Sunday, April 27, 2014

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George B. McClellan, November 5, 1862

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, November 5, 1862.
 Major-General McCLELLAN,  Commanding, &c.:

GENERAL: On receipt of the order of the President, sent herewith, you will immediately turn over your command to Major-General Burnside, and repair to Trenton, N. J., reporting, on your arrival at that place, by telegraph, for further orders.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
 H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 19, Part 2 (Serial No. 28), p. 545

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