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Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 12: (search)
1), and never re-entered the office of commanding general in the War Department. All the papers there were taken possession of by the Secretary of War, and he and Halleck are alone responsible for any gaps in the files. Some one abstracted the telegrams above alluded to. As to Halleck's conduct with regard to Grant, no comment by me is necessary. The facts speak for themselves. [In this connection see Personal memoirs of U. S. Grant, vol. i. pp. 324-8; also, North American Review, Dec., 1885. The following correspondence between Gens. Grant and McClellan is appended by the editor:] Hotel Byron, Villeneuve, Nov. 24, 1866. Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding U. S. Army: general: In a letter received yesterday from Gen. Marcy he says: I had a note yesterday from a member of Gen. Grant's staff, in which he says it has been officially reported to the general that he (McClellan) had retained in his possession certain records pertaining to the headquarters of the army which were l