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	Army of the Potomac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commanders of the Army of the Potomac at Culpeper, Virginia, 1863.
		The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
		During the time that the Army of Virginia existed, the Army of the Potomac was headquartered on the Virginia Peninsula, with McClellan still in command, although three corps of the Army of the Potomac were sent to northern Virginia and were under Pope's operational control during the Second Battle of Bull Run.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac (848 words)

	?? of the Confederate Army
		Burnside was given command of the “Right Wing” of the Army of the Potomac (the I and IX Corps) during the Maryland Campaign.
		Lincoln was unwilling to lose Burnside from the army and assigned him to command the Department of the Ohio and the IX Corps.
		Burnside was then ordered to take the IX Corps back to Virginia, where he fought in the Overland Campaign directly under Grant; his corps was not assigned initially to the Army of the Potomac because he outranked its commander, Maj. Gen.
	www.mycivilwar.com /leaders/burnside_ambrose.htm (1314 words)

	Army of the Potomac
		General Ambrose Burnside and the Army of the Potomac is soundly beaten by Lee's Army of North Virgina.
		Robert E. Lee [CS] and the Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Rapidan in an attempt to outflank the Army of the Potomac.
		From its beginning as the Army of Northeastern Virginia, The Union Army of the Potomac was the largest of all armies engaged in The Civil War.
	blueandgraytrail.com /event/Army_of_the_Potomac (618 words)

	Candler Supplement
		Command, 2nd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, Department of the Missouri (November 9-December 1861).
		Command Brigade, Army of Occupation--West Virginia, Department of Ohio (May-July 23, 1861).
		Command, District of Corinth, Army of the Tennessee (July-September 24, 1862).
	spec.lib.vt.edu /mss/Candler/CandlerSupl.htm (1711 words)

	Hurricane Katrina Relief
		The U.S. Army is contributing to the Hurricane Rita humanitarian assistance operations being led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in conjunction with the Department of Defense.
		Army and Air National Guard units from around the nation sent troops and equipment the New Orleans area to help with the evacuation and recovery of the city following Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed when the levees were breeched.
		U.S. Army Capt. Jesse Stewart, a Ranger assigned to the 3505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C., conducts a patrol of the debris ravaged Superdome in New Orleans, La., September 8, 2005.
	www.army.mil /katrina/imagery.html (4063 words)

	Irvin McDowell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		McDowell was promoted to brigadier general on May 14, 1861, and given command of the Army of Northeastern Virginia, despite never having commanded troops in combat.
		After the defeat at Bull Run, Major General George B. McClellan was placed in command of the new Union army in Virginia, the Army of the Potomac.
		John Pope's Army of Virginia and McDowell led the III Corps of that army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irvin_McDowell (571 words)

	Irvin McDowell (1818-1885)
		He was promoted to brigadier general on May 14, 1861, and given command of the Army of Northeastern Virginia, despite never having commanded troops in combat.
		Four days after the defeat at Bull Run, Major General George B. McClellan was placed in command of the new Union army in Virginia, the Army of the Potomac, over McDowell, who a few months later was relegated to the command of a division.
		When the Army of the Potomac was organized into corps he became head of the 1st Corps which was left behind to guard the approaches to Washington when McClellan moved to the Peninsula.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/mcdowell.html (772 words)

	William Tecumseh Sherman Biography
		Appointed to the colonelcy of one of the regular army's newly authorized infantry regiments, he led the brigade of volunteers of the lst Division which crossed Bull Run to aid the 2nd and 3rd divisions after the attack on the enemy left had begun.
		He was instrumental in persuading Grant to remain in the army during his difficulties with Halleck during the advance on Corinth, Mississippi.
		Following the fall of the river city he was named a brigadier general in the regular army and led an expedition against Jackson.
	www.civilwarhome.com /sherbio.htm (912 words)

	Geocaching Australia - Free and Open Geocaching
		Inf; BG by Brevet "For gallant conduct in the Battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia"; MG by Brevet "For gallant conduct in the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, in an energetic assault on the enemy on the ford road".
		He served in the Army of the Potomac during the peninsular campaign, was promoted captain on 5 August, 1862, and in October appointed chief of artillery of the 2d corps.
		He was a founding member of the Grand Army of the Republic and served as the GAR commander in chief from 1866-68.
	geocaching.com.au /cache/gc5deb (4606 words)

	American Civil War: "The Fatal Blunder of the Day" - artillery deployment at Bull Run FA Journal - Find Articles
		And as for regular army artillery units, they were deployed mostly along the periphery of the United States as coastal or "heavy" artillery units.
		General P.G.T. Beauregard's 30,000-man Confederate Army of the Potomac (reinforced by Brigadier General Joe Johnston's Army of the Shenandoah) consisted of 12 brigades of infantry, 40 M1841 3.67-inch field guns, nine 3-inch ordnance rifles and four 4.62-inch field howitzers (53 total) organized into 12 firing units.
		Unlike McDowell's army, which consisted almost entirely of regular army artillery, the Confederate artillery was drawn exclusively from the volunteer militia.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAU/is_4_6/ai_77673473 (894 words)

	LINCOLN'S JEWISH GENERALS
		The Jewish generals in the Union Army were not well-known and almost have been lost from the history books.
		Leopold Blumenberg was a lieutenant in the Prussian Army in 1848.
		He joined the Army of Northeastern Virginia and received high commendations for his conduct at the Battle of Bull Run.
	jewishworldreview.com /herb/geduld1.asp (873 words)

	The Army of the Potomac: Birth of Command, November 1860-September 1861 -- book review
		General Irvin McDowell was put into command of the Army that was to protect the capitol: the Army of Northeastern Virginia, which later became known as the Army of the Potomac.
		Ironically, the Confederate’s army was called the Army of the Potomac until its name was changed to that of the Army of Northern Virginia.
		The Union Army was not ready to confront the Confederates at the Battle of Bull Run or Manassas.
	www.curledup.com /birthofc.htm (604 words)

	Union - Maine Infantry (Part 1)
		Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Armies of the Shenandoah and Potomac, to June, 1865.
		Attached to Keyes' Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, June to August, 1861.
		Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861.
	www.civilwararchive.com /Unreghst/unmeinf1.htm (3248 words)

	2nd Regiment Michigan Infantry
		It served with distinction in the Grant campaign, being engaged in the Siege of Vicksburg, then on its surrender, moved with the army of General Sherman, a part of which was the Ninth Corp, in pursuit of General Johnston, who then occupied the country in the vicinity of Jackson.
		Attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861.
		Richardson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
	www.michiganinthewar.org /infantry/2ndinf.htm (2503 words)

	REGIMENTS
		Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
		Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to January, 1863.
		Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864; and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864.
	members.tripod.com /~Paul_Emerson/Me.Regiments.html (10094 words)

	Excerpt from Leading Up: How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win - Leadershop@LeadershipNow.com
		His strategy was simple: destroy the defending army, capture the Confederate leadership, end the war.
		Virginia announced its exit from the Union on April 17.
		McClellan believed that personifying the army in the form of the commander would foster the morale and verve needed for success on the battlefield.
	www.leadershipnow.com /leadershop/3310-9excerpt.html (2044 words)

	2nd N.H. Volunteers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Attached to Burnside's Brigade, Hunter's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861.
		2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864.
		Provost Guard, 18th Army Corps, to August, 1864.
	www.geocities.com /nh_heritage/Units/secondNH.htm (185 words)

	1st U.S. Inf. History
		Attached to Rousseau's Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Ky., Army of the Ohio, to November, 1861.
		Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1862.
		Artillery, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862.
	www.usregulars.com /usarmy/dyer.html (10238 words)

	Untitled Document
		Brigadier General Irvin McDowell was appointed to command the Army of Northeastern Virginia, by President Abraham Lincoln.
		General Jackson's arrival meant that the Army of the Shenandoah, under Brig.
		When the Union Army was driven back, the roads back to Washington were blocked by panicked civilians attempting to flee in their carriages.
	www.geocities.com /BillyYank42/Manassas.htm (482 words)

	The Battle of Manassas/Bull Run (First)
		Irvin McDowell was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to command of the Army of Northeastern Virginia.
		When the Union army was driven back, the roads back to Washington, D.C. were blocked by the panicked civilians attempting to flee in their carriages and caught up in the unexpected rush.
		Both armies were worn out by the battle and too inexperienced to make a controlled movement to follow the retreating Federals..
	www.mycivilwar.com /battles/610721.htm (1081 words)

	Ambrose Everett Burnside Biography
		If there is any mitigating circumstance in the failure of Ambrose E.Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac it is that he had twice previously refused the post, recognizing his own inexperience, and only accepted at the urging of others who said he had to obey the assignment order.
		With McClellan's removal he was assigned to the command of the army.
		Taking his freshly recruited 9th Corps back to Virginia, he fought directly under Grant-instead of being assigned to the Army of the Potomac because Meade was his junior during the early part of the Overland Campaign.
	www.civilwarhome.com /burnbio.htm (712 words)

	Essays
		Brigadier General Irvin McDowell was appointed to be the commander of the Northeastern Virginia Army by the current president of that time Abraham Lincoln.
		The Confederate Army was in chaos with 1/3 of their troops still marching from Shenandoah Valley.
		The Confederate Army of the Potomac was under the command of Brigadier General Pierre G. Beauregard and the Army of the Shenandoah were commanded by Brigadier General Joseph E.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/geoffjam/essays.html (1489 words)

	Major General Irvin McDowell Army of Northeastern Virginia Commander Union Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Connection to the Republican Party secured his promotion to brigadier general of volunteers and placement in command of the new army that was to be sent to capture Richmond.
		Under pressure from politicians, General McDowell took the army into battle before it was properly prepared.
		General McDowell's independent command was combined into General John Pope's Army of Virginia.
	civilwarfamilyhistory.com /new_page_153.htm (324 words)

	18th New York Infantry Volunteer Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		They occupied their camp on Meridian Hill until July 12, when the regiment was ordered to Alexandria and became a part of the 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of Northeastern Virginia.
		October 15, 1861, the 18th was part of Newton's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac.
		March 13, 1862, the 18th were part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
	18thny.tripod.com (740 words)

	All the Plans of the Rebels: The Mystery of Special Orders #191, Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Within three months of assuming command of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee had fought two major campaigns against two different opponents and had defeated them both.
		On September 4th at White's Ford, near Leesburg, Virginia and roughly 40 miles northwest of Washington D.C., the 50,000-man Confederate army began crossing the Potomac River into enemy territory.
		The outcome of that battle had seriously shaken confidence within the Union's proud Army of Northeastern Virginia.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/civil_war/96532/2 (527 words)

	Healdsburg's History, Colonel Roderick N. Matheson
		In 1854 he was appointed a general of a division of the Mexican Army, and resident commissioner of Mexico in San Francisco.
		Newton's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
		Union Army General McClellan sent the VI Army Corps, under the command of General William B. Franklin, to attack the Confederate position at Crampton's Gap near the village of Burkittsville, Maryland.
	www.ourhealdsburg.com /history/matheson.htm (5028 words)

	3rd Regiment Michigan Infantry
		After the battle of Gettysburg, the Third followed the retreating Confederate army to Williamsport, crossed the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry and marched to Manassas Gap.
		The history of the Third is separated into two sections as upon reorganization, other than name, it was in effect a completely different unit, seeing duty in the western theater of operations.
		After the surrender of the Confederate army in the east, the Third proceeded to New Orleans, where it embarked and crossed the Gulf of Mexico to San Antonio, Texas, where it remained during the winter, doing provost duty, when in May 1866, it moved to Victoria, where it was mustered out of service.
	www.michiganinthewar.org /infantry/3rdinf.htm (1259 words)

	Appendix C: Biographies of Union Commanders
		In 1863, his star continued to rise, and in March 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee he was placed in command of the Military Division of the Mississippi.
		In July, as the Confederate Army of Tennessee was forced into the fortifications of Atlanta, General Johnston was replaced by General John Bell Hood.
		Brevet Major General Kilpatrick was the first regular Army officer to be wounded in action in the Civil War.
	www.cr.nps.gov /seac/cavclash/app-c.htm (1744 words)

	Edwards (Clark S.) Papers, 1861-1903 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In September, the 5th Maine was in the Left Wing of the Army of the Potomac under Franklin (VI Corps), 1st Division (Major General Henry Warner Slocum), 2nd Brigade (Colonel Joseph Jackson Bartlett).
		Edwards described the Fourth of July activities of the Army: the cannons were fired from three to six in the morning.
		The position of the rest of the army is not known but Edwards believed the whole army is headed for either Hanover or Gettysburg.
	www.navarrocollege.edu /library/civilwar/finding_aids/a_f/edwards.htm (12422 words)

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