...that the fault was in the demoralization of McClellan's army. "Two weeks only had elapsed," he says, " since he had taken command of this army, or rather...fire, constitutes the superiority of old troops." This criticism is altogether erroneous. The Potomac army, excepting possibly the First and Twelfth...

...Pope's campaign. According to the Comte de Paris, " two weeks only had elapsed since McClellan bad taken command of this army, or rather this disorganized...fire, constitutes the superiority of old troops." This averment is pronounced by Gen. Walker "altogether erroneous." He declares that the Potomac Army,...

...that the fault was in the demoralization of the army, taking the ground that two weeks only having elapsed since he had taken command of this army, or...fire, constitutes the superiority of old troops." The Comte de Paris could have had no reference to the conduct of the Ninth New Hampshire, for, raw...

...despatches." In the History of the Civil War,1 we find: "Two weeks only had elapsed since he [McClellan] had taken command of this army, or rather this disorganized...the borders of the Antietam, on the afternoon of the I5th [of September], he had only two divisions with him . . . The obstructions of the road, the fatigue...

...demoralization in Pope's campaign. According to the Comte de Paris, " two weeks only had elapsed since McClellan had taken command of this army, or rather this disorganized...fire, constitutes the superiority of old troops." This averment is pronounced by Gen. Walker "altogether erroneous." He declares that the Potomac Army,...