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What did General George B. McClellan command during the US Civil War?
General George B. McClellan, a major general during the American Civil War, organized the Army of the Potomac and led the Union Army as general-in-chief from November 1861 to March 1862.
When was the command of the Army of the Potomac handed over to US General Ambrose Burnside?
On November 7, 1862, General Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac. He had replaced General George B. McClellan.
What was the name of the north Army that fought in the Gettysburg battle?
The Northern army was called the Army of the Potomac and was under the command of General George G. Meade.
Did Robert E. Lee command the army of Potomac?
No, the Army of Northern Virginia. He was eventually defeated by the Army of the Potomac. Under US Grant, the Army of the Potomac forced the surrender of Robert E. Lee. Lee's army was desolated by the heavy combat in Virginia. With no food or reinforcements, Lee had no choice. Grant handled this well with kindness.
What general was first offered the command of the army of the Potomac by President Lincoln?
General Irving McDowell was originally the commander of the Army of Northeastern Virginia which fought and lost the First Battle of Bull Run. Upon his arrival in Washington D.C., General George B. McClellan's original assignment was to command the Division of the Potomac, which included the Department of Northeast Virginia under McDowell and the Department of Washington under Brig. Gen. Joseph K. Mansfield. On July 26, 1861, the Department of the Shenandoah, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, was merged with McClellan's departments and on that day, McClellan formed the Army of the Potomac, which was composed of all military forces in the former Departments of Northeastern Virginia, Washington, Pennsylvania, and the Shenandoah. The men under Banks's command became an infantry division in the Army of the Potomac. The army started with four corps, but these were divided during the Peninsula Campaign to produce two more. After the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Army of the Potomac absorbed the units that had served under Maj. Gen. John Pope. It is a popular, but mistaken, belief that John Pope commanded the Army of the Potomac in the summer of 1862 after McClellan's unsuccessful Peninsula Campaign. On the contrary, Pope's army consisted of different units and was named the Army of Virginia. During the time that the Army of Virginia existed, the Army of the Potomac was headquartered on the Virginia Peninsula, and then outside Washington, D.C., 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 Northern Virginia Campaign.
What was the army based in Washington DC during the Civil War?
The Army of the Potomac.
A commanding officer of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War?
Joseph Hooker
Who was the general of the north in the battle of Gettysburg in the civil war?
I believe General Meade was in command of the Union's Army of the Potomac.
General joseph hooker's addition of cavalry the union army?
Two corps of the Union Army were called Cavalry Corps during the American Civil War. Gen. Joseph Hooker took command of the Army of the Potomac.
What did General George B. McClellan command during the US Civil War?
General George B. McClellan, a major general during the American Civil War, organized the Army of the Potomac and led the Union Army as general-in-chief from November 1861 to March 1862.
Who command the army of the potomac through most of the civil war?
The longest tenure was George Meade - June 1863 till the surrender in April 1865.
What side did joe hooker fight in during the civil war?
General Joseph Hooker was in the Union Army. He reached his peak during the War in the Spring of 1863 when Lincoln appointed him to Command of the Army of the Potomac. His term of appointment was short-lived as the Union Army under his Command was routed by the Army of Northern Virginia Commanded by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was replaced by General George Meade.
Who were the union generals during the Battle of Chancellorsville?
The Union field army involved was the Army of the Potomac, at that time under the command of Major General Joseph Hooker. Under "related links" below is a link to a Union "Order of Battle" for the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville which lists all units in a particular command at a certain moment in time.
Who was a commanding officer of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War?
Irvin McDowell
During the civil war what was the southern army called?
Army of Northern Virginia or the Army of Tennessee and Northern armies were called the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Tennessee.
Did Robert e lee command the army of the potomac through most of the civil war?
No, it was Army of Northern Virginia that he commanded for most of the war. The Army of the Potomac was the biggest Union army, and those two armies opposed each other in the Overland Campaign, ending with Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox, effectively ending the war.
Who is Elijah Hunt Rhodes?
Elijah Hunt Rhodes (1842 - 1917) served in the Union Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
