President Abraham Lincoln issues General War Order No. 2, reorganizing George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac into four corps under the command of Irvin McDowell, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Erasmus D. Keyes, and Edwin V. Sumner.
President Abraham Lincoln issues General War Order No. 2, reorganizing George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac into four corps under the command of Irvin McDowell, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Erasmus D. Keyes, and Edwin V. Sumner.