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134 • LINCOLN THE UNKNOWNIt was to be a long war. He saw that now. So he asked Congressfor a levy of four hundred thousand men. Congress raisedhim a hundred thousand, and authorized half a million to servefor three years.But who could lead them? Old Scott, unable to walk, unableto get out of bed without a harness and pulley, and snoring theafternoon away during a battle? Absolutely not. He was slatedfor the discard.And there now gallops into the limelight one of the mostcharming and disappointing generals that ever sat in a saddle.Lincoln's troubles were not over. They were just beginning.
19D uring the first few weeks of the war a handsome younggeneral named McClellan marched into West Virginia withtwenty cannon and a portable printing-press, and whipped afew Confederates. His battles didn't amount to much—mereskirmishes. That was all. But they were the first victories of theNorth, so they seemed important. McClellan saw to that; hedashed off scores of dramatic and bombastic despatches on hisportable press, proclaiming his achievements to the nation.A few years later his absurd antics would have been laughedat; but the war was new then, people were confused and eagerfor some kind of leader to appear; so they took this boastfulyoung officer at his own valuation. Congress offered him a resolutionof thanks, people called him "the Young Napoleon," andafter the defeat at Bull Run Lincoln brought him to Washingtonand made him commander of the Army of the Potomac.He was a born leader of men. His troops would burst intoapplause when they saw him galloping toward them on his whitecharger. Besides, he was a hard and conscientious worker; hetook the army that had been crushed at Bull Run, drilled it, renewedits self-confidence, and built up its morale. No one couldexcel him at that sort of thing; and by the time October camehe had one of the largest and best-trained armies that had everbeen seen in the Western world. His troops were not only trainedto fight; they were eager for the fray.Every one was crying for action—every one but McClellan.135
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PART TWO
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28In 1863 a group of Virginia slave
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BIBLIOGRAPHYBadeau, Adam. Grant in
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