...r-in-chief) had under his orders more men than the Confederacy mustered all put together during the whole war, and more than four times as many as we had then under arms. As for the army with which General Grant opposed General Lee, Secretary Stanton (page 5) puts the aggregate available force present for duty May 1st, 1864, as follows: Department of Washington42,124 Army of the Potomac120,380 Departme...