VII Corps (Department of Virginia)
This corps was established 22 July 1862 from various Union troops stationed in southeastern Virginia. The corps' main combat action occurred in the spring of 1863, when it faced Confederate troops of James Longstreet's Corps in Suffolk, Virginia. Commanders were:
- John Adams Dix 22 July 1862-16 July 1863
- Henry Morris Naglee 16-20 July 1863
- George W. Getty 20 July-1 August 1863
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