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General Orders, No. 15 (Headquarters of the Army)
August 17, 1861 On August 17, 1861, Lieutenant General Winfield Scott issued General Orders, No. 15 (Headquarters of the Army) announcing the creation of the Department of the Potomac commanded by Major General George B. McClellan. General Orders, No. 15 Headquarters of the Army Washington,August 17, 1861 The Departments of Washington and Northeastern Virginia will…
General Orders, No. 15. (CSA)
October 22, 1861 On October 22, 1861, Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin issued General Orders, No. 15, announcing the establishment of the Department of Northern Virginia. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 15. ADJT. AND INSP. GEN.S OFFICE, Richmond, Va., October 22, 1861. 1.;;;; A department is established, to be known and designated as the Department…
General Orders, No. 19 (Headquarters of the Army)
November 1, 1861 On November 1, 1861, Major General George B. McClellan issued General Orders, No. 19 (Headquarters of the Army) announcing that he was assuming command of the Armies of the United States. General Orders, No. 19. Headquarters of the Army Washington, November 1, 1861 In accordance with General Orders, No. 94, from the…
General Orders, No. 19 (U.S. War Department)
May 9, 1861 On May 9, 1861 the US Department of War issued General Orders, No. 19, altering the boundaries of the Department of the Ohio. General Orders, No. 19 War Dep't, Adjutant General's Office Washington, May 9, 1861 I – The Department of the Ohio is extended so as to embrace so much of…
General Orders, No. 20 (AOP-CSA)
June 20, 1861 On June 20, 1861, Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard issued General Orders, No. 20 referring, for the first time, to the troops under his command as the Army of the Potomac . General Orders, No. 20. Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac Manassas Junction, Va., June 20, 1861 The following is announced as the…
George Brinton McClellan
During the American Civil War, George Brinton McClellan twice served as the commanding general of the Army of the … Read more
George Crook
September 8, 1828–March 21, 1890 George Crook was a noted officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars in the American West during the last half of the nineteenth century. George Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Crook on September 8, 1828, on a farm near Taylorsville,…
George Edward Pickett
January 16, 1825 – July 30, 1875 A prominent Confederate commander during the American Civil War, George Edward Pickett is most remembered for leading a failed assault at Cemetery Ridge during the Battle of Gettysburg. Historians disagree on the date of George Edward Pickett's birth. Baptismal records indicate that he was born on January 16,…
George Gordon Meade
December 31, 1815–November 6, 1872 Victorious commander at the Battle of Gettysburg, Major General George G. Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac throughout the Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, Overland, Petersburg, and Appomattox Campaigns. George Gordon Meade was born on December 31, 1815, in Cadiz, Spain. Meade was the eighth of eleven children of Richard…
George Henry Thomas
July 31, 1816–March 28, 1870 Major General George Henry Thomas was a prominent Union general who served primarily in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. George Henry Thomas was born on January 31, 1816, at Newsom's Depot, Virginia. His parents, John Thomas and Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, were upper-class Southern planters who owned twenty-four…