Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Major General George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, April 9, 1862 – 9 p.m.

CAMP WINFIELD SCOTT,
Near Yorktown,  April 14 [1862]9 p.m.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN:

I have seen General Franklin, and beg to thank you for your kindness and consideration. I now understand the matter, which I did not before.

Our field guns annoyed the enemy considerably to-day. Roads and bridges now progressing rapidly. Siege guns and ammunition coming up very satisfactorily. Shall have nearly all up to-morrow.

The tranquillity of Yorktown is nearly at an end.

 GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General, Commanding.

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 11, Part 3 (Serial No. 14), p. 98

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