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the potomac finally embarked on this great peninsular campaign in the spring of 1862, mcclellan appointed fitz john porter director, year of the siege of yorktown and with his usual methodical precision, the operations were conducted with skill. but mcclellan's favorite infuriated pro administration officers, including own corps commander samuel heintzelman, who groused that mcclellan is giving great satisfaction in this army, particularly about general porter. no matter. on may 18th, 1862, mcclellan to subdivide the existing corps of the army of potomac and handed one of the new commands. the fifth corps, to porter. the peninsula campaign did not end well for mcclellan, for whom the seven days battle in june concluded with the army of the potomac backed into a tight perimeter around landing on the james river. porter, however, did remarkably well in corps command, gallantly standing off a savage attack by ely's army of northern virginia gaines mill on june 27th and mowing down lee's confederates from the heights of malvern. on july 1st, mcclellan and evidently plan to cross to the south side of th

the potomac finally embarked on this great peninsular campaign in the spring of 1862, mcclellan appointed fitz john porter director, year of the siege of yorktown and with his usual methodical precision, the operations were conducted with skill. but mcclellan's favorite infuriated pro administration officers, including own corps commander samuel heintzelman, who groused that mcclellan is giving great satisfaction in this army, particularly about general porter. no matter. on may 18th, 1862, mcclellan to subdivide the existing corps of the army of potomac and handed one of the new commands. the fifth corps, to porter. the peninsula campaign did not end well for mcclellan, for whom the seven days battle in june concluded with the army of the potomac backed into a tight perimeter around landing on the james river. porter, however, did remarkably well in corps command, gallantly standing off a savage attack by ely's army of northern virginia gaines mill on june 27th and mowing down lee's confederates from the heights of malvern. on july 1st, mcclellan and evidently plan to cross to the south side of th

the storehouses from a dose of calomel to a mcclellan's saddle. johnworsham, the 21st virginia infantry, said it best, i think, to see a starving, eating lobster salad and drinking wine barefoot and in tatters was curious. probably the understatement of the century. and then he ended saying, i think the best way of putting the whole thing was indescribable. but for jackson's men now, they spent much of that day gathering as many of the supplies as they possibly could, with the exception of a lot of the whiskey, the barrels of which had been ordered to be broken open by jackson and poured the streets. the roads surrounding manassas jackson that jackson's men did not get in to the whiskey supply and ruin their effectiveness later in the day, when surely their combat effectiveness would be needed. now. well, two of those three divisions of jackson's column that had accompanied him on the march around pope's army were enjoying themselves at manassas junction. there was still work to be done by last. of those three divisions and that was under the of an abl

mcclellan. especially general fits john porter, most randomly paraded. george temple ten strong, the new york lawyer and treasurer of the u.s. sanitary commission hinted at what would emerge as a continuing theme. that mcmullen, after reporter, and others had long been personally friends, allies, and political convenience with jackson, lee, and joe johnston. that they were looking for an opportunity to agree on some compromise or adjustment, turn out lincoln and his black republicans, and use their respective armies to enforce their decision north and south. the new york tribune was even more -- to finger him for lying. >> i was with pope's army is a correspondent, wrote a new page, porter did not intend to help pope win that battle. pope submitted a preliminary report on september 4th, the next day lincoln suspended porter from command in ordered the court of inquiry into pope's conduct at the run. that should have spelled the end for porter's military career. it didn't, because the crisis that prevailed in the wake of popes bowler and disaster was so b

john whelan from washington, d.c.. not as much of a question but for those of you who are into this photography stuff, the photo of mcclellan and lincoln you showed, does frye has identify the exact spot where that was taken. he lives on burnside's headquarters. across the street there is a property and that is where that was take it. on the anti battlefield. they have identified exactly where that was. >> we can go back and find it, yes, you, sir. >> two items. it's interesting how people always try to associate one president to lincoln. i remember when jfk was assassinated, they had to invent people in his cabinet to show how close these two people are. also, perhaps, looking at george w. bush because both were seen as fools, idiots, warmongers, tyrants, by the democrats when they ran for office. and their presidencies were primarily focused about, as you showed before, a surprise attack and a war that followed it. >> that's an interesting point. fdr was that by many people to be a lightweight, a delicate and, a richmond dabbling in something which he was not trained. which is of course a false impression. >> i think roos

john willen from washington dc not as much of a question, but for those of you who are really into this photography stuff the photograph of mcclellan the lincoln that you showed. dennis frye who has identified the exact spot where that was taken it was he lives in on burnside's headquarters the house that was burned and across the street. there's a property and that's where that was taken on the antietam battlefield. so david identified exactly where that was. so we can go back and find it. thank you. yes you sir two items one is it is interesting how people always try to associate one president to lincoln. i remember when jfk was assassinated they had to invent people in his cabinet to show how close these two people are and maybe want to comment on that also, perhaps looking at george w bush because both were seen as fools idiots and warmongers and tyrants by the democrats when they ran for office and their presidencies were primarily focused about as you showed before here a surprise attack and the war that followed it. that's an interesting point and and fdr was thought by many people to be a lightweight and a dilettante and a