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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Irvin McDowell

1818 - 1885

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Irvin McDowell (October 15, 1818 – May 4, 1885) was an American army officer. He is best known for his defeat in the First Battle of Bull Run, the first large-scale battle of the American Civil War. In 1862, he was given command of the I Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irvin McDowell has received more than 389,992 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Irvin McDowell is the 1,407th most popular military personnel (down from 1,344th in 2019), the 5,333rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,363rd in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Irvin McDowell ranks 1,407 out of 1,468Before him are Dmitry Lavrinenko, Nadezhda Popova, Alan Cunningham, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, and Edward Braddock. After him are Boston Corbett, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, Christopher Cradock, Philotas, Bipin Rawat, and Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Irvin McDowell ranks 64Before him are Theodor Kullak, Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Josip Filipović, Louis Faidherbe, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, and Angelica Singleton Van Buren. After him are Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Louis Buffet, Mikhail Katkov, Ludwig Traube, Thomas Francis Wade, and Carl Remigius Fresenius. Among people deceased in 1885, Irvin McDowell ranks 53Before him are Jules Vallès, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Prince August of Württemberg, Friedrich Kiel, and Ernst Falkbeer. After him are Justo Rufino Barrios, Gaudenzio Marconi, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Ernest Goüin, Julius Benedict, and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irvin McDowell ranks 5,333 out of 18,182Before him are Betsy Palmer (1926), Little Walter (1930), William Rehnquist (1924), Frances Sternhagen (1930), Richard Lewontin (1929), and Camille Paglia (1947). After him are Robert Motherwell (1915), Tom Noonan (1951), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), James Hansen (1941), Lou Donaldson (1926), and Hoagy Carmichael (1899).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Irvin McDowell ranks 91Before him are Tommy Franks (1945), William D. Leahy (1875), Richard Marcinko (1940), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), and George Pickett (1825). After him are Nathanael Greene (1742), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Moe Berg (1902), Lewis Powell (1844), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), and Richard S. Ewell (1817).