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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08304 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Mary C. Hitchcock discussing Stanton, McClellan and the Civil War |
| Date | 10 April 1862 |
| Author | Hitchcock, Ethan Allen (fl. 1862) |
| Recipient | Hitchcock, Mary C. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "Staton is not an abolitionist...He has made himself so antipodal to Fremont..." Stanton also "hates McClellan quite as badly....McClellan's plan of attack via Yorktown was one of the worst conceived military enterprises ever undertaken..." Left Washington exposed until the President detained McDowell's Corps. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Abolition Lincoln's Cabinet Washington, D.C. |
| People | Hitchcock, Ethan Allen (1798-1870) Hitchcock, Mary C. (fl. 1862) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |