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3 days ago · While Scott was reluctant to run the risk, none of his planning hindered Irvin McDowell’s concentration of forces and movements that led to the first major battle at Bull Run. When McDowell struck in July 1862 , Union forces also stood ready in the Shenandoah Valley to prevent a concentration along interior lines via Confederate railroad.
5 days ago · 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.
2 days ago · William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth policies that he ...
5 days ago · Boston Custer, brother. James Calhoun, brother-in-law. Signature. George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War [1] and the American Indian Wars. [2] Custer graduated from West Point and, though characterized as an inept for having been last in his ...
1 day ago · He became the first Rangers rookie to hit for the cycle since speedster Oddibe McDowell in 1985. It was the 11th cycle in Rangers franchise history. With the Rangers holding an 8-2 lead, Langford ...
2 days ago · Henry Wilson. Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a ...
1 day ago · Langford flew out in his first at-bat against O's lefty Cole Irvin. ... He's the second Rangers rookie to hit for the cycle, joining Oddibe McDowell in 1985.
