...something was, is evident from an order sent McClellan the day after he returned to Washington : " The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." This was on October 6. A week later, McClellan being still in camp, Mr. Lincoln wrote him the following...

...something was, is evident from an order sent McClellan the day after he returned to Washington : " The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." This was on October 6. A week later, McClellan being still in camp, Mr. Lincoln wrote him the following...

...himself how affairs stood. On his return to Washington he issued an order directing McClellan to " cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." This order McClellan declined to obey. On the tenth of that month, JEB Stuart, a dashing rebel cavalry...

...September. He retreated into Virginia, and was not pursued. Early in October McClellan was ordered to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him southward ; but, having delayed his advance for about three weeks, he was removed from his command,...

...wastes of the campaign. On October 6 Halleck telegraphed to him the President's peremptory order to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south ; but he wasted twenty days more in excuses and complaints before he began his crossing, though he...

...President visited and inspected the army, and on the 6th, General Hal leck telegraphed as follows: I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President...him south. Your army must move now, while the roads an' good. If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your operations,...

...FROM GENERAL HALLECK TO GENERAL GB MCCLELLAN WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 1862. Major-General McClellan: I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President...give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your must move now, while the roads are good. If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and...

...orders after returning to Washington. " The President directs," telegraphed Halleck on October 6, " that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the...south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good."1*7 On the following day, to emphasize the urgency of immediate action, the General-in-Chief...

...bridges — The President visits the army — The enemy active — The President orders McClellan to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him South — "Your army must move while the roads are good" — McClellan propounds some ridiculous questions — He asks for troops...

...received a telegram from General Halleck in which he was told that the President directed that he should cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. The want of clothing for his men and horses for his cavalry constituted General McClellan's reason...