Major General McClellan. My dear Sir. Your despatches complaining that you are not properly sustained, while they do not offend me, do pain me very much. Blencker's Division was withdrawn from you before you left here; and you knew the pressure under which I did it, and, as I thought, acquiesced in it -- certainly not without reluctance. After...Learn More

A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...Learn More