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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VI:—Virginia. (search)
an was in his tent with General Burnside, when the bearer of a despatch from the President was announced. This was General Buckingham, an officer unknown to the army of the Potomac, who brought him an order contained in three lines, and signed by Haght out the true details, which are not without interest. In a letter to the Chicago Tribune of September 4, 1875, General Buckingham takes exception to the author's account, both as to the facts, and as to the statement that he was an officer unknodetails from Hurlbut, Swinton and Lossing, authorities unchallenged on this point for years past. The following is General Buckingham's account: I was at that time on special duty at the War Department, my office being adjoining the Secretary', 1875, the Comte de Paris writes: Allow me only, before concluding, to answer two of the assertions of the latter (General Buckingham). He says that fears were entertained in Washington that General McClellan would not submit to the President's orde