Department of Texas

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The Department of Texas was a military department of the United States Army that existed from 1850 to 1861, and again from 1865 to 1866, from 1870 to 1913...

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Army of Georgia

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of the Army of the Tennessee, the Army of the Cumberland, and the Army of the Ohio. After the fall of Atlanta in September, Sherman sent the Army of the...

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Army of the James

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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...

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Department of the Missouri

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The Department of the Missouri was a command echelon of the United States Army in the 19th century and a sub division of the Military Division of the...

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Battle of Chancellorsville

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conduct of the battle (and his incessant political maneuvering) that he resigned and was placed in charge of the Department of the Susquehanna, commanding...

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Middle Department

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The Middle Department was an administrative military district created by the United States War Department early in the American Civil War to administer...

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Department of Arizona

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The Department of Arizona was a military department of the United States Army that existed from 1870 to 1893. It was subordinate to the Military Division...

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Army of the Tennessee

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elevated to departmental status in October 1862, as the Department of the Tennessee. During the course of the war, elements of the Army of the Tennessee...

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