USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

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who replace McDowell

(A) George Strait

(B) ** George McClellan

(C) George Lopez

(D) Yellowstone National Park

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Convinced that McClellan could never defeat Lee, Lincoln notified the general on November 5 of his removal. A few days later, Lincoln named General Ambrose Burnside to be the commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Concept note-2: -President Abraham Lincoln removed McDowell from command of the Army of the Potomac and replaced him with General George McClellan. Despite the defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run, McDowell remained with the Army of the Potomac as a corps commander.

Concept note-3: -During the Civil War, he lost the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, and was succeeded by George B. McClellan.

Concept note-4: -In 1862, McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign unraveled after the Seven Days Battles, and he also failed to decisively defeat Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army at the Battle of Antietam. Frustrated by McClellan’s cautious tactics, Lincoln removed him from command.