[DOC] [TLE] Union Army - Wikipedia [PAR] The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American 
Civil War, ... He eventually became the commander of the Confederate army. ... It 
was more common to name departments for rivers (such as Department of the .... 
Union Army of the Potomac, the primary fighting force in the Eastern Theater. [DOC] [TLE] Eastern Theater of the American Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War consists of the major military and 
naval .... The skirmish on June 3, 1861, known as the Battle of Philippi, or the "
Philippi ..... As the Union Army drew towards the outer defenses of Richmond, it 
became ... McClellan kept most of his army north of the river, expecting McDowell 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Army Of The Potomac | HistoryNet [PAR] Facts, information and articles about the Army Of The Potomac, Union Army 
fighting ... was the largest Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American 
Civil War . ... line companies, 179 were posted on frontier duty west of the 
Mississippi River. .... The day after the Bull Run debacle, President Lincoln called 
in George B. [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National ... [PAR] May 24, 1861- Union forces cross the Potomac River and occupy Arlington 
Heights, ... A Confederate defeat, the battle resulted in Union occupation of 
eastern .... the Union column in the dense woods and underbrush of an area 
known as the... [DOC] [TLE] George McClellan - American Civil War - HISTORY.com [PAR] George B. McClellan (1826-1885) was a U.S. Army officer, railroad president and 
politician ... of the Potomac in 1861 and briefly served as general-in-chief of the 
Union Army. ... By 1860, he had become president of the Ohio and Mississippi 
River ... McClellan was called to Washington and given command of forces that 
he... [DOC] [TLE] Army of Northern Virginia - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Apr 12, 2011 ... The Army of Northern Virginia was the most successful Confederate army during 
... Davis, had called it the Army of Northern Virginia on occasion, Robert E. Lee ... 
soon became a household name in the Union and the Confederacy. .... After 
testing the eastern flank of this main Union command, Lee divided... [DOC] [TLE] Vicksburg During the Civil War (1862-1863): A Campaign; A Siege ... [PAR] Control of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War was an ... for mid-
western farmers shipping their goods to the eastern states by way of the Gulf of 
Mexico. ... River expedition to a point just north of Vicksburg called Chickasaw 
Bayou. ... So war on a large scale came to Vicksburg again, with the Union army
... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Louisiana | Entries | KnowLA, Encyclopedia of Louisiana [PAR] Jan 6, 2011 ... Most of these men served outside the state borders, especially in the eastern 
theater. ... In April 1862, the Union army and navy challenged these defenses. ... 
white Louisianans fought in the Union army, and many of them came from ... the 
Anaconda Plancalled for the capture of the Mississippi River in... [DOC] [TLE] The Civil War, 1862 - US Army Center Of Military History [PAR] Aug 25, 2005 ... But neither the Union nor the Confederate Army showed much inclination to 
move, ... As the year 1862 began, in the Eastern Theater plans prepared in ..... 
Pope's so-called Army of Virginia was ordered to divert pressure from McClellan 
on the peninsula. ..... The War in the West: The Twin Rivers Campaign. [DOC] [TLE] Civil War | Entries | Tennessee Encyclopedia [PAR] Dec 25, 2009 ... The Civil War divided Tennessee, along with the rest of the Union, in 1861. ... the 
legislature called for a February referendum to decide whether a secession ... 
Thomas compelled the Confederates to abandon their eastern defenses ... 
Meanwhile, Grant's army was encamped on the Tennessee River near... [DOC] [TLE] The Peninsula Campaign - Civil War Trust [PAR] By early April 1862, the Army of the Potomac  over 120,000 strong  had ... 
Rivers and was

Question: The eastern Union army came to be called the army of this river
Answer: the Army of the Potomac