. The photographic history of the civil . uring Island No. 10; before Corinthin May, 1862, and at Iuka and Corinth in Sep-tember and October, 1862. Most of the troopswent into the Thirteenth Army Corps. Armij of T^trrjutia To obtain closer organization in the variouscommands operating in Virginia, President Lin-coln, on June 26, 1862, constituted the Army ofVirginia out of Major-General Fremonts forces(Mountain Department), those of Major-Gen-eral McDowell (Department of the Rappahan-nock), those of Major-General Banks (Depart-ment of the Shenandoah), and Brigadier-GeneralSturgis brigade
. The photographic history of the civil . uring Island No. 10; before Corinthin May, 1862, and at Iuka and Corinth in Sep-tember and October, 1862. Most of the troopswent into the Thirteenth Army Corps. Armij of T^trrjutia To obtain closer organization in the variouscommands operating in Virginia, President Lin-coln, on June 26, 1862, constituted the Army ofVirginia out of Major-General Fremonts forces(Mountain Department), those of Major-Gen-eral McDowell (Department of the Rappahan-nock), those of Major-General Banks (Depart-ment of the Shenandoah), and Brigadier-GeneralSturgis brigade from the Military District of Washington. This last, an unorganized body oftroops, did not join the army at once. Major-General John Pope was placed at the head of thenew organization, which was divided into threecorps. Exclusive of Sturgis troops it numberedbetween forty and fifty thousand men, and wasaugmented later by troops from three corps ofthe Army of the Potomac. A corps of the Army ofVirginia checked Stonewall Jacksons advance [174 1. FEDERAL MAJOR-GENERALS COMMANDING ARMIES
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