Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, appoints Major General George B. McClellan as General in Chief of the Army of the u.S. McClellan’s plan is to invade the Commonwealth of Virginia with a force of 273,000 men from the sea, and capture Richmond, the Confederate capital. Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott retired the previous day, citing failing health.
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article II, Section 2 [Clause 1]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 167.
Winfield Scott steps down – HISTORY
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/winfield-scott-steps-down
American Civil War, 1861
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwar2.htm
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