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Hace 5 días · Union Gen. Irvin McDowell successfully advanced on Confederate troops, but the addition of Southern reinforcements marked the first victory for the Confederacy. Federal troops were forced to retreat to Washington.
30 de jun. de 2024 · The President named Major General Irvin McDowell, Brigadier General Edwin V. Sumner, Brigadier General Samuel P. Heintzelman, Brigadier General Erasmus. D. Keyes , and Major General Nathaniel P. Banks to command the five corps, respectively.
- Harry Searles
Hace 5 días · With Lincoln’s approval, Scott appointed Irvin McDowell to command the main Federal army that was being hastily collected near Washington. But political pressure and Northern public opinion impelled Lincoln, against Scott’s advice, to order McDowell’s still-untrained army to push the Confederates back from Manassas.
Hace 4 días · In early summer, the commander of Union field forces around Washington was Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell, an inexperienced combat officer in command of volunteer soldiers with even less experience. Many of them had enlisted for only 90 days, a period soon to expire.
23 de jun. de 2024 · In July 1864, McDowell was given command of the Department of the Pacific. He later commanded the Department of California, the 4th Military District, the military government for Arkansas and Louisiana during Reconstruction, and the Department of the West.
28 de jun. de 2024 · Cheers rang through the streets of Washington on July 16, 1861, as Gen. Irvin McDowell's army, 35,000 strong, marched out to begin the long-awaited campaign to capture Richmond and end the war. It was an army of green recruits, few of whom had the faintest idea of the magnitude of the task facing them.
Hace 1 día · Commanding the two Union armies were Irvin McDowell and Robert Patterson. McDowell's force numbered about 35,000; Patterson was in charge of about 18,000. McDowell was the overall commander and was under pressure to deliver a quick victory for the Union, smashing open the way to Richmond.
