Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Ropes” in chapter 10 of Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative:
...neither McClellan nor Halleck believed this preposterous story.
McClellan told it, and stuck to it, trying to scare the administration into giving him unlimited reenforcements: but his real belief, Mr. Ropes thinks, is apparent in his offer to undertake the new campaign with only 20,000 reenforcements, raising his force to only 110,000. Mr. Ropes says that Halleck saw and appreciated McClellan's insincer...
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