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Lincoln Reviews Troops at Bailey's Crossroads
Leesburg Pike,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
38° 51' 15.16392",
-77° 8' 9.666636"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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After the Union defeat on 21 July 1861 at the First Battle of Manassas, Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan as commander of the demoralized army. A superb organizer, McClellan rebuilt the army and on 20 November 1861 staged a formal military review here, between Munson's Hill and Bailey's Crossroads. Lincoln and his entire cabinet attended. Occupying nearly 200 acres, some 50,000 troops, including seven divisions--seven regiments of cavalry, ninety regiments of infantry, [and] twenty batteries of artillery, took part in the review, at that time the largest ever held in America.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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