The Department of Pennsylvania (or Army of the Shenandoah or General Patterson's Army) was a large military unit in the Union Army at the outset of the American Civil War. Established on April 27, 1861, its territory consisted of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and all of Maryland not embraced in the Department of Annapolis (later renamed Department of Maryland) and the Department of Washington. It later absorbed the Department of Maryland, on July 25, 1861. On August 24, 1861 it was merged into the Department of the Potomac.
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| - The Department of Pennsylvania (or Army of the Shenandoah or General Patterson's Army) was a large military unit in the Union Army at the outset of the American Civil War. Established on April 27, 1861, its territory consisted of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and all of Maryland not embraced in the Department of Annapolis (later renamed Department of Maryland) and the Department of Washington. It later absorbed the Department of Maryland, on July 25, 1861. On August 24, 1861 it was merged into the Department of the Potomac.
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| - The Department of Pennsylvania (or Army of the Shenandoah or General Patterson's Army) was a large military unit in the Union Army at the outset of the American Civil War. Established on April 27, 1861, its territory consisted of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and all of Maryland not embraced in the Department of Annapolis (later renamed Department of Maryland) and the Department of Washington. It later absorbed the Department of Maryland, on July 25, 1861. On August 24, 1861 it was merged into the Department of the Potomac. On December 1, 1864, the Department of Pennsylvania was recreated, with the merging of the Department of the Susquehanna with the Department of the Monongahela. It operated until June 27, 1865 under the Middle Military Division.
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