| LC control no. | n 82085860 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia |
| Variant(s) | Army of Northern Virginia |
| See also | Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Northern Virginia Confederate States of America. Army of the Potomac |
| Beginning date | 1861~ |
| Found in | Orders and circulars issued by the Army of the Potomac and the Army and Department of Northern Virginia, C.S.A., 1861-1865 [MI] 1973: guide p. 1 (Army of the Potomac; merged into the Department of Northern Virginia, October, 1861; in March 1862, Army of Northern Virginia came into common use, and thereafter Army and Department were both used) Boatner, M. Civil War dic., 1959: p. 26 (under armies; Army of Northern Virginia) p. 234 (under departments; Confederate Dept. of Northern Virginia; basic territorial organization was the dept. which usually gave its name to the field army operation within its boundary) p. 610 Under organization: land forces of the North and South were divided into "territorial organizations"; military posts, territorial districts, territorial depts. and territorial divisions belong to the former category; infantry and cavalry divisions, army crops, and field armies belong to the latter) |
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