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Department of North Carolina was created on January 7, 1862, to include the areas of North Carolina occupied by Union forces. These areas were formerly part of the Department of Virginia. Brigadier General
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was composed of troops within the Dept. of Virginia & North Carolina. It primarily served in Virginia during the
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consisted of troops from this department which were the first to enter the fallen capital city of
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and any sections of North Carolina and South Carolina occupied by the Union Army. Major General
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conducting operations against the city of Richmond north of the
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Benjamin F. Butler (September 7, 1864 – December 14, 1864)
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Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi
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Benjamin F. Butler (December 24, 1864 – January 7, 1865)
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586:E.O.C. Ord (December 14, 1864 – December 24, 1864)
380:Ambrose Burnside (January 7, 1862 – July 6, 1862)
148:Benjamin F. Butler (May 22, 1861 – August 9, 1861)
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266:Defenses of Jamestown Island
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623:Eicher p.849
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558:
534:
530:John J. Peck
523:
515:
407:Jacob D. Cox
397:
376:
375:
362:Alfred Terry
339:
293:
252:Williamsburg
243:Newport News
175:
151:John E. Wool
144:
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1048:Mississippi
953:Mississippi
717:Departments
715:Independent
549:James River
350:Fort Fisher
321:XVIII Corps
233:Camp Naglee
204:, 1861–65,
107:John Pope's
76:Fort Monroe
49:during the
1452:Categories
1305:Army Corps
611:References
575:E.O.C. Ord
555:Commanders
506:Washington
482:James City
460:Fort Macon
433:Fort Clark
372:Commanders
354:Wilmington
317:Fort Macon
241:, 1863–65
180:E.O.C. Ord
140:Commanders
84:Big Bethel
39:department
657:August 1,
497:Tuscarora
478:Fort Lane
51:Civil War
849:Division
594:See also
491:New Bern
480:, 1862,
313:Beaufort
305:New Bern
259:, 1862,
134:Richmond
57:and the
1046:of West
473:Newport
358:X Corps
206:Norfolk
951:of the
696:
34:was a
647:(pdf)
43:Union
694:ISBN
659:2014
398:1865
377:1862
352:and
336:1865
315:and
290:1862
176:1865
145:1861
116:1865
86:and
70:1861
30:The
328:in
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