10 April 1862
Hitchcock, Ethan A., fl. 1862
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Mary C. Hitchcock
"Staton is not an abolitionist...He has made himself so antipodal to Fremont..." Stanton also "hates McClellan quite as badly....McClellan's plan of attack via Yorktown was one of the worst conceived military enterprises ever undertaken..." Left Washington exposed until the President detained McDowell's Corps.
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