The life of Abraham Lincoln, drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished . & 3 LINCOLNS SEARCH FOR A GENERAL 131 it, and man the fortifications around the city. He made theorder, and McClellan entirely justified the Presidents faithin him. He did put the army into form, and was able to fol-low at once after Lee, who was making for Maryland andPennsylvania. Overtaking Lee at Antietam, north of thePotomac, McClellan defeated him on September 17. Butto Lincolns utter despair, he failed to follow up his victoryand allowed Lee to get back so
The life of Abraham Lincoln, drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished . & 3 LINCOLNS SEARCH FOR A GENERAL 131 it, and man the fortifications around the city. He made theorder, and McClellan entirely justified the Presidents faithin him. He did put the army into form, and was able to fol-low at once after Lee, who was making for Maryland andPennsylvania. Overtaking Lee at Antietam, north of thePotomac, McClellan defeated him on September 17. Butto Lincolns utter despair, he failed to follow up his victoryand allowed Lee to get back south of the Potomac river;nor would he follow him, in spite of Lincolns reiterated urg-ing. It was this failure to move McClellans army fromcamp that sent Lincoln to visit him early in October. Hewould find out the actual condition of the army; see if, asMcClellan complained, it lacked everything and neededrest. He found McClellan with over 100,000 men aroundhim; two days of his visit he spent in the saddle reviewingthis force. He visited the hospitals, talked with the men, in-terviewed the generals, saw everything. What hi
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