Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Edwin M. Stanton to Major General George B. McClellan, March 13, 1862

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 13, 1862.

Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN:

General Patrick was nominated upon your request several days ago. I took the nomination myself to the President, and saw it signed by him, and will go to the Senate to-morrow to urge the confirmation. Any others you may designate will receive the like attention. Nothing you can ask of me or this Department will be spared to aid you in every particular.

EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5 (Serial No. 5), p. 752

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