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.
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…
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…
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…
Buckhannon, Va., July 5, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : COLONEL: You will probably feel as much regret as I do in finding that I am still here.…
Buckhannon, Va. Buckhannon, Va., July 5, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General : COLONEL: You will probably feel as much regret as I do in finding that I am…
July 6, 1861. = renal Va., July 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant. General, Washington, D. Ot: COLONEL: My advance guard, consisting of the Fourth and Ninth Ohio,…
July 6, 1861. = renal Va., July 6, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant. General, Washington, D. Ot: COLONEL: My advance guard, consisting of the Fourth and Ninth Ohio,…
BUCKHANNON, V. A. BUCKHANNON, V. A., July 6, 1861. General Patterson informs me that he has ordered Wallace away from Cumberland. From what I know of the state of affairs…
BUCKHANNON, V. A. BUCKHANNON, V. A., July 6, 1861. A well-concerted movement to catch O. J. Wise, with his eight hundred men, at Ripley, on the 4th, failed in consequence…
BUCKHANNON BUCKHANNON, July 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: Newspaper reports say that my department is to be broken up. I hope the General will leave under my…
Beverly, Va., July 13, 1861. Styling himself Lieutenant-Colonel, P. A. C. S.: Sr: Your communication, dated yesterday, proposing to surrender as prisoners of war the force assembled under your command,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OFIO, l Beverly, Va., July 13, 1861. JOHN PEGRAM, Esq,, Styling himself Lieutenant-Colonel, P. A. C. 8.: Sir: Your communication, dated yesterday, proposing to surrender as…
CAMP NEAR HUTTONSVILLE CAMP NEAR HUTTONSVILLE, July 14, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: I have just returned from Cheat River, having crossed the mountain with a strong advanced guard. The…
Camp near Huttonsville, Va., July 15, 1861. COLONEL: I have sent by Major Marcy a brief account of the operations which have resulted in the dispersion of the rebels in…
Camp near Huttonsville, Va., July 15, 1861. To the Compe. OFFICER of Forces near Staunton, Va. : Srr: I have to-day received orders from the Commander-in-Chief of the U. 8.…
Huttonsville, Randolph County, Virginia, July 15, 1861. To the OFFICER Commanding the Forces Commanded by the late Robert S. Garnett, Esq., styling himself Brigadier- General, Confederate States Army : Srr:…
BEVERLY, V. A. BEVERLY, V. A., July 19, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND: One of Cox’s regiments, Second Kentucky, defeated and drove 600 of Wise’s men out of Barboursville, Cabell…
August 12, 1861. ‘ 3 Washington, August 12, 1861. SIR: Ihave to-day received additional information which convinces me that it is more than probable that the enemy will, within a…
Washington Washington, August 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, U. S. A., Commanding Department of the Ohio, Clarksburg, Va. : The reason of my communication was that I have…
Washington Washington, September 5, 1861. Hon. S. CAMERON, Secretary of War : “Sir: I have most urgently to request that the following-named companies of regular artillery be ordered to report…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Washington City, September 6, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to suggest the following proposition, with the – request that the necessary authority be at…
SMITHS HEADQUARTERS, NEAR CHAIN BRIDGE, September 11, 1861. September 11, 1861. General Smith made reconnaissanee with 2,000 men to Lewinsville; remained several hours, and completed examination of the ground. 168…
CAMP GRIFFIN CAMP GRIFFIN, October 17, 1861. Hon. THOMAS A. Scorr, Assistant Secretary of War: I gave General Sherman all the regiments he asked for. Atleast two of those originally…
Washington, November 1, 1861. SIR : I have the honor to forward herewith Brigadier-General Stone’s report of the engagement near Leesburg on the 21st ultimo. I-also transmit a copy of…