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Hace 6 días · The Union forces, under the command of Brigadier General Irvin McDowell, were under considerable pressure from politicians and the public to launch an offensive and swiftly end the rebellion.
30 de jun. de 2024 · The War Department named Brigadier-General Irvin McDowell to command the new department. Believing that Union forces could easily capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, President Lincoln and other high-ranking Federal officials urged McDowell to launch an offensive and to bring the rebellion to a swift end.
Hace 2 días · 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.
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 2 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.
14 de jul. de 2024 · Because the infirm 75-year-old Scott was unable to conduct field operations, he had appointed Gen. Irvin McDowell as field commander of the forces south of the Potomac. On June 24 McDowell submitted a plan of operations that overruled Scott’s recommendations.
3 de jul. de 2024 · 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.
