Correspondence
Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell
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- May 29, 1861 – McDowell Assumes Command of Department of Northeastern Virginia
- May 29, 1861 – McDowell Reports Outrages
- May 30, 1861 – McDowell Informs Mrs. R. E. Lee of the Occupation of Arlington House
- June 4, 1861 – McDowell’s Estimate of Required Force for Proposed Movement
- June 14, 1861 – McDowell Reports Progress of Defenses of Washington
- June 17, 1861 – McDowell Reports on Loudoun and Hampshire Road Reconnaissance
- June 18, 1861 – McDowell and Army Headquarters Discuss the Reconnaissance to Vienna
- June 20, 1861 – McDowell to Brig. Gen. Theodore Runyon and Col. David Hunter on Readiness to Move
- June 24, 1861 – McDowell’s Plan for Proposed Movement from Alexandria to Leesburg
- About June 24, 1861 – McDowell’s Plan for the Movement on Manassas
- June 25, 1861 – McDowell Forwards Intelligence on Enemy Dispositions to Army Headquarters
- June 26, 1861 – McDowell’s Abstract of Forces Under His Command
- July 7 & 9, 1861 – Beauregard and McDowell On the Passage of Col. Thomas H. Taylor with Dispatches from President Davis to President Lincoln
- July 21, 1861 – McDowell Calls for Reinforcements (D. S. Miles, HANSCON, G. H. Mendell)
- July 21, 1861 – McDowell Reports “The Day is Lost” (B. S. Alexander)
Other
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- Col. Ambrose Burnside
- Capt. James B. Fry, A.A.G. of McDowell’s Army
- Lt. Col. Schuyler Hamilton, Military Secretary to General Scott
- Col. James E. Kerrigan, 25th New York Infantry
- Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Commander Dept. of Washington
- Col. John H. McCunn, 37th New York Infantry
- Capt. J. B. Mulligan, ADC to Brig. Gen. Theodore Runyon
- Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson
- Col. Thomas A. Scott, In Command of Railroad and Telegraph Lines Used by the U. S. Army
- Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott
- June 20, 1861 – To Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson on Proposed Movement from Leesburg to Alexandria
- July 21, 1861 – To Brig. Gen. McDowell Informing Him of Confederate Reinforcements from Winchester, and the Forwarding of Four Regiments from Washington
- July 21, 1861 – Updates Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan on Developments in Virginia
- July 21, 1861 – Issues Orders for the Defense of Baltimore and Alexandria
- July 21, 1861 – Advises McDowell of Available Resources and Options
- July 21, 1861 – Communicates with Col. John H. McCunn About Retreat
- July 21, 1861 – Orders McClellan to Shenandoah Valley
- July 21, 1861 – Communicates With Col. Daniel Sickles, 70th New York Infantry, and Brig. Gen. Theodore Runyon on Disposition of Their Forces
- July 22, 1861 – Communicates with McClellan on Possible Movements, and Calls Him to Washington
- July 22, 1861 – To Runyon on Manning the Defenses of Washington
- July 22, 1861 – Discusses Dispositions with Colonel John H. McCunn, 37th New York Infantry, and Col. Thomas A. Scott, Army Railroads and Telegraph
- Col William T. Sherman, Tyler’s Division
- Lt. Col. Edward D. Townsend, A.A.G. of U.S. Army
- June 3, 1861 – Army HQ Requests Estimate of Force Required by McDowell
- June 15, 1861 – Army HQ Informs McDowell of Patterson’s Delay in Proposed Movement
- June 21, 1861 – To Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell on Proposed Movement from Alexandria to Leesburg
- July 22, 1861 – To McDowell on Diminishing His Command
- Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler
- Col. Dwight A. Woodbury, 4th Michigan Infantry
General and Special Orders
- May 27, 1861 – General Orders #26 – Creation of Dept. of Northeastern Virginia Army A. G. Lorenzo Thomas
- June 2, 1861 – General Orders #2 – Instructions for Accounting for Property Taken or Damaged A. A. G. James B. Fry
- July 18, 1861 – General Orders #18 – McDowell Admonishes His Command Re: Depredations A. A. G. James B. Fry
- July 20, 1861 – Special Orders #37 -McDowell Requests 4th Pennsylvania Infantry to Remain in Service A. A. G. James B. Fry
- July 20, 1861 – Special Orders #39 – McDowell Orders 4th Pennsylvania Infantry and Varian’s Battery of 8th New York State Militia to the Rear A. A. G. James B. Fry
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