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"Potomac River" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/G00011624, (accessed April 8, 2025).

KYR-0004-033-0018

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Begins in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Two branches unite near Cumberland, Maryland, and terminate at the Chesapeake Bay. The North Branch forms the boundary between Maryland and West Virginia, as well as the boundary between Maryland and Virginia.

Michael Levy, editor, "Potomac River" in Encyclopaedia Brittanica, (accessed December 21, 2019).

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