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The Provisional Army of Virginia, also known as the Provisional Army and the Volunteer Forces of Virginia and the Citizens Army of Virginia was a military force from April to September 1861, after the state of Virginia seceded from the United States, but before the state was fully incorporated into the Confederate States of America. The force existed in tandem with the Virginia State Navy, established and operated for the same period of time.[1]

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Provisional Army of Virginia

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The Provisional Army of Virginia, also known as the Provisional Army and the Volunteer Forces of Virginia and the Citizens Army of Virginia was a military...

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Confederate States Army

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the Confederate Army; one of the more well known was the Provisional Army of Virginia. Control and operation of the Confederate army were administered...

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Military career of Stonewall Jackson

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Jackson became an officer in the state forces of Virginia. He was later appointed in the Provisional Army of the Confederates States (PACS) while also holding...

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Virginia militia

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end of the American Civil War. During the Civil War, the Virginia militia was the main recruiting body for first the Provisional Army of Virginia and...

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Virginia State Navy

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A Virginia State Navy (or Virginia Navy) existed twice. During the American Revolutionary War, the provisional government of the Virginia Colony authorized...

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Army of West Virginia

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The Army of West Virginia served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was the primary field army of the Department of West Virginia. It...

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List of Virginia Civil War units

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Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS) during the American Civil War...

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Stonewall Jackson

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in the Provisional Army of Virginia, which was a short lived force commanded by Robert E. Lee, prior to Virginia fully augmenting into forces of the Confederacy...

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United States Army

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Army in 1796. In 1798, during the Quasi-War with France, the U.S. Congress established a three-year "Provisional Army" of 10,000 men, consisting of twelve...

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Virginia Secession Convention of 1861

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formal secession, one of the first pieces of legislation from the convention was the creation of the Provisional Army of Virginia. The one hundred and...

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Sandie Pendleton

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lieutenant in the Provisional Army of Virginia, Sandie Pendleton left for Harpers Ferry on June 11, having completed only four of seven examinations...

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Fort Wingate

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to join the Provisional Army of Virginia after the state seceded from the Union. Fort Lyon was closed on 10 September 1861 at the start of the Civil War...

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Battle of Arlington Mills

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April 27, 1861, Virginia formed the Provisional Army of Virginia in addition to its actively maintained state militia. The Provisional Army of the Confederate...

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President of the Confederate States of America

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president of the provisional government, as well as the only person to assume the position. On February 22, 1862, he became president of the permanent government...

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Confederate States Congress

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throughout the existence of the Confederacy. At first, it met as a provisional congress both in Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia. As was the case for...

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Republic of Kuwait

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troops into the State of Kuwait to assist an internal coup d'état initiated by "Kuwaiti revolutionaries." A Provisional Government of Free Kuwait was set...

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Confederate States of America

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states of the Upper South—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina—then joined the Confederacy. On February 22, 1862, Confederate States Army leaders...

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Scott Shipp

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general with the active rank of captain in the Provisional Army of Virginia. He was appointed a major with the 21st Virginia Infantry in June, 1861. He...

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William Henry Harman

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in the Virginia militia and colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, who was killed in action during the Battle of Waynesboro...

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Adjutant General of Maryland

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1861; promoted to captain of artillery, Provisional Army of Virginia, 8 May 1862; appointed to temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel, 14 November 1862, to...

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