The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln : a Biography From An Entirely New Standpoint, With Fresh And Invaluable Material C.1
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McClellan preferred a transference of the army to the region of the lower Chesapeake, thence moving up the Peninsula by the shortest land route to Richmond. (This was a movement, it may be remarked, which was finally carried out before Rich- mond fell in 1865.) The President discussed the rela- tive merits of the two plans in the following frank and explicit letter to McClellan: Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, February 3, 1862. Major-General McClellan. My Dear Sir : You and I have distinct... and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac; yours to be done by the Chesapeake, up the Rappa- hannock to Urbana, and across to the terminus of the railroad on the York river; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours: 406 EVERY-DAY LIFE OF LINCOLN 1st. Does your plan involve a greatly larger ex- penditure of time and money than mine? 2d. Wherein is a victory more certain by your plan than mine?
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