Synonyms:
Potomac
Meaning: term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
Synonyms:
Potomac, Potomac_River
Meaning: a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
Usage examples
The Army of the Potomac never lacked it.
Oh, if only the Army of the Potomac would come!
If we swam the Potomac, we usually took off our clothes.
Beyond the peninsula he caught glimpses of the broad Potomac.
They have every reason to strike before the Army of the Potomac can come.
They would leave McClellan and the Army of the Potomac nearer to Richmond, their own capital, than they were.
Here was a full half day for the Army of the Potomac, enough in which to destroy a divided portion of the Army of Northern Virginia.
They had another great force, the Army of the Potomac, which should have been there, and then they could have bade defiance to Lee and Jackson.
With Jackson tied up before Harper's Ferry, Lee's defeat is sure, unless he retreats across the Potomac, and that would be equivalent to a defeat.
The Confederates, after the fierce fighting of the day before, had abandoned both gaps, and the way at last lay clear before the Army of the Potomac.