irvin mcdowell and john pope. but probably them never thought of as a pair they would largely shape the events that we're going to talk about this weekend. now, how is it why is it that you've never heard of this partnership or considered it to be a partnership? well, the answer to that is pretty simple because it failed. it led to disaster or we'll see if we can get sides going her okay. let's start with this man, john pope john polk assumed command of what would be called the army of virginia. on june 26th, 1862, after the pieces and parts of that army had already been in the field for several months. his army, which was the combination of three departments, three commands, one commanded by nathaniel banks, would become the second corps. the first corps, ultimately commanded by franz sigel. both of them had largely operated in the shenandoah valley and the third corps, or excuse me, the first corps of the army would be the largest and most consequential in so many ways, commanded by irvin mcdowell, john hope cam

that the civil war rarely, if ever, experienced as consequential a partnership as jon pope and irvin mcdowell. for that, unfortunately, the army of virginia and the nation paid dearly. i'm glad to answer any questions that you might have. [applause] is that eric? the dapper looking eric tonight. >> [inaudible] i visited mcdowell's grave at the port city yosemite years ago. and the ultimate insult is his name is misspelled on his headstone. instead of it being spelled ir v i again, it's i are wxin. the ultimate insult. >> if you google, him want to get all the results online, you get about 50% spelled correctly and %

no denying that the civil war ever experienced as consequential a partnership as jon pope and irvin mcdowell. and for that, unfortunately, the army of virginia and the nation paid dearly. i'm glad to answer any questions that you might have. [applause] is that eric? a dapper looking tarik tonight. >> i visited mcdowell's grave several years ago, and the ultimate insult is, his name is misspelled on his headstone. instead of it being spelled i are v.i.n., like it's supposed to be, it's i are woi in. it's the ultimate insult. >> if you google him, if you really want to get all the references online, you get about 50% spelled correctly, and about 50% spelled with or when. absolutely right. any other questions? i will see you tomorrow, then. thank you so much. [applause] c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies, and more. including buckeye broadband. buckeye broadband supports c-span 2 as a public service, along with these other television providers. giving in the front row seat to democracy. are you a nonfiction book lever, looking for a new podc

partnership as jon pope and irvin mcdowell. for that, unfortunately, the army of virginia and the nation paid dearly. i'm glad to answer any questions that you might have. [applause] is that eric? the dapper looking eric tonight. >> [inaudible] i visited mcdowell's grave at the port city yosemite years ago. and the ultimate insult is his name is misspelled on his headstone. instead of it being spelled ir v i again, it's i are wxin. the ultimate insult. >> if you google, him want to get all the results online, you get about 50% spelled correctly and 50% with irwin. absolutely right. any other questions? well, i'll see you tomorrow than. thank you so much. [applause] >> weekends on c-span o are an intellectual feast. every saturday, american history tv documents america story. and on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span two comes from these television companies and more. including cox. >> homework can be hard, but squatting in a diner for internet work is even harder. that's w