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Shenandoah Valley and western Virginia throughout 1864. This confusion stems from the Army of West Virginia being composed of troops that had served in the Eighth Corps in 1863 but were officially transferred to the Department of West Virginia by the time of the 1864 Campaigns. It
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Martinsburg a few days later. The badly battered corps withdrew to Harpers Ferry after that, playing no further role in the campaign, until it helped join in
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Virginia functioned as a corps within the Army of the Shenandoah. The result was references to the Army of West Virginia as the VIII Corps even though they were never officially synonymous.
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The VIII Corps played a major part in the defense of
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272:Defense of Washington and Garrison Duty in 1864
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397:September 28, 1863 – October 10, 1863
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595:Department of Virginia and North Carolina
459:Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J.,
337:December 22, 1862 – March 12, 1863
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427:March 22, 1864 – February 1, 1865
417:December 5, 1863 – March 22, 1864
367:August 10, 1863 – August 31, 1863
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857:District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson
357:March 22, 1863 – August 10, 1863
255:, suffered heavy casualties during the
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347:March 12, 1863 – March 22, 1863
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588:Northern District (Charleston)
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668:Department of the Monongahela
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836:District of Eastern Arkansas
789:District of Western Kentucky
758:District of Northern Alabama
753:District of Middle Tennessee
744:Department of the Cumberland
599:District of Eastern Virginia
514:District of Western New York
504:District of Central New York
485:Formations of the Union Army
957:Department of the Northwest
706:Department of West Virginia
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257:Second Battle of Winchester
225:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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908:District of Upper Arkansas
774:District of East Tennessee
763:District of West Tennessee
710:District of Harper's Ferry
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637:Department of Rappahannock
604:District of North Carolina
578:District of North Carolina
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509:District of Massachusetts
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898:District of North Kansas
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689:District of Saint Mary's
680:Department of Washington
642:Department of Shenandoah
279:Valley Campaigns of 1864
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846:District of Little Rock
573:District of Hilton Head
564:Department of the South
461:Civil War High Commands
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1002:Army of the Cumberland
915:Department of Missouri
872:District of La Fourche
862:District of Carrollton
853:Department of the Gulf
832:Department of Arkansas
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770:Department of the Ohio
748:District of the Etowah
694:District of Washington
684:District of Alexandria
540:District of California
500:Department of the East
172:VII Corps (Union Army)
1072:Army of West Virginia
1057:Army of the Tennessee
1052:Army of the Southwest
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966:District of Minnesota
699:District of Annapolis
652:District of Baltimore
307:Army of West Virginia
301:Army of West Virginia
177:IX Corps (Union Army)
1007:Army of the Frontier
893:District of Nebraska
888:District of Colorado
884:Department of Kansas
810:District of Michigan
805:District of Illinois
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530:District of Humboldt
266:Battle of Gettysburg
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950:District of Arizona
800:District of Indiana
796:Northern Department
647:Mountain Department
568:District of Florida
525:District of Arizona
245:Gettysburg Campaign
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997:Army of the Border
976:District of Dakota
535:District of Oregon
475:VIII Corps history
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75:American Civil War
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295:Lew Wallace
287:Jubal Early
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100:Lew Wallace
71:Engagements
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454:References
237:Winchester
198:Union Army
190:VIII Corps
88:commanders
81:Commanders
55:Army Corps
26:VIII Corps
18:VIII Corps
229:Baltimore
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291:Monocacy
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