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Irvin McDowell (October 15, 1818 – May 4, 1885) [1] was an American army officer. He is best known for his defeat in the First Battle of Bull Run, the first large-scale battle of the American Civil War. In 1862, he was given command of the I Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
Oct 15, 2007 · Irvin McDowell (born Oct. 15, 1818, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.—died May 4, 1885, San Francisco) was a U.S. Federal army officer who, after serving through the Mexican War, was promoted to brigadier general in 1861 and put in command of the Department of Northeastern Virginia.
Irvin McDowell. Date of Birth - Death October 15, 1818 – May 4, 1885. Irvin McDowell graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838, and taught tactics at the academy from 1841 to 1845 to many of the generals he would eventually face on the battlefield.
Jan 12, 2024 · Irvin McDowell was a prominent Union general during the American Civil War and a career army officer. He commanded the Army of Northeastern Virginia during the First Battle of Bull Run.
Jan 27, 2010 · As hostilities between the North and South deepened, Irvin McDowell found himself in what most military men would consider an enviable position. With 27 years of service to his credit, McDowell’s staff position at the War Department in Washington put him at the center of the capital’s prewar preparations.
Despite bumbling by some units at the outset, Irvin McDowell’s Army of Northeastern Virginia was on the verge of a major victory by early afternoon. But after the timely arrival of reinforcements and a determined stand on Henry Hill by, among others, Thomas J. Jackson’s Virginians, the Confederates turned sure defeat into triumph.
Jan 12, 2024 · Irvin McDowell was the commanding general of the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861). Irvin McDowell was a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac from March 13 – August 12, 1862. Irvin McDowell was promoted to major general of volunteers on May 14, 1862.
Dec 22, 2021 · Irvin McDowell was a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865). He commanded the army that was defeated at the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861, the first large land battle of the conflict.
Major General Irvin McDowell commanded the largest U.S. army in American history to that time at the Civil War’s first major battle, First Bull Run, on 21 July 1861. The Union defeat there and his key role in the Union Army’s debacle at Second Bull Run in late August 1862 resulted in him never again holding a battlefield command and his ...
Irvin McDowell. NARA. Quick Facts. Significance: Union general, commander at the First Battle of Manassas. Place Of Birth: Columbus, OH. Date Of Birth: October 15, 1818. Place Of Death: San Francisco, CA. Date Of Death: May 4, 1885. Place Of Burial: San Francisco, CA. Cemetery Name: San Francisco National Cemetery.
