Irvin McDowell

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October 15, 1818 - Irvin McDowell, American Major General (Union Army), born in Columbus, Ohio. (d. 1885)

Irvin McDowell

Irvin McDowell graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838, and taught tactics at the academy from 1841 to 1845 to many of the generals he would eventually face on the battlefield. He served as an aide-de-camp to General J. E. Wool during the Mexican-American War, and received a...

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Beaten at Bull Run: Major General Irvin McDowell

Major General Irvin McDowell was an officer during the American Civil War who led Union troops at the First Battle of Bull Run and was defeated.

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