 | Russell Frank Weigley - History - 2000 - 662 pages
...all, a War upon population; but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial organization of states or forcible abolition of slaven should be contemplated for a moment."0 ". . . all private property and unarmed persons," McClellan... | |
 | John Waugh - History - 2009 - 478 pages
...the political organizations that ran those armies. Slavery must not be touched: "Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial...of slavery should be contemplated for a moment." In short, the letter said, there should be the constitution as it is and the Union as it was. 14 This... | |
 | David J Eicher - History - 2002 - 992 pages
...population," wrote McClellan, "but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial...abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment." Six days after lecturing the commander- in- chief, McClellan confided to his wife a few lines about... | |
 | History - 2003 - 260 pages
...against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political execution of persons, territorial organization of States, or...abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment." McClellan particularly warned that "A declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 532 pages
..."neither confiscation of property, political executions of prisoners, territorial organization of 305 states or forcible abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment." Any "declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present armies."... | |
 | Jennifer L. Weber - History - 2006 - 304 pages
...not seek to "subjugate" Southerners, nor should it target civilians, he said. "Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial...abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment." If the government appropriated slaves, the owners should be compensated, he argued. "A system of policy... | |
 | Gary W. Gallagher - History - 2006 - 416 pages
...all, a War upon population; but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial...abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment. Pillage and waste should be treated as high crimes."10 Even if McClellan would have preferred not to... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...all a war upon population, but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial...abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment. . . . Unless the principles governing the future conduct of our struggle shall be made known and approved,... | |
 | Harold Holzer, Edna G. Medford, Frank J. Williams - History - 2006 - 180 pages
...subjugation of the people of any state," he wrote. "Neither confiscation of property, political execution of persons, territorial organization of States, or...abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment ... A declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present... | |
 | Frank Van der Linden - History - 2007 - 332 pages
...General Pope's rough treatment of civilians in Virginia, McClellan continued: "Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial...states, or forcible abolition of slavery should be considered for a moment," continuing, In prosecuting the war, all private property and unarmed persons... | |
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It should not be a war looking to the subjugation of the people of any State, in any event. It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political executions of... 
