The forces under Major-Generals Fremont, Banks, and McDowell, including the troops now under Brigadier-General Sturgis at Washington, shall be consolidated and form one army, to be called the Army of Virginia.
Order Constituting the Army of Virginia
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If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
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