. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ch time and material, and affording full opportunity to bring allthe resources of the country to its relief. At no time dming the war was theenemy able to undertake the siege of Washington, nor, if respectably garri-soned, could it ever have been in danger from an assault. The maximumgarrison necessary to hold the place against a siege from any and every quar-ter was 34,000 troops, with 40 field-guns; this included the requisite reserves. With regard to the formation of the Army o
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ch time and material, and affording full opportunity to bring allthe resources of the country to its relief. At no time dming the war was theenemy able to undertake the siege of Washington, nor, if respectably garri-soned, could it ever have been in danger from an assault. The maximumgarrison necessary to hold the place against a siege from any and every quar-ter was 34,000 troops, with 40 field-guns; this included the requisite reserves. With regard to the formation of the Army of the Potomac, it must sufficeto say that everything was to be created from the very foundation. Rawmen and officers were to be disciplined and instructed. The regular armywas too small to furnish more than a portion of the general officers, and avery small portion of the staff, so that the staff-departments and staff-officerswere to be fashioned mainly out of the intelligent and enthusiastic, but per- $ The words quoted are General Beauregards. (See Vol. I., p. 221).— Editors. 162 THE PENINSULAR. ^^-•WJ fe-£ -~V5? FORT ELLSWORTH. ALEXANDRIA. FORT LYON. VIEW OP ALEXANDRIA FROM THE CAMP OF THE 40TII NEW YORK A SKETCH MADE IN NOVEMBER, 1861. fectly raw, material furnished. Artillery, small-arms, and ammunition were tobe fabricated, or purchased from abroad; wagons, ambulances, bridge trains,camp equipage, hospital stores, and all the vast impedimenta and materialindispensable for an army in the field, were to be manufactured. So greatwas the difficulty of procuring small-arms that the armament of the infantrywas not satisfactorily completed until the winter, and a large part of the field-batteries were not ready for service until the spring of 1862. As soon aspossible divisions were organized, the formation being esseiitially completedin November. On the 1st of November, upon the retirement of General Winfield Scott, Isucceeded to the command of al
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