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GEO. B. McCLELLAN, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Colonel IRVINE, Commanding Sixteenth Regiment O. V. M., Bellaire: CoLONEL: I have to-night telegraphed you to cross to Wheeling with your command and support a forward…
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Letters from George B. McClellan
B. 1826 · D. 1885
George Brinton McClellan was an American military officer, politician, and engineer who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881, as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862, and the unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate in the 1864 presidential election. He was also chief engineer and vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, and later president of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad in 1860.
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George B. McClellan to Benjamin Franklin Kelley, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Col. B. F. Keiey, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers : COLONEL: I have telegraphed you this evening, instructing you to make a forward movement on Fairmont. The…
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George B. McClellan to Irvine, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Colonel IRVINE, Commanding Sixteenth Regiment O. V. M., Bellaire: CoLONEL: I have to-night telegraphed you to cross to Wheeling with your command and support a forward…
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George B. McClellan to B. F. Keiey, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Col. B. F. Keiey, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers : COLONEL: I have telegraphed you this evening, instructing you to make a forward movement on Fairmont.…
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George B. McClellan to Irvine, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Colonel IRVINE, Commanding Sixteenth Regiment O. V. M., Bellaire: CoLONEL: I have to-night telegraphed you to cross to Wheeling with your command and support a…
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George B. McClellan to Steepman, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Colonel STEEPMAN, : Commanding Fourteenth Regiment, Marietta : You will on receipt of this cross the river and occupy Parkersburg. The Highteenth [Ohio] Regiment at…
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George B. McClellan to Kanawha Valley, May 26, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OBIO, Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. To the Union Men of Western Virginia: VIRGINIANS: The General Government has long enough endured the ~ machinations of a few…
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George B. McClellan to B. F. Keiey, May 26, 1861
Cincinnati Cincinnati, May 26, 1861. Col. B. F. Keiey, First Regiment Virginia Volunteers : COLONEL: I have telegraphed you this evening, instructing you to make a forward movement on Fairmont.…
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George B. McClellan to E. D. Townsend, A. A. G, May 30, 1861
Cincinnati, May 30, 1861. COLONEL: I have the honor to report the successful occupation of Grafton without the loss of a single life. My previous dispatches have informed you of…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, June 1, 1861
Cincinnati Cincinnati, June 1, 1861. Lieut Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-G@eneral : CoLONEL: I had intimated in preceding dispatches an intention ef – moving on the valley of the…
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George B. McClellan to Cincinnati, June 11, 1861, June 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OH8IO, Cincinnati, June 11, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, . Assistant Adjutant-General : CoLONEL: I sent by telegraph to-day General Morris’ telegram in relation to troops…
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George B. McClellan to Edward D. Townsend, June 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OH8IO, Cincinnati, June 11, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, . Assistant Adjutant-General : CoLONEL: I sent by telegraph to-day General Morris’ telegram in relation to troops…
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George B. McClellan to George B. McClellan, June 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE O8IO, Cincinnati, June 12, 1861. , Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: CoLonnL: I have the honor to inclose for the information of the E, General-in-Chief…
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George B. McClellan to George B. McClellan, June 12, 1861
‘ 1 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE O8IO, Cincinnati, June 12, 1861. , Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: CoLonnL: I have the honor to inclose for the information of the…
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George B. McClellan to Winfield Scott, June 16, 1861
General, Commanding. CINCINNATI General, Commanding. CINCINNATI, June 16, 1861. General WINFIELD Scott: I hear from General Patterson that he is checked at Harper’s Ferry. If I do not hear from…
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George B. McClellan to Winfield Scott, June 19, 1861
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, June 19, 1861. General WINFIELD Scott: If you will order Patterson to send a strong column on Cumberland and thence on Romney, we will cut off the whole…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, June 19, 1861
CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, June 19, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: I learn that the enemy is in front of Piedmont in force; also moving on Grafton and Clarksburg from Beverly. Will…
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George B. McClellan to E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, June 22, 1861
Parkersburg, Va., June 22, 1861. CoLONEL: I reached here yesterday morning, hoping to move forward during the day, but was delayed by want of wagons and the disorganization to be…
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George B. McClellan to E.D. Townsend, June 23, 1861
Grafton, Va., June 23, 1861. COLONEL: Having completed as far as possible the necessary arrange ments for transportation, &c., I left Parkersburg yesterday about 1 p. m. with the Ninth…
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George B. McClellan to Winfield Scott, June 27, 1861
GRAFTON GRAFTON, June 27, 1861. General WINFIELD Scott: General McCall has ordered two Pennsylvania regiments to a position in Pennsylvania near Cumberland. Wallace had a very handsome CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION. skirmish…
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George B. McClellan to HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 29, 1861, June 29, 1861
Grafton, Va., June 29, 1861. Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD ScoTT, Commander-in-Chief Army of the United States : Sir: I have the honor to call your attention to the present condition of…
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George B. McClellan to Winfield Scott, June 29, 1861
Grafton, Va. Grafton, Va., June 29, 1861. Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD ScoTT, Commander-in-Chief Army of the United States : Sir: I have the honor to call your attention to the present…
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George B. McClellan to G. B. McClellan, Grafton, Va, June 29, 1861
HAGERSTOWN, MD. HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 29, 1861. General G. B. MCCLELLAN, Grafton, Va.: Cumberland is held by Colonel Wallace, supported by two Pennsylvania reserve regiments at Bedford. Can spare none…
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GEO. B. McCLELLAN, July 3, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE O8IO, Buckhannon, Va., July 3, 1861. General T. A. Morris, Philippi: GENERAL: Yours of the 2d has reached me. After questioning your messenger and hearing his…