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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 6 (search)
, after Gen. McClellan's embarking the bulk of his forces for Fortress Monroe, to make a rush upon Washington from behind the Rappahannock. Five days later, Secretary Stanton wrote, as we have already seen, to Gen. McClellan, that the President made o objection to his plan of operations, provided he would-- 1st. Leave such fore President's question as to the grave discrepancy between the 85,000 men, admitted to be with or on their way to him by Gen. M., and the 108,000 asserted by Secretary Stanton, was never answered, and probably could not be; since an official return of the number of his Army April 30th, while it was still before Yorktown, makes its that he was ready to do so again. The President therefore suggested that he might get a good ready, and start on Monday, which was agreed on. Messrs. Lincoln and Stanton returned to Washington that night, and had hardly left before a telegram came announcing this raid of Jackson up [down] the Shenandoah Valley. This was soon foll