Major Battles and Campaigns
- First Bull Run Campaign or First Manassas: McDowell
- Peninsula Campaign, including the Seven Days Battles: McClellan
- Northern Virginia Campaign, including the Second Battle of Bull Run (three corps participated under the control of the Army of Virginia)
- Maryland Campaign, including the Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg: McClellan
- Fredericksburg Campaign: Burnside
- Chancellorsville Campaign: Hooker
- Gettysburg Campaign: Meade
- Bristoe Campaign: Meade
- Mine Run Campaign: Meade
- Overland Campaign: Meade
- Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, including the Battle of the Crater: Meade
- Appomattox Campaign, including Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House: Meade
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