| Tentara Potomac | |
|---|---|
 Para komandan Tentara Potomac di Culpeper, Virginia, pada 1863. Dari kiri: Gouverneur K. Warren, William H. French, George G. Meade, Henry J. Hunt, Andrew A. Humphreys, George Sykes | |
| Aktif | 26 Juli 1861–28 Juni 1865 |
| Negara |  Amerika Serikat |
| Cabang |  Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat |
| Tipe unit | Angkatan darat |
| Peran | Union Army Primer di Teater Timur |
| Bagian dari | Union Army |
| Markas | Washington, D.C. |
| Pertempuran | Perang Saudara Amerika |
| Tokoh | |
| Tokoh berjasa | George B. McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George G. Meade |
Tentara Potomac adalah Union Army utama di Teater Timur Perang Saudara Amerika. Tentara tersebut dibuat pada Juli 1861 tak lama setelah Pertempuran Bull Run Pertama dan dibubarkan pada Juni 1865 setelah menyerah kepada Tentara Konfederasi Virginia Utara pada bulan April.
Referensi
sunting- Beatie, Russel H. Army of the Potomac: Birth of Command, November 1860 – September 1861. New York: Da Capo Press, 2002. ISBN 0-306-81141-3.
- Beatie, Russel H. Army of the Potomac: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861 – February 1862. New York: Da Capo Press, 2004. ISBN 0-306-81252-5.
- Beatie, Russel H. Army of the Potomac: McClellan's First Campaign, March – May 1862. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. ISBN 978-1-932714-25-8.
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Welcher, Frank J. The Union Army, 1861–1865 Organization and Operations. Vol. 1, The Eastern Theater. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-253-36453-1.
Bacaan tambahan
sunting- Chamberlain, Joshua L. The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac. New York: Bantam Books, 1993. ISBN 0-553-29992-1. First published 1915 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
- Taaffe, Stephen R. Commanding the Army of the Potomac. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2006. ISBN 0-7006-1451-6.
Pranala luar
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Army of the Potomac.
- Army Organization during the Civil War
- Service of the cavalry in the Army of the Potomac (1882) di Internet Archive
- Army of the Potomac: history of its campaigns, the Peninsula, Maryland, Fredericksburg : testimony of its three commanders, Maj.-Gen. G.B. McClellan, Maj.-Gen. A.E. Burnside, and Maj.-Gen. Joseph Hooker, before the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War (1863) di Internet Archive
