Executive Mansion,
Washington, July 1
1862.
Major Genl. McClellan –
It is impossible to re-inforce you for your present
emergency. If we had a million of men we could not get them to you in time. We
have not the men to send. If you are not strong enough to face the enemy you
must find a place of security, and wait, rest, and repair. Maintain your ground
if you can; but save the Army at all events, even if you fall back to
Fortress-Monroe. We still have strength enough in the country,
and will bring it out.
A. LINCOLN
SOURCE: Roy P. Basler, Editor, The Collected Works of Abraham
Lincoln, Vol. 5, p. 298; A
copy of this letter can be found in The Abraham Lincoln
Papers at the Library of Congress;
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