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thwestward of what is known as Manassas Junction, all details to be in the discretion of the commander-in-chief, and the expedition to move before or on the 22d day of February next. Abraham Lincoln. The operation here indicated is that of a flanking movement on the enemy's position at Manassas. Now, it is due to add that in ssas, the President had decreed that a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces should be made on the 22d day of February. This order, styled President's General War Order, No. 1, was issued on the 27th of January, without consultation with General McClellan (Report. p. 42)is order. Abraham Lincoln. It is obvious, therefore, that the President, having categorically ordered a general movement of all the armies to be made on the 22d of February, was forced to the next step of prescribing for the operations of the Army of the Potomac a plan of campaign which could be undertaken at the time fixed. It