Ambrose E. Burnside takes command of the Federal Army of the Potomac and quickly develops a plan to move southeast down the Rappahannock River to the key Virginia town of Fredericksburg.
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The Romance of War Was Over
George B. McClellan formally turns the Army of the Potomac over to Ambrose E. Burnside and bids his troops a sad but fond farewell.
Lincoln Removes McClellan
George B. McClellan receives orders finally removing him as commander of the Federal army that he had created.
The End of the Army of Virginia
John Pope’s Federal Army of Virginia is absorbed into George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac, and Pope is reassigned under protest.
The Fall of Fort Macon
A formal surrender ceremony takes place after the Confederates give up a formidable stronghold on the North Carolina coast.
The Fall of Roanoke Island
The Federal army-navy effort to seize North Carolina’s Outer Banks continues, with the potential reward being a strengthening of the naval blockade and the opening of an invasion route into southern Virginia.