Searching for Irvin McDowell: The Civil War's Forgotten General

by Gene Schmiel and Frank P. Simione Jr.

Irvin McDowell was a prominent figure during the early months of the Civil War. With so much at stake, he was called upon to lead the Union's largest Eastern Theater army. Pressed by the media and President Abraham Lincoln to move into Virginia and defeat the Confederates gathering there, McDowell led his neophyte army out to the plains of Manassas and was soundly defeated. McDowell went on to hold an independent command in northern Virginia during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611216206
• ISBN13: 9781611216202
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Savas Beatie
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.