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Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 37: (search)
lellan again called to the command. the battle of Antietam. a Union victory. a few thoughts about the Union Commander. McClellan's removal from command and his farewell address. On the second day of September, 1862, the following order was issued: War Department, Adj't-General's Office, Washington, Sept. 2, 1862. Major-General McClellan will have command of the fortifications of Washington, and of all the troops for the defense of the Capital. By order of Maj.-Gen. Halleck,E. D. Townsend, Ass't. Adj't.-Gen. At this time the Federal troops, under General Pope, were retreating in great disorder from the disastrous defeat in the Virginia campaign, and the roads leading to Washington were, for the second time during the war, filled with stragglers from the ranks, making their way to the capital. It will be remembered that while McClellan and the main Eastern army were in the Peninsula, the divisions of McDowell, Fremont and Banks were, by orders of the government, hel