Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 to: Major General McPherson, Memphis.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05601.102 Author/Creator: Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 February 1863 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy
Marked private at the top. The list of promotions sent to the Senate by the President was not recommended or approved of by Halleck. "It is a political list, not a military one. I have done everything in my power to break up the system of political Generals, but of have utterly failed and given it up in dispair."
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