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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. 18 2 Browse Search
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creek to meet you or Gen. Heintzelman. Very truly yours, J. F. Missroom, Com. To Maj.-Gen. Mcclellan. Wachusett, April 10, 1862. each them. It cannot be prevented by us. Very truly yours, J. F. Missroom. To Maj.-Gen. McClellan. April 11, 6 A. M. The enemy and are fortifying its entrance. Ten schooners now in sight. J. F. Missroom. To Maj.-Gen. G. B. McClellan. headquarters, Army of Potnk below Yorktown is not in existence, but that the gun fired upon Missroom was upon the advanced bastion of the place itself. Porter thinks e loan of fuses. I am, very truly, your obedient servant, J. F. Missroom, Com. To Maj.-Gen. G. B. McClellan. Washington, April 18. Tospot last driven from, abreast anchorage. Yours very truly, J. F. Missroom. To Maj.-Gen. G. B. McClellan. We got eleven-inch shell into Yorktown and Gloucester last night. J. F. Missroom. Fortress Monroe, May 4. Maj.-Gen. McClellan: With my whole heart I do m
ad great difficulty in arranging about supplies — so few wagons and such bad roads. Rode down to Ship Point yesterday morning. . . . 9 A. M. Interrupted and unable to finish. Have been bothered all the evening, but am getting things straightened out. .. . Start for the Point in a few minutes. . . . April 10, 10 P. M. Have had a pretty long ride to-day. Secretary Fox spent last night with me. As soon as he had gone I rode to Porter's camp, thence to the river-bank to meet Capt. Missroom, commanding the gunboats. Have had an excellent view of the water defences of Yorktown, as well as of Gloucester. The enemy is very strong and is adding to his works and the number of his men. I could see them coming in on schooners. But as my heavy guns are not yet landed, and the navy do not feel strong enough to go at them, I can only hurry forward our preparations and trust that the more they have the more I shall catch. . . . Yesterday I also spent on the right, taking, under
nced into the interior, and, in fact, under your orders I had no business to make the attempt. Truly your friend, Wm. B. Franklin. The flotilla experienced great difficulty in reaching Yorktown, which it effected about four o'clock on the 5th. Meanwhile Gen. Franklin, when the greatest difficulties had been overcome, preceded it, and must have reached Yorktown before one o'clock, where he received his final instructions from me. When the flotilla arrived Gen. Franklin visited Com. Missroom on his flagship and informed him that he was ready to start. The commodore replied that he would not consent to go up the river on a night as dark as that approaching (it was then raining in torrents), and the joint expedition, therefore, waited until next morning. The commodore was entirely correct in this decision to await the morning, for I have not the slightest doubt that the result of an effort to move on such a night would have been the loss of many transports and lives, and the
ir (F. P.) to McClellan, 12th Apr., 281.--Dennison to McClellan, 14th Mar., 250.--Fox to McClellan, 13th Mar., 249.--Franklin to McClellan, 6th, 7th May. 303, 304 ; 8th Feb., ‘84, 335.--Goldsborough to McClellan, 4th May, 296.-Heintzelman to McClellan, 13th Mar., 250 ; 4th,--May, 299.--Hooker to McClellan, 5th May, 302.--Keyes to McClellan, 4th, 5th May, 303, 301. To Sen. Harris, 7th Apr., 267.--McDowell to McClellan. 22d May, 347, To Stanton, 26th May, 369.-Marcy to Tucker, 5th May, 297.-Missroom to McClellan, 6th Apr., 291 ; 10th, 11th Apr., 292 ; 17th Apr., 293; 22d Apr , 296.--Porter (F. J.) to McClellan, 5th May, 302.--Smith (W. F.) to McClellan 4th, 5th May. 300, 301.--Sumner to McClellan, 4th May, 298.-Tucker to McClellan, 5th May, 297 To Stanton, 10th Apr., 275.-Wise (H. A.) to McClellan, 13th Mar., 249.--Wool to McClellan 12th Mar., 249. Harrison's Landing, 1862 : McClellan to Lincoln, 4th July, 484 7th July, 487; 12th, 17th, 18th July 490. To Stanton, 8th July, 477 To H