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Hitchcock, Ethan A., fl. 1862 to Mary C. Hitchcock

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08304 Author/Creator: Hitchcock, Ethan A., fl. 1862 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 April 1862 Pagination: Order a Copy

"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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