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Gainesville (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.13
l McClellan. The copy which General Lee gave General Longstreet was sent, after the war, to Colonel Marshall. I tried to get it from Colonel Marshall, who told me he had mislaid it and could never find it. I do not know, of course, what became of the original letter. I forgot to say that General Longstreet strongly advised General Lee to meet General McClellan in order that he might know definitely what McClellan wanted. I have this moment heard of Longstreet's death Saturday at Gainesville. He often came to visit me when I lived in Atlanta, and we often talked of the war and its sequel. I recall very distinctly a reply he made to me one day when I asked: Well, General, you and I are both glad to-day that we have a united country, and perhaps in God's providence it is well that we were defeated, even though we were clearly in the right. I do not believe in placing the blame on the Lord, said Longstreet. We ought to have whipped the Yankees, restored the Union and se
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.13
the Civil War to the effect that General McClellan in 1862 sought an interview with General Lee with the supposed purpose of making peace over the heads of the governments at Washington and Richmond: Bishop's house, 222 east Harris street, Savannah, Ga., January 3, 1904. My dear friend,—Your letter of the 1st instant to hand. My recollection of the conversation to which you refer is clear. General Longstreet told me more than once that immediately after the battle at Sharpsburg, or And, said Longstreet. We ought to have whipped the Yankees, restored the Union and settled the negro question ourselves, but we are a big load to carry in some of our own leaders. Very sincerely, your friend, Benjamin J. Keiley, Bishop of Savannah, Ga. [The conjecture to which the receipt of a letter by General Lee from General McClellan gave rise—that it was desired by the latter to end the war by forcible means, ousting the politicians in control at Washington—is a very suggestive one<
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.13
it is undeniable that in the presidential campaign of 1864 General Mc-Clellan was prevented by force and fraud from receiving the votes cast for him. In the earlier elections of 1862 on the stop-the-war issue a number of the leading Northern States gave large Democratic majorities. It was, therefore, not difficult for General Cobb and General Longstreet in 1862 to believe that in proposing an interview after the battle of Antietam General McClellan had it in mind to restore the Union by united action of the two chief armies, in defiance of politicians who were supposed to have only party interests in view. General Lee, it will be noted, is said to have declined to meet General McClellan, so that it was not definitely ascertained what the latter meant to discuss. The Confederate general was averse to dealing with political topics. General Sherman is said to have similarly declined an offer of a Governor of Georgia to initiate negotiations for the restoration of peace.—Ed. Sun
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.13
usted the patriotism and good faith of the administration. He had not been supported with reinforcements at the critical moment in the operations in front of Richmond, and the failure of his peninsula campaign was due, in his opinion, to the unwillingness of the designing politicians at Washington to see a Democrat gain the prestige and political influence that a decisive victory at Richmond would have given him. His army had been virtually taken away from him after the change of base to James river, and given to Pope, with the result that it was badly beaten in the second battle of Manassas. Only when General Lee crossed the Potomac into Maryland and his advance upon Washington was feared, was General McClellan again placed in command to save the situation—which he did at Antietam by causing General Lee to recross the Potomac. Soon after that action General McClellan was again deprived of his command, for the reason, it was believed in 1862, that a general was wanted who preferred
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.13
nt of Richmond, and the failure of his peninsula campaign was due, in his opinion, to the unwillingness of the designing politicians at Washington to see a Democrat gain the prestige and political influence that a decisive victory at Richmond would have given him. His army had been virtually taken away from him after the change of base to James river, and given to Pope, with the result that it was badly beaten in the second battle of Manassas. Only when General Lee crossed the Potomac into Maryland and his advance upon Washington was feared, was General McClellan again placed in command to save the situation—which he did at Antietam by causing General Lee to recross the Potomac. Soon after that action General McClellan was again deprived of his command, for the reason, it was believed in 1862, that a general was wanted who preferred the success of the Republican party to the restoration of the Union. Whether this belief was or was not correct it is unnecessary to consider, but it is
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.13
McClellan for peace. [from the Baltimore sun, January 11, 1904.] For the restoration of the Union against the political Horde at Washington. [The following is of interest in connection with the preceding articles.—Ed.] The following communication addressed to a gentleman in Baltimore, makes a very interesting contribution to the political history of the Civil War to the effect that General McClellan in 1862 sought an interview with General Lee with the supposed purpose of making peace over the heads of the governments at Washington and Richmond: Bishop's house, 222 east Harris street, Savannah, Ga., January 3, 1904. My dear friend,—Your letter of the 1st instant to hand. My recollection of the conversation to which you refer is clear. General Longstreet told me more than once that immediately after the battle at Sharpsburg, or Antietam, while he was in General Lee's tent, the General handed him a letter which he had just received from General McClellan, the com
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.13
l Longstreet was sent, after the war, to Colonel Marshall. I tried to get it from Colonel Marshall, who told me he had mislaid it and could never find it. I do not know, of course, what became of the original letter. I forgot to say that General Longstreet strongly advised General Lee to meet General McClellan in order that he might know definitely what McClellan wanted. I have this moment heard of Longstreet's death Saturday at Gainesville. He often came to visit me when I lived in Atlanta, and we often talked of the war and its sequel. I recall very distinctly a reply he made to me one day when I asked: Well, General, you and I are both glad to-day that we have a united country, and perhaps in God's providence it is well that we were defeated, even though we were clearly in the right. I do not believe in placing the blame on the Lord, said Longstreet. We ought to have whipped the Yankees, restored the Union and settled the negro question ourselves, but we are a big l
William C. Marshall (search for this): chapter 1.13
n once, and always added that he thoroughly coincided in General Cobb's views, but that General Lee, for the reason stated, declined to meet General McClellan. The copy which General Lee gave General Longstreet was sent, after the war, to Colonel Marshall. I tried to get it from Colonel Marshall, who told me he had mislaid it and could never find it. I do not know, of course, what became of the original letter. I forgot to say that General Longstreet strongly advised General Lee to meet GColonel Marshall, who told me he had mislaid it and could never find it. I do not know, of course, what became of the original letter. I forgot to say that General Longstreet strongly advised General Lee to meet General McClellan in order that he might know definitely what McClellan wanted. I have this moment heard of Longstreet's death Saturday at Gainesville. He often came to visit me when I lived in Atlanta, and we often talked of the war and its sequel. I recall very distinctly a reply he made to me one day when I asked: Well, General, you and I are both glad to-day that we have a united country, and perhaps in God's providence it is well that we were defeated, even though we were clearly in t
Mc-Clellan (search for this): chapter 1.13
Clellan again placed in command to save the situation—which he did at Antietam by causing General Lee to recross the Potomac. Soon after that action General McClellan was again deprived of his command, for the reason, it was believed in 1862, that a general was wanted who preferred the success of the Republican party to the restoration of the Union. Whether this belief was or was not correct it is unnecessary to consider, but it is undeniable that in the presidential campaign of 1864 General Mc-Clellan was prevented by force and fraud from receiving the votes cast for him. In the earlier elections of 1862 on the stop-the-war issue a number of the leading Northern States gave large Democratic majorities. It was, therefore, not difficult for General Cobb and General Longstreet in 1862 to believe that in proposing an interview after the battle of Antietam General McClellan had it in mind to restore the Union by united action of the two chief armies, in defiance of politicians who were
Pope (search for this): chapter 1.13
nd good faith of the administration. He had not been supported with reinforcements at the critical moment in the operations in front of Richmond, and the failure of his peninsula campaign was due, in his opinion, to the unwillingness of the designing politicians at Washington to see a Democrat gain the prestige and political influence that a decisive victory at Richmond would have given him. His army had been virtually taken away from him after the change of base to James river, and given to Pope, with the result that it was badly beaten in the second battle of Manassas. Only when General Lee crossed the Potomac into Maryland and his advance upon Washington was feared, was General McClellan again placed in command to save the situation—which he did at Antietam by causing General Lee to recross the Potomac. Soon after that action General McClellan was again deprived of his command, for the reason, it was believed in 1862, that a general was wanted who preferred the success of the Rep
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