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Gen. Mcclellan And The Army Of The Potomac

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Day
26
Month
December
Year
1862
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Public Domain
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ïlie general atttUibnient of the soldicrs of tho Arm}7 of the Potomac to General MoClellan, ia a fact, abundant evidonco of wbich will bo diseovered by apy one who keeps bis eyes and ears opcu, and visits the araoy. It rriay be, as some who have stupificd themselves with the idoa that McClellan i.s half idiot and half traitor, assert, that this is " one of the marvels of the times." But it is a trutli that cannot be evailod, and must havo irs place in hiatory. What may be its political or military beaiTnga, I do not propone to discuss. I state the case as it stands. Certainly it is desirable that Gei). McGlellan should show himself in all thiugs woi-ihy the affoction that bis o!d soldicrs be;ir liim. It is a compli ment far outracking, in anv justestiniato of that which 8 desirabe, all tfaat the rarest and bighest partirán political suc cues can bestow. The soldiers say of hiin, that he cared for thom - that he was watcbful that their wants should be suppHud - that he stood betwetn them and tlie vulturcs, who, iu the ühapo of coutractorn, devour the life of armics - that he noticed soldiers as men - bowed and smiled, and Iifted bis cap to tbeui - would ask a barefooted man what had beoome of bis shoes, and a sick man what was the matter wilh hlfil. Iu a word, he sacmed to take a huirían iuteresi lü the men. If it is, I wish u few more of our Generáis knew how to play the demagoguo, so as to secure the abidihg eoiiüJencie of tbc soldiers. Gen. Bayard, of the cavali - a chivalrous young oÖicer, without fear or reproacb, as the old chevaiier of the saino name - was mortally wounded by a shell iu Saturday's battle, and liv;d until next morning. During the night ho was in perfect possession of bis faoulttes, and dictatcd gererai letters - one to bis fathcr, óne to the yöUDg lady to whoni bo was ongaged ta bo marriad, and one to Col. Oolburn, of Gen. McCleüan's staflF. In the letter to thu latter he said : " Teil McClellan that my last regret, as a military man, is tbat I did not die .erving ü;der bim'.

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