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G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army, Chapter 12 : (search)
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G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army, Chapter 9 : (search)
Chapter 9:
The army of the Potomac withdrawn from Richmond
The history of the Army of the Potomac during the months of July and August, 1862, may be told in a few words.
During their retrograde movement to the banks of the James, they had been fearfully weakened by losses in killed, wounded, and prisoners; but they were not in the least demoralized.
They had conducted themselves in a way to move the admiration and win the gratitude of their commander; and from a full heart, on available man brought here.
A decided victory here, and the military strength of the rebellion is crushed.
It matters not what partial reverses we may meet with elsewhere: here is the true defence of Washington; it is here, on the banks of the James, that the fate of the Union should be decided.
Clear in my convictions of right, strong in the consciousness that I have ever been, and still am, actuated solely by the love of my country, knowing that no ambitious or selfish motives have infl