Posted on 11/10/2022 4:53:04 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
SALEM, Va., Saturday, Nov. 8 -- 12 o'clock, noon.
The order relieving Major-Gen. MCCLELLAN from the command of the army of the Potomac was received at headquarters at 11 o'clock last night. It was entirely unexpected to all, and therefore every one was taken by surprise.
On its receipt, the command was immediately turned over to Gen. BURNSIDE.
Gen. MCCLELLAN and his Staff will leave tomorrow for Trenton, where he is ordered to report.
The order was delivered to him by Gen. BUCKINGHAM, in person.
His last official act was the issuing of an address to his soldiers, informing them in a few words that the command had devolved on Gen. BURNSIDE, and taking an affectionate leave of them.
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Nov. 9.
The removal of Gen. McCLELLAN, and the significant fact of his being ordered to report to his family at Trenton, have produced some excitement here to-day. At the hotels, crowds have been discussing the subject, and occasionally the feelings of some have found expression in language disrespectful to the President and disloyal the Government. The truly loyal and more sensible of Gen. MCCLELLAN's friends, however, whilst they regret his removal, acquiesce ie the action of the President, as the friends and admirers of other Generals have done on like occasions. It is certain that Mr. LINCOLN never performed a duty which gave him so much pain as did the removal of MCCLELLAN just at this time; but facts recently presentod in an official shape by the General-in-Chief made it clear to the President that he had but one course to pursue, and when these facts are given to the public, as they will be soon,
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Important News: Gen. McClellan Relieved of the Command of the Army of the Potomac – 2-3
Army Operations in Virginia: Stuart Again Defeated by Gen. Pleasanton – 3-4
Important from the Southwest: Gen. Grant’s Army Pressing Toward Holly Springs – 4
The Guerrillas in Kentucky: A Fight with a Rebel Force Under Fowler – 4
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 4
Editorial: The Removal of Gen. McClellan – 4-5
The Movements in Virginia – 5
A Brilliant Cavalry Officer – 5-6
Trial on Military Charges – 6
Terrible Disaster: Destruction of the Brooklyn Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum by Fire – 6
News from Fortress Monroe – 6
The State Assembly – 6
The Letter of Gen. Dix – 6
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These posts by Homer provide a daily dose of basic facts and understandings by the people who held them at the time.
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This article sings praises of Union cavalry commander Gen. Alfred Pleasonton.
Pleasonton will eventually be transferred to Missouri, where my ggf's 119th Illinois will march to support him against Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price at the Battle of the Big Blue River.
But long before the 119th can march to support Union cavalry Gen. Pleasonton, it will have two significant encounters with another "brilliant cavalry officer", a Confederate General, Nathan Bedford Forrest.
The editorial about McClellan is on the mark. McClellan was not ruthless enough to win. For all the sentimental legends about Lincoln, he was the most ruthless of them all. He knew what it was going to take to win. McClellan didn’t.
McClellan was a typical Democrat, he didn’t want to win the war, just build up enough troops to scare Confederates to negotiate a peace deal.
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