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This article presents an overview of major military operations in the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War.
[edit] Theater of operations
| Expedition from Camp Douglas, Utah, to Cache Valley, Idaho |
| Bear River |
The Pacific Coast Theater encompasses operations that occurred in the United States bordering or close to the Pacific Ocean, including the states of California and Oregon and the territories of Washington and Idaho[1].
The campaign classification established by the United States National Park Service[2] contains only one campaign and one battle in this theater. Other operations west of the Mississippi River are included in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
[edit] See also
- ^ The Bear River Massacre was formally in Idaho Territory, which was partitioned from Washington Territory during the war.
- ^ U.S. National Park Service, Civil War Battle Studies by Campaign
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