Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln5. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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[1] ALS, RPB. McClellan's dispatch of May 14 complained that although he had ``more than once Telegraphed to the Secretary of War stating that in my opinion the enemy were concentrating all their available force to fight this army. . . .I have received no reply whatever. . . .'' Continuing, McClellan reported that he could not bring into battle more than 80,000 men against ``a much larger force, perhaps double my number,'' and asked to be reinforced ``without delay by all the disposable troops of the Government. . . . Any commander of the reinforcements. . . will be acceptable to me whatever expressions I may have heretofore addressed to you on that subject. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).
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