he writes general mcclellan. yours of yesterday received. i intended no injustice to any and if i done any, i deeply regret it. but to be told of total inaction of the army and during which period we have sent to that army every fresh horse we possible apply could amounting to the whole to and leads a plank space that the horses were too fatigued to move and presented a hopeless prospect for the future and may have something of impachens into my dispatchers. if not recruited and rested there, when could they ever be. he is writing in response to a report that mcclellan's staff sent to him. they couldn't pursue it at the moment because the horses were fatigued and suffering from sore tongues. linchingon had to be frustrated when he got the report pack. he left a gap there. and when he completed this letter, i think lincoln wanted to know the exact number of horses he sent general mcclellan and his army and linchingon found out 7,918 horses to mcclellan. he is frustrated, but how much longer is he going to have patience. an election comes up i

george mcclellan has never heard it. the general protested, not now. i would prefer to hear it some other place and time. gave politicalgn cartoonists unbridled opportunity to exploit this failure theme of lincoln's compulsive jesting. in the cartoon columbia demands are children, and angrier -- columbia says mr. lincoln, give me back my 5000 sons. was the fact is, by the way, that reminds me of a story. machineoon running the has lincoln laughing at his own jokes while the new secretary of the treasury turns out greenbacks. antietam, the bogus episode offer the best target of attack. especially potent was a poorly executed cartoon headed commander-in-chief can ciliates the soldiers vote on the battlefield, which you also have in your papers. it places lincoln at the center in a long cloak and holding a cap, a reminder of disguise was said to have worn when cutting short a journey to washington as president-elect. several dead bodies are being carried from the field as an officer tends to a wounded soldier. signals his figure distress by holding a hand

wrote mcclellan. tactics such as these resulted in a two-year stalemate with high casualties on both sides. lincoln feared the northerners, tired of war, and sickened by the long list of casualties in northern newspapers, would call for a piece that allow for southern independence. lakin raise the stakes of the war on general are first-come 1863 by issuing his emancipation proclamation. according to his document, the rebellious southern states would not return to the union with slavery in place. by this time, general mcclellan had been sacked by lincoln and other generals had been called -- calling for a more aggressive war, generals grant and sherman were raiding plantations later and confiscating and killing livestock, and confiscating -- after vicksburg fell in early july, sherman boasted that the land is devastated for 30 miles around. his work masterpieces were his capture of atlanta and subsequent march to the sea. he burned much of atlanta and commenced his march. atlanta is in ruins with black

well, not forced to lay siege, it's mcmillan -- mcclellan. officers battle, these of the monitor, these people are heroes. , who kind ofr looks like john lennon there, right? [laughter] he willstein: anyway, when you walk into an eating establishment at monroe, you didn't have to pay a thing. daniel toffee had to take a message to washington. daniel toffee was the captain's click. wasent into the hotel and defeated with the most lavish meal -- fed with the most lavish meal. these guys were on the little ships that saved the nation. that made them heroes. that thehing is monitor will serve during the peninsula campaign. the monitor was not a nice ship to serve on. number one, she is painted black until august, and light gray then. in july, she is painted black, in the james river where the temperature in the engine room is up over 130. in the galley, which is next to the boilers, it is 140 degrees. mosquitoes and flies have gotten into the area. one of them said the mosquitoes was as big as hummingbirds. serving in, after support of the penins

well, not forced to lay siege, it's just mcclellan. that's another lecture i have to tell you. so, after the battle, these people, these are the officers of the monitor, these people are heroes. william keeler, who kind of looks like john lennon there, right? [laughter] mr. quarstein: anyway, he will write that when you walk into an eating establishment at monroe, you didn't have to pay a thing. in fact, daniel toffee had to take a message to washington. daniel toffee was the captain's clark. he went into the hotel, and was feeded with the most lavish meal. basically, these guys were here because they were on the little ship that saved the nation. that made them heroes. the big thing is that the monitor will serve during the peninsula campaign. i want to tell you, the monitor was not a nice ship to serve on. number one, she is painted black until august, and light gray then. in july, she is painted black, in the james river. the temperature in the engine room is up over 30 -- 130. in the galley, which is next to the boilers, it is 140 degrees. mosquitoes and flies had gotten in

what the these mcclellan and they decide is that they will be used this opportunity to put the warren court entre. to basically bring abe fortas before their committee and grill him on the variety of the warren court decisions. so instead of a routine hearing, what he gets what fortis gets is very detailed questions about specific warren court decisions that he he doesn't have consistent answers. sometimes he said he will defend the decisions and sometimes he said he cannot talk about them because he cannot talk about how the justice can talk about how the court may decisions. and the committee also starts asking questions about fortresses advice to johnson. it is highly improper. the supreme court justice should not be providing political advice to a sitting president. everyone knew fortis was doing a. fortis said he cannot give advice because that would be an improper intrusion into the courts freedom advection. and the can three conservative democrats and that doesn't make sense if you're willing to talk to the president is not willing to talk to the senate, that seems to be not re

. >> as she reads a book about trumpeter swans, mary mcclellan takes time tohow the girls the birds' big wingspan. but the kids will tell you it's the relationship they value as much as the learning. >> mr. fox is a nice and kind m man. he likes meeting with kids individually because he likes to know them better. >> it's nice to be with someone older, because i t jusnk she's wise. >> reporter: and the seniors entertained with some of t questions they get from the kids zp . >> i have white hai once i'm 100? in fairfax county, j i'mie carrie, news 4. >>> up next, d.a.'s troubd.c.'s troubled va medical center rushing to meet a deadline. ♪ find a world of inspiration. find something you love today. unique selection. unbelievable prices. homegoods. go finding. my name is brittney. is the toasty englffin.about the egg white grillh it's toasted perfectly-it's just a little crispy, but not, like, hard crispy, but just crispy enough that when you bite into it everything is perfect. my name is kurtis and i love the egg white grill because the egg itself. it's soft and fluffy like a pillow. and

this is mcclellan's headquarters , or according to someone, it was hooker's headquarters and mcclellan spent some time there. some people believe this was taken before the war, before the battle. i am not so sure. this is an e.m. recher photograph. e.m. recher had his studio in the town of figures down. -- town of hagerstown. came3th massachusetts there in december of 1861, and one of the boys wrote, to his wife, saying, we went to hagerstown to get a picture did not haveher the equipment to take a picture in the street, so we had to cram into his studio to take the photograph. recher could not get his equipment down on the street, i cannot imagine he would get his camera 12 miles away to take a picture of a nondescript farm. it does not make any sense. what makes more sense is that after the battle when this became the headquarters of the amazingmy in the most thing that ever happened in this area, it would make more sense he would have a photograph taken here. let's take a look at what evidence we might see that would support that. this is alexander gardner's picture, taken the day a