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(III) Department of the Potomac / 6th Corps

• Created and organized provisionally on May 18, 1862
• General Order 125, Army of the Potomac
• Confirmed by the War Department July 22, 1862
• Transferred to the Department of the Shenandoah / Middle Military Division July 1864
• Rejoined Army of the Potomac on December 6, 1864
• Discontinued on June 28, 1865

COMMANDERS

• May 18, 1862 - November 16, 1862: William B. Franklin (Major General)
• November 16, 1862 - February 4, 1863: W.F. Smith (Major General)
• February 4, 1863 - April 6, 1864: John Sedgwick (Major General)
• April 6, 1864 - April 13, 1864: J.B. Ricketts (Brigadier General)
• April 13, 1864 - May 9, 1864: John Sedgwick (Major General)
• May 9, 1864 - July 8, 1864: H.G. Wright (Major General)
• July 8, 1864 - December 6, 1864: See Department of the Shenandoah
• December 6, 1864 - January 16, 1865: H.G. Wright (Major General)
• January 16, 1865 - February 11, 1865: George W. Getty (Brevet Major General)
• February 11, 1865 - June 28, 1865: H.G. Wright (Major General)
  
  

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