Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB. Seward telegraphed from New York on June 29, ``Have you any later news from McClellan.'' (DLC-RTL). To Lincoln's reply as given above, Stanton added at the end as follows: ``To what the President has above stated I will only add one or two points that may be satisfactory for you to know.
``1st. All the sick and wounded were safely removed from the White House not a man left behind.
``2d A despatch from Burnside shows that he is in condition to afford efficient support and is probably doing so.
``3d The despatch from Col Ingalls impresses me with the conviction that the movement was made by General McClellan to concentrate on Richmond, and was successful to the latest point of which we have any information.
``4th. Mr Fulton says that on Friday night between twelve and one oclock General McClellan telegraphed Commodore Goldsborough that the result of the movement was satisfactory to him.
``5th. From these and the facts stated by the President my inference is, that General McClellan will probably be in Richmond within two days.
``EDWIN M STANTON''
[2] ``6 oclock PM'' was added by Stanton.
[3] Charles C. Fulton.
[4] Rufus Ingalls telegraphed Montgomery C. Meigs from Fort Monroe, 2:45 P.M., June 29, ``The White House depot was abandoned by me last night at sunset. . . . moving out from the narrow and tortuous Pamunkey some four hundred vessels laden with supplies, quite all of which I now have with me, en route to James River by Fort Monroe, if our arms are successful to-day and to-morrow at Richmond. . . .'' (OR, I, XI, III, 273).