...Yorktown with 58,000 troops, reinforcements constantly arriving, and that line was defended by only n,ooo. Why did he not make an attack? "Instant assault,"...attack from his batteries. April 28 he called for some 3<>pounder Parrott guns from Washington, which brought forth this answer from the President : " Your...

...with his wife at home. In his letters to the President and the Secretary of War he resentedbitterly that McDowell's corps had been withdrawn from his...attack from his batteries. April 28 he called for some 30-pounder Parrott guns from Washington, which brought forth this answer from the President: "Your...

...of his letters indeed sound as if they had come from a 1896.] McCLELLAN'S PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. 433 youth not yet grown rather than from the captain of...attack from his batteries. April 28 he called for some 30-pounder Parrott guns from Washington, which brought forth this answer from the President: "Your...

...if they had come from a youth not yet grown rather than from the captain of a great army. When uot childish, he is pursued by phantoms. Not only " the...attack from his batteries. April 28 he called for some 30-pounder Parrott guns from Washington, which brought forth this answer from the President : " Your...

...Story, p. 308. II April 22, to Lee, OR, vol. xi. part iii. p. 45«. 4 Johnston's Narrative, p. 117. his ruin. It is the men at Washington to whom he refers...and its army for personal spite and personal aims." 1 The President, yearning for the success of McClellan and willing to do anything in his power to bring...

...wretches [in Washington]. * * * I am sure I will win in the end, in spite of all their rascality. * * * History will present a sad record of these traitors,...are willing to sacrifice the country and its army." — McClellan's Own Story, page 31o. "I do not know what paltry trick the Administration will play...

...456. * Johnston's Narrative, p. 117 his ruin. It is the men at Washington to whom he refers when ho writes, " History will present a sad record of these...traitors who are willing to sacrifice the country and ite army for personal spite and pensonal aims." 1 The President, yearning for the success of McClellan...

...Story, p. 308. « April 22, to Lee, OR, vol. xi. part iii. p. 456. * Johnston's Narrative, p. 117. his ruin. It is the men at Washington to whom he refers...country and its army for personal spite and personal aims."1 The President, yearning for the success of McClellan and willing to do anything in his power...

...308. * April 22, to Lee, OR, vol. xi. part iii. p. 456. * Johnston's Narrative, p. 117 his ruin. It ia the men at Washington to whom he refers when he writes,...and its army for personal spite and personal aims." 1 The President, yearning for the success of McClellan and willing to do anything in his power to bring...

...their worst, and can't do much more. I am sure that I will win in the end, in spite of their rascality. History will present a sad record of these traitors...its army for personal spite and personal aims. The people will soon understand the whole matter. 45 There can be no doubt of McCIellan's loyalty to the...