Military Leadership under President Lincoln

General Irvin McDowell

May 27, 1861

Commander of the Army and Department of Northeastern Virginia

General George B. McClellan

Jul 26, 1861

Commander of the Military Division of the Potomac, and later, the Army and Department of the Potomac

General Joseph Hooker

Jan 26, 1862

Commander of the Army and Department of the Potomac

General Ambrose E. Burnside

Nov 9, 1862

Commander of the Army of the Potomac

General George E. Meade

Jun 28, 1863

Commander of the Army of the Potomac