Army of Northern Virginia

Army of Northern Virginia
Gen. Robert E. Lee headquarters flag (1862–1863)
Active1861–1865
DisbandedApril 12, 1865
Country Confederate States
Branch Army
SizeField Army
Wars
Commanders
Commanding officers

The Army of Northern Virginia was a field army of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was also the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union's Army of the Potomac.