President Abraham Lincoln's War Order No. 2 (Reorganizing the Army of the Potomac), TextOn March 8, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued General War Order No. 2 directing Major General George B. McClellan to reorganize the Army of the Potomac into five corps.
President Abraham Lincoln's War Order No. 3, TextIssued by President Abraham Lincoln on March 11, 1862, War Order Number 3, consolidated three western departments, including the Department of the Ohio, into the Department of the Mississippi, commanded by Major General Henry Halleck.
