. Civil War officers. Union . <4 LINCOLN h. McClellan, a general ofthe Union Army, did insultone Abraham Lincoln, thesame being President ofthese United States, in theDoiley Madison House. The time: 97 years agoyesterday. The little - noticed trialwas held Tuesday night ina former stable adjoiningDolleys house at H streetand Madison in northwestWashington. Acting as judge was re-tired Maj. Gen. Ulysses III, a leader of aband known locally as theLincoln Group, a sort offan club for Lincoln. Twelve historians, re-search experts and CivilWar buffs composed thejury. And t
. Civil War officers. Union . <4 LINCOLN h. McClellan, a general ofthe Union Army, did insultone Abraham Lincoln, thesame being President ofthese United States, in theDoiley Madison House. The time: 97 years agoyesterday. The little - noticed trialwas held Tuesday night ina former stable adjoiningDolleys house at H streetand Madison in northwestWashington. Acting as judge was re-tired Maj. Gen. Ulysses III, a leader of aband known locally as theLincoln Group, a sort offan club for Lincoln. Twelve historians, re-search experts and CivilWar buffs composed thejury. And two members ofthe Lincoln Group servedas opposing attorneys. For years, it seems, Lin-coln admirers have knownthat the haughty McClel-lan had snubbed his com-mander in chief. But noone has ever determinedexactly where it happened,a mystery that has agi-tated historians. See LINCOLN—Page 17. GEN. McCLELLAN So they took it to trial in theformer stable. Mfhjch by dayhouses part of the governmentsNational Aeronautic and SpaceAgency <NASA). The first jyecg^Ipf evidencewas & photostatic eopyiof JohnHays* diary for Nov. 13, ,1801,in which Hays said: I wishhere to record a portent of evilthings to come. GOES TO BED . Hays wrote that he and Lin-coln were wafting at Gen. Mc-Clellans quarters to see thegeneral when McClellan camein, walked by the open door,went upstairs to, bed and sentdown word that he wasnt com-ing down. - . !■ , This sort of* established thecrime. But not the scene. Then Cassius 3\Jarcellus ClayKeller, an^ateur historian, tookthe stand and becgme the starwitness. • . He quoted a letter from Mc-Clellan to his wife on Aug. 13,1861, saying he was living . .in Commodore Wilks house off Jackson Square: DIFFERS Everybody present knew thatthe Doiley Madison House waslater the commodores bouse. An opposing witness;1 CharlesDorman of the Smithsonia
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