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William B. Franklin
| July 31, 1861 | 11 Union officers are submitted to Congress to be promoted to brigadier general | |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Samuel Heintzelman | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| May 7, 1862 | Battle of West Point
Battle of Eltham's Landing General William B. Franklin [US] skirmishes with General John Bell Hood [CS] |
Virginia |
| John Bell Hood | ||
| Peninsula Campaign | ||
| September 14, 1862 | Battle of Turners Gap
Battle of Fox's Gap Battle of South Mountain Battle of Cramptons Gap George McClellan reacts to finding Special Order No. 191 with attacks on the gaps in South Mountain, forcing Lee to reorganize at Sharpsburg |
Maryland |
| George McClellan | ||
| Special Orders No. 191 | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Antietam | ||
| Rutherford B. Hayes | ||
| November 14, 1862 | Ambrose Burnside reorganises the Army of the Potomac command structure into three Grand Divisions with the Right Grand Division under Major Edwin Vose Sumner, Central Grand Division under Joe Hooker and the Left Grand Division under William B. Franklin | |
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| December 13, 1862 | Battle of Fredericksburg
General Ambrose Burnside and the Army of the Potomac is soundly beaten by Lee's Army of North Virginia. |
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| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Ambrose Burnside | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Fredericksburg | ||
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| John Reynolds | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| September 8, 1863 | General William Franklin [US], intending to begin the occupation of Texas, steamed past Sabine Pass to Confederate Fort Griffin on the Texas-Louisiana border. John Bankhead Magruder [CS], with two "cotton-clads" and a force of 44 men turned back more than 200 Union troops | |
| John Magruder |
William B. Franklin
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