Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General McClellan” in alphabetic letter N, entry group 2, entry new-orleans of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...was created, which included all these points, and Gen. Benjamin F. Butler (q. v.) was placed in command of it. It was proposed to send a competent land and naval force first to capture New Orleans.
General McClellan did not think the plan feasible, for it would take 50,000 men, and he was unwilling to spare a man from his army of more than 200,000 men lying around Washington.
President Lincoln approved of the ...
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