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All the commanders of the Army of the Potomac were trying to capture Richmond.

First, Irvin McDowell at First Bull Run. Then George McClellan in the Peninsula campaign, followed by Second Bull Run. Then Burnside and Hooker. Finally Meade and Grant in the Overland campaign.

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