Army of Northern Virginia

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Confederate army field army

The Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederacy’s principal field army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, renowned for its major campaigns and battles under General Robert E. Lee.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia	4
Army of the Potomac (Confederate)	1
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia (during much of July 2, 1863 fighting)	1
Confederate Army of the Potomac	1
Confederate forces	1
Confederate forces of Hood's Division	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate army ⓘ field army ⓘ
activeFrom	1861 ⓘ
activeUntil	1865 ⓘ
allegiance	Confederate States of America ⓘ
branch	Confederate States Army ⓘ
commanderInChief	Jefferson Davis ⓘ
commanderTitle	General ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	Confederate States of America ⓘ
disbanded	1865 ⓘ
engagedIn	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ Maryland Campaign ⓘ Northern Virginia Campaign ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ Peninsula Campaign ⓘ Seven Days Battles ⓘ Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
namedAfter	Virginia ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Antietam ⓘ Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ surface form: Battle of Second Bull Run Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
notableCommander	Gustavus W. Smith ⓘ Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard Robert E. Lee ⓘ
notableUnitType	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
partOf	Confederate States Army ⓘ
predecessor	Army of the Peninsula ⓘ Army of the Potomac ⓘ surface form: Army of the Potomac (Confederate) Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate) ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations	Maryland ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
primaryOpponent	Army of the Potomac ⓘ
role	principal Confederate field army in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
surrenderDate	1865-04-09 ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Army of the Potomac ⓘ
surrenderLocation	Appomattox Court House, Virginia ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Antietam → ConfederateArmy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Seminary Ridge → armyOccupant → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Appomattox Court House, Virginia → associatedWith → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Lee’s War Horse → associatedWith → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) → associatedWith → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Matthews Hill → associatedWith → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Army of the Potomac

Stonewall → associatedWith → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson

Little Round Top (nearby) → attackedBy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Little Round Top

Little Round Top (nearby) → attackedBy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Little Round Top

this entity surface form: Confederate forces of Hood's Division

Seven Days Battles → belligerent → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

Appomattox Campaign → combatant → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 → combatant → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Gettysburg

Robert E. Lee → commanded → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Battle of Chancellorsville → confederateArmy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Seven Days Battles → confederateArmy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Devils Den (nearby) → controlledBy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia (during much of July 2, 1863 fighting)

McLean House → eventParticipant → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

From Manassas to Appomattox → focusesOn → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Battle of Fredericksburg → front → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

Confederate States Army → hasPart → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army of the Potomac (Confederate)

Peninsula Campaign → involvedMilitaryUnit → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Siege of Petersburg → involvedUnit → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Battle of Fair Oaks → militaryBranch → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

Battle of Gettysburg → opponent → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Valley Campaigns of 1864 → opponentOf → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Cemetery Hill → opposedBy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

Second Battle of Bull Run → primaryConfederateArmy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Army of the Potomac → primaryOpponents → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Confederate battle flag → usedBy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

Devils Den (nearby) → usedBy → Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate forces