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- GLC#
- GLC00343
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 16, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- General McClellan
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 card (recto) Height: 5 cm, Width: 8 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Shortly after General Winfield Scott's retirement as head of the U.S. army, Lincoln writes to General McClellan, Scott's successor. Lincoln asks him to find a place for Major Wright, a member of Scott's former staff. McClellan's note on the verso, dated March 8, 1862, refers the matter to a subordinate.
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