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Major General Irvin McDowell
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| Title | Major General Irvin McDowell |
| Item ID | P0132_MCDOWELL |
| Description | Born in Columbus, Ohio, and raised and educated in France, McDowell graduated from West Point in 1838. He began his Civil War assignments as a brigadier general and was promoted to major general by 1862. A court of inquiry cleared McDowell of wrong doing for his part in the disaster at the Second Bull Run, and he continued to serve with the military until the late 1870s. He died in San Francisco after working in civic planning, and the city parks department. |
| Subject | Generals--United States--Portraits
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits
McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885
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| Creator | Brady, Washington, D.C. |
| Date | 1862 |
| Time period | 1860s (1860-1869)
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| Format of Original | Carte de Visite |
| Digital Format | JP2000 |
| Resolution | 600 ppi |
| Owning Institution | Indiana Historical Society |
| Source Collection Name | Civil War Generals Cartes de Visite |
| Source Collection Number | P0132 |
| Digital Collection Name | Civil War Materials |
| Digital Collection Number | DC008 |
| Notes | 0000.0542 |
| Copyright Notice | Digital Image © 2011 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
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