Eastern Theater

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The Eastern Theater was the primary region of major Civil War operations in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, where many of the conflict’s most significant and famous battles took place.

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instanceOf theater of war
alsoKnownAs Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
characterizedBy heavy casualties
high troop concentrations
intense public and political attention
conflict American Civil War
country United States
frontLine area between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia
includesBattle Battle of Antietam
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of the Wilderness
First Battle of Bull Run
Second Battle of Bull Run
includesCampaign Gettysburg Campaign
Maryland Campaign
Overland Campaign
Peninsula Campaign
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
includesState Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
locatedIn Atlantic coastal region of the United States
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
majorConfederateCommander Joseph E. Johnston
P. G. T. Beauregard
Robert E. Lee
majorUnionCommander Ambrose E. Burnside
linked to: Ambrose Burnside

George B. McClellan
linked to: George McClellan

George G. Meade
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
notableFor major land campaigns between the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
partOf American Civil War military operations
primaryConfederateArmy Army of Northern Virginia
primaryUnionArmy Army of the Potomac
significance central to Confederate attempts to gain recognition through offensive campaigns into the North
decisive for the protection of the Union capital
site of many of the most famous battles of the American Civil War
strategicObjective defense and capture of Richmond, Virginia
defense and capture of Washington, D.C.
timePeriod 1861–1865

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Gettysburg Campaign theater Eastern Theater
Northern Virginia Campaign theater Eastern Theater
Battle of Fort Stedman theater Virginia theater of operations
linked to: Eastern Theater
Seven Days’ Campaign theater Eastern Theater
Battle of Gaines's Mill theater Eastern Theater
subject linked to: Battle of Gaines’s Mill
Battle of Malvern Hill front Eastern Theater
Battle of Ball's Bluff theater Eastern Theater
Battle of Yorktown (1862) warTheater Eastern Theater
Mine Run Campaign theater Virginia theater of operations
linked to: Eastern Theater
Battle of Globe Tavern theater Virginia theater of operations
linked to: Eastern Theater
Crater theater Virginia theater of operations
linked to: Eastern Theater
Second Battle of Ream’s Station theater Virginia theater of operations
linked to: Eastern Theater
Sherman’s Battery theater Eastern Theater of operations
linked to: Eastern Theater