Thursday, January 27, 2011

Do Something Already

President Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter on January 27th 1862, directing General George B  McClellan to get his butt moving.

President Abraham Lincoln became convinced after waiting for months, that Union General George B McClellan had no plans of attacking the Confederate armies of Northern Virginia. The letter contained General War Order Number 1. It directed all Union land and naval forces to move to action. It specified a forward movement to begin on George Washington’s birthday. It’s unlikely that Lincoln really believed much would happen.

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