Lincoln and Stanton; A Study of the War Administration of 1861 and 1862, with Special Consideration of Some Recent Statements of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan
Lincoln and Stanton; A Study of the War Administration of 1861 and 1862, with Special Consideration of Some Recent Statements of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan;
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... men, and Magruder had 11,500 men, to cover a defensive line of fourteen miles. The fortifications around Richmond at that time were very slight. He could have captured the city with but little loss of life. The want of supplies would have forced Lee to attack him as soon as possible, with all the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... men, and Magruder had 11,500 men, to cover a defensive line of fourteen miles. The fortifications around Richmond at that time were very slight. He could have captured the city with but little loss of life. The want of supplies would have forced Lee to attack him as soon as possible, with all the disadvantages of a precipitated movement. But the Federal commander seems to have contemplated nothing of the kind." Throughout the entire period of his command, Mc-Clellan filled the public ear with complaints against Mr. Lincoln and his administration, and from the time Mr. Stanton became Secretary of War with assertions of his malign influence in thwarting his plans, and constraining the President to withhold from him adequate forces, including sometimes those which had been distinctly promised. To these charges, especially those which are revived on page 142 of the Century for May, I propose that President Lincoln shall reply from the Executive Chamber on the gth of April, 1862. The text of this reply will be found in McClellan's report, page 15, Vol. XL, Part I., " Records of the Rebellion." But as the marks by which certain words were emphasized, and the quotation marks which indicate that a pregnant question had previously been put to the General, have been disregarded in copying it for the report, I have followed the original manuscript: "washington, April 9, 1862. " Major General Mclellan: " My Dear Sir.--Your dispatches complaining that you are not properly sustained, while they do not offend me, do pain me very much. " Blenker's division was withdrawn from you before you left here; and you know the pressure under which I did it, and, as I thought, acquiesced in it--certainly not without reluctance. " After you left I ascertained that less...
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