Pope, outmaneuvered by Lee, had been virtually…

September 1862 CE

Pope, outmaneuvered by Lee, had been virtually besieged in Washington.

If it were not for his close political and personal ties to President Lincoln, his military career might have been completely ruined.

Instead, he has been transferred to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and command of the Army's Department of the Northwest, where he fights the Dakota War of 1862.

Major General George B. McClellan had assumed command of all Union forces around Washington on September 2, and his Army of the Potomac absorbs the forces of the Army of Virginia, which is disbanded on September 12, 1862.

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Abraham Lincoln View → George B. McClellan View → John Pope View → Robert E. Lee View → Stonewall Jackson View →

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