MCDOWELL, IRVIN

1818–85, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Columbus, Ohio. He taught at West Point (1841–45) and was made captain for his service in the Mexican War. In the Civil War, McDowell, promoted to brigadier general in the regular army (May, 1861), commanded the Union troops at the first battle of Bull Run. After that defeat he commanded a corps under his successor, George B. McClellan. When the Peninsular campaign began, McDowell's 1st Corps (then called the Army of the Rappahannock) was withdrawn from McClellan's command to defend Washington. In the summer of 1862, McDowell's force fought at the second battle of Bull Run. McDowell shared in the blame for that defeat and was removed from command. He later commanded various territorial departments until his retirement in 1882. He was promoted to major general in 1872.

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Revelations: American History, American Myths
Book by Nathan Irvin Huggins, Brenda Smith Huggins; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: African Americans--History
...Van Vechten and H. L. Mencken pressed home their notions of audience expectations and tolerance. ____________________ 10. See Deborah McDowell "Preface" in her edition of Nella Larsen Quicksand and Passing 1987 .
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The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730
Book by Paula McDowell; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Manley--Mrs--(Mary de la Riviere)--1663-1724--Political and social views, Women and literature--England--London--History--17th century, Women and literature--England--London--History--18th century, Women in journalism--England--London--History, Women in politics--England--London--History, Women in the book industries and trade--England--London--History--17th century, Women in the book industries and trade--England--London--History--18th century, Women--England--London--Intellectual life
...DUNCAN, and KIMPEL BEN D. "Samuel Richardsons London Houses", Studies in Bibliography , 15 1962 , 135-48. EHRENPREIS IRVIN. Swift: The Man, his Works, and the Age . 3 vols. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard UP, 1961-83. EISENSTEIN ELIZABETH L...
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Letters Home: Henry Matrau of the Iron Brigade
Book by Marcia Reid-Green, Henry Matrau; University of Nebraska Press, 1993
Subjects: Matrau, Henry--1845-1917--Correspondence, Soldiers--United States--Correspondence, United States--Army--Iron Brigade (1861-1865)--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives
...New York City Department of Docks. His autobiography was published in 1887, two years after his death. 27 McDowell, Irvin Irvin McDowell was a West Point graduate from Ohio. He had served in various staff positions and was a major stationed in...
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The Salmon P. Chase Papers - Vol. 3
Book by John Niven, James P. McClure, Leigh Johnsen, Salmon Chase; Kent State University Press, 1993
Subjects: Chase, Salmon P--(Salmon Portland)--1808-1873--Archives, Governors--Ohio--Archives, Judges--United States--Archives, Legislators--United States--Archives, United States--Congress--Senate--Archives, United States--Politics And Government--1849-1877--Sources
...William B., 256 , 257 McCook, Alexander McDowell, 1: 418 , 207 McCook, Robert Latimer, 207 McDougall, James Alexander, 1: 323 , 328 McDowell, Helen, 1: 320 , 299 McDowell, Irvin, 1: 321 ; assessments of, 213 , 259 -60...
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The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: 1837-1861 - Vol. 1
Book by John Y. Simon; Southern Illinois University Press, 1967
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S--(Ulysses Simpson)--1822-1885--Manuscripts, Manuscripts, American, Presidents--United States--Manuscripts, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--Politics And Government--1869-1877
...commissary supplies, 409 ; mentioned, 295 , 403 , 412 McDowell, Irvin U. S. Army : letter to, April 8 , 1851, 196...sends regards to, 227; and USG resignation, 329 n McDowell, Mrs. Irvin : takes news to Ju- lia Grant, 204 ; Julia Grant...
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journal articles on: Mcdowell Irvin  - 30 results

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Historians' Forum: The First Battle of Bull Run
Journal article; Civil War History, Vol. 57, 2011
Subjects: Armies--Officials and employees, Armies--Powers and duties, Army officers--Powers and duties, Bull Run (Virginia)--History, Bull Run (Virginia)--Military aspects, Bull Run (Virginia)--Political aspects, First Battle of Bull Run, 1861--Research, Manassas, Virginia--History, Manassas, Virginia--Military aspects, Manassas, Virginia--Political aspects, McDowell, Irvin--Powers and duties, United States history--Military aspects, United States history--Political aspects
...at First Manassas. Fact is, Irvin McDowell had sufficient men and--largely...not Beauregards). But had McDowell recognized the need for decisive...apologists. 3) And yet, perhaps Irvin McDowell deserves better from history...
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The View from the Top of the Knoll: Capt. John C. Tidball's Memoir of the First Battle at Bull Run
Journal article by Eugene C. Tidball; Civil War History, Vol. 44, 1998
Subjects: Tidball, John C.--Conduct of life, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...from Washington. A note from McDowell informed us to join him at once...6) Because Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell, the commander of the Union forces...15a, Tidball Papers. (7) Irvin McDowell graduated from West Point in 1838...
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South of the Border: Ulysses S. Grant and the French Intervention
Journal article by William E. Hardy; Civil War History, Vol. 54, 2008
Subjects: Civil war--Military aspects, Civil war--Personalities, Civil war--Political aspects, Civil war--United States, Confederate States of America--History, Confederate States of America--Military aspects, Confederate States of America--Political aspects, Grant, Ulysses S.--Military aspects, President of the United States--Military aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Military aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Personalities, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Political aspects, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--Military aspects, United States history--Personalities, United States history--Political aspects, United States. Army--History, United States. Army--Officials and employees
...California. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell, commander of the Department...7:550n. (12.) Grant to Irvin McDowell, Jan. 8, 1865, McDowell to...Grant to Blair, Jan. 8, 1865, Irvin McDowell to Grant, Mar. 12, 1865, in...
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Dying of Nostalgia: Homesickness in the Union Army during the Civil War
Journal article by David Anderson; Civil War History, Vol. 56, 2010
Subjects: Civil war--Military aspects, Louisiana State University, Soldiers--Military aspects
...wartime disorientation. As Bell Irvin Wiley and others have noted, the...Gen. James Shields wrote Gen. Irvin McDowell in June 1862 to express his fears...2004), 123. (31.) Shields to McDowell, June 19, 1862, OR, ser. 1...
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"Who's in Charge Here?": Utah Expedition Command Ambiguity
Journal article by William P. MacKinnon; Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 42, 2009
Subjects: American Civil War, Army-US, Historical analysis, Military engagements, Military officers, Utah
...Floyd, while Johnston wrote to New York and Major Irvin McDowell, one of General Scotts trusted assistant adjutants...one of Scotts assistant adjutants general, Major Irvin McDowell, sent Johnston a private note leaking the news that...
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magazine articles on: Mcdowell Irvin  - 12 results

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An Uncertain Influence: The Role of the Federal Government in California, 1846-1880
Magazine article by Robert J. Chandler; California History, Winter 2003
Subjects: California--History, Federalism--History
...his own island vacation for several weeks. General Irvin McDowell, who took over as the Union military commander in...persecuted, outraged, down-trodden Democracy." General Irvin McDowell booted out Gwins two immigration agents, and with...
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Ball's Bluff, the Trent Affair and the Joint Committee at 150
Magazine article by John S. Brown; Army, Vol. 61, November 2011
Subjects: Armed forces, Committees, Congressional investigations, Fatalities, Lincoln, Abraham (1809-65), Politics, United States
...Run, President Abraham Lincoln replaced defeated MG Irvin McDowell with MG George B. McClellan. McClellan had conducted...trainer. He energetically rebuilt the muddled forces McDowell had left him, giving birth to the eventually peerless...
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The Two Faces of George Armstrong Custer
Magazine article by Gerald F. Kreyche; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 122, May 1994
Subjects: Custer, George Armstrong--Evaluation, Generals--Evaluation, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, 1876--History
...on the staff of or had contact with famous generals who favored him, including Winfield Scott, George McClellan, Irvin McDowell, Alfred Pleasanton, and the feisty, profanity-spouting Phil Sheridan. It is easy to understand why. Fiercely...
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Patriotic Ramble
Magazine article by Matthew Stevenson; The American Enterprise, Vol. 12, July 2001
Subjects: Historic sites--Appreciation, Jefferson, Thomas--Homes and haunts, National monuments--Appreciation, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--Antiquities, White House--Description and travel
...century fusillades cut gaps of twentieth-century proportions in the hastily-formed opposing armies. Union General Irvin McDowell thought he could win just by showing up with polished brass on his uniform. But the thousands of casualties taken...
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The Army and the Media
Magazine article by Barry E. Venable; Military Review, Vol. 82, January 2002
Subjects: Armed forces, Army-US, Attitudes, News media
...I have suggested that they should wear a white uniform to indicate the purity of their character. -Union General Irvin McDowell THROUGHOUT AMERICAN history, the esteem that Army leaders have held for the media has changed little. Just a few...
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newspaper articles on: Mcdowell Irvin  - 23 results

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When Green Armies Collided, Red Blood Flowed
Newspaper article by Michael Kevin May; The Washington Times, July 18, 1998
...protected by 35,000 men, commanded by Gen. Irvin McDowell. The South had 22,000 men at Manassas...pressure from the Northern press and ordered McDowell to march against Beauregard. He told McDowell, "You are green, it is true, but they...
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Lament of Leader Belies Bullishness of a Few Good Men
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 8, 1997
...the Marines went into camp for two days as Brig. Gen. Irvin and his staff put together a plan to defeat the Confederates...the Confederates out of their strong positions, Gen. Irvin McDowell planned a flanking march to the rebel left. The Marines...
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Newsman Villard Eyewitness to History; Vivid Reports from Field Bring Battles to Readers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 16, 2005
Subjects: Villard, Henry
...Scott, Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs, Gen. Irvin McDowell and many others. Upon learning that Gen. William T...Villard came under fire for the first time. He sought out McDowell, the army commander, but a staff officer told the...
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D.C. within South's Grasp after Early Rout; Confederates Dither after 1st Manassas
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 20, 2002
...are familiar to Civil War enthusiasts. Union Gen. Irvin McDowell, with about 32,000 men, advanced into Virginia to...river on his right, turning McDowells left flank. McDowell, however, struck first with a wide movement on the...
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The Barracks Bellyache Is an Art of War
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 8, 2003
...way of men at work at the grim tasks of war. Gen. Irvin McDowell prescribed white uniforms for the correspondents accompanying...Manassas, "to indicate the purity of their character." McDowell, a miserable general, was nevertheless a man of his...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mcdowell Irvin  - 5 results

 
 
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Mcdowell, Irvin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MCDOWELL, IRVIN 1818 85, Union general in the American...the Mexican War. In the Civil War, McDowell, promoted to brigadier general in the...fought at the second battle of Bull Run. McDowell shared in the blame for that defeat and...
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Peninsular Campaign
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Washington. The 1st Corps, under Irvin McDowell , was detached from the Army of...2d, 5th, and 6th on the north. Irvin McDowells corps (now called the...Shenandoah Valley caused the diversion of McDowell s corps from the army threatening...
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Bull Run
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...War. On July 16, 1861, the Union army under Gen. Irvin McDowell began to move on the Confederate force under Gen. P...of Johnstons army had reached Manassas. On July 21, McDowell, turning Beauregards left, attacked the Confederates...
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Civil War , in U.S. History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...completing the 11-state Confederacy. In the first important military campaign of the war untrained Union troops under Irvin McDowell , advancing on Richmond, now the Confederate capital, were routed by equally inexperienced Confederate soldiers...
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Jackson, Stonewall
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Nathaniel P. Bankss force in the lower valley, hoping that Irvin McDowells army would thereby be diverted from joining George...resulted. He first defeated part of John C. Fremonts force at McDowell (c.25 mi/40 km W of Staunton) on May 8, 1862, and then...


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