Army of the Potomac (Regular Army)

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Army of the Potomac (Regular Army)

Brief History

• J. H. Stine. History of the Army of the Potomac. Washington, D.C. : Gibson Bros., c1893 FS Library fiche 6118667
• Prince de Joinville ; translated from the French, with notes by William Henry Hurlbert. The Army of the Potomac : its organization, its commander, and its campaign. New York : A.D.F. Randolph, c1862 FS Library fiche 6118662

• compiled under the direction of Richard C. Crum, Adjutant General, U.S. Army, by Joseph W. Kirkley. Itinerary of the Army of the Potomac and co-operating forces in the Gettysburg Campaign, June and July, 1863 : organization of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg and return of casualties in the Union and Confederate forces. Washington : Adjutant General's Office, 1886 FS Library fiche 6118670
• Alexander Stewart Webb, The Peninsula : McClellan's campaign of 1862 FamilySearch Digital Library
• Andrew A. Humphreys, The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65: the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James New York: Charles E. Scribner's Sons, 1888 FamilySearch Digital Library
• William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: A Critical History of Operations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania from the Commencement to the Close of the War, 1861-1865 New York: Charles E. Scribner's Sons, 1882 FamilySearch Digital Library
• George Brinton McClellan, Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Republic to which is added an account of the campaigns in western Virginia:... New York: Sheldon & Company Publishers, 1864 FamilySearch Digital Library

• Orders and circulars issued by the Army of the Potomac and the Army and Department of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 NARA publication M921

Unit Histories Histories

• Francis A. Walker, History of the Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac : with portraits and maps reprint. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 199- FS Library 973 M2wh
• Milton G. Embrick, comp. and ed. Military History of the Third Division, Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac Pennsylvania: C.E. Aughinbaugh, 1913 FamilySearch Digital Library
• Proceedings of the Third Brigade Association, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Republic, Held at the Time of The National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic Indianapolis, Indiana 6 September 1893... New York: Exchange Printing Company, FamilySearch Digital Library
• William H. Powell, The Fifth Army Corps (Army of the Potomac) A Record of Operations During the Civil War in the United States of America, 1861-1865 New Yok: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896 FamilySearch Digital Library

Other Sources

• Jacob H. Cole, Under five commanders, or, A boy's experience with the Army of the Potomac FS Library fiche 6118655
• de Trobriand, Regis. Four Years with the Army of the Potomac. Boston: Ticknor, 1889. FS Library Fiche 6118669 (9 fiche)
• William Howell Reed. Hospital life in the Army of the Potomac FS Library Fiche 6118522
• Alexander S. Webb. The Peninsula; McClellan's campaign of 1862 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881 FamilySearch Digital Library
• R. E. McBride. In the ranks : from the Wilderness to Appomattox Court-House, the War, as seen and experienced by a private soldier in the Army of the Potomac FS Library Fiche 6083989
• A. M. Stewart, Camp, march and battle-field, or, three years and a half with the Army of the Potomac FS Library Fiche 6083967

National Archives Catalog

Selected Collections

RG 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office

• Records of Letters Written for Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, 1864–1865
• Abstracts of Letters Written for Sick and Wounded Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, 1864–1865

RG 393 U.S. Army Continental Commands

• Treasurer's Registers of Dues Paying Members of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, 1870–1893
• Rosters of Officers of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions, 1861–1864
• List of Quartermasters and Ambulance Corps Officers, ca. 1864–ca. 1864
• Descriptions of Refugees, Deserters, and Contrabands, 1862–1862
• List of Sutlers, Agents, and Purveyors Receiving Merchandise, July 1864–January 1865
• Registers of Discharges on Certificates of Disability, August 1861–April 1862
• List of Soldiers Discharged on Account of Disability, January 1863–July 1863
• List of Soldiers Discharged on Account of Disability, July 1864–June 1865
• List of Soldiers Granted Leaves of Absence, January 1864–May 1865
• List of Artillery Officers and Enlisted Men Killed or Wounded, May 1864–November 1864
• List of Men Granted Furloughs, February 1864–April 1864
• Lists of Chiefs, Agents, and Employees of the U.S. Sanitary Commission and the U.S. Christian Commission, 1864–1864

References

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Florida in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).
  

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• Union Regular Army in the Civil War describes Union sources, specifically about the Union Regular Army in the Civil War, and how to find them.