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Irvin McDowell
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Union Military
| October 15, 1818 | Irvin McDowell born, Columbus, Ohio | |
| May 28, 1861 | Robert Anderson assumes command of the Department of Kentucky. Irvin McDowell assumes command of the Department of Northeastern Virginia | Virginia |
| Robert Anderson | ||
| July 21, 1861 | (First) Manassas (Confederate)
(First) Bull Run (Union) About 25 miles southwest of Washington the first major battle of the Civil War pits Irvin McDowell [US] against P. G. T. Beauregard [CS] and Joe Johnston [CS]. |
Virginia |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| First Manassas - First Bull Run | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| John B. Gordon | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Richard Ewell | ||
| Samuel Garland | ||
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| July 26, 1861 | George McClellan appointed commander, Army of the Potomac, replacing Irvin McDowell. Some sources give the date as July 27, the day he received the orders | |
| George McClellan | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| March 8, 1862 | Abraham Lincoln, chagrined at George McClellan for not appointing corps commanders, names Edwin Vose Sumnner, Samuel Heintzelman, Erasmus Keyes and Irvin McDowell for him. | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| May 4, 1885 | General Irvin McDowell dies, San Francisco, California |
Irvin McDowell
Civil War commander who rose to the rank of Major General, Irvin McDowell was in command of the Army of the Potomac at Bull Run. In spite of nearly destroying the Confederate Army during the battle, McDowell is frequently criticized for developing a complex battle plan for essentially untrained troops. Replaced by General George McClellan, and relegated to a corps commander, McDowall remained near Washington when McClellan sailed to Fortress Monroe for the Peninsula Campaign. His corps was one of five combined to form the Army of Virginia under John Pope before the disastrous Second Battle of Bull Run.
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