Report on the organization and campaigns of the Army of the Potomac

by George Brinton McClellan

Hardcover, 1864

DDC/MDS

973.73

Publication

New York : Sheldon & company, 1864.

Description

McClellan's early 1864 report in a facsimile reprint of the original edition and containing the texts of hundreds of letters, reports, and other documents as well as McClellan's defense against the criticism he had endured for his reluctance to move his army offensively until pushed to do so by Lincoln, Stanton, Halleck, and others. Many of the documents attest to McClellan's difficulties in obtaining sufficient men and materiel and contain his defenses for his actions. Includes three original maps. 2006: 465 pages. Softcover. (Scholar's Bookshelf)

Status

Available

Call number

973.73

Tags

Collection

Physical description

480 p.; 24 cm

Local notes

signed and dated by Dr. Lewis Steiner, with his bookplate. Dr. Steiner was Chief Inspector of the United States Sanitary Commission for the Army of the Potomac and was with the Army at Antietam
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