| Title: |
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to George Brinton McClellan, May 9, 1862
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| Document type: |
Letter
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S1569-D030
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1862
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| Speaker: |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
12-Feb-1809
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Hardin County, KY; Kentucky; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Businessman; Lawyer; Politician; U.S. President; U.S. Representative
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| Age at speaking: |
53
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| Document location: |
District of Columbia
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| Document date: |
09-May-1862
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| People discussed: |
Charles Smith Hamilton; Edwin Vose Sumner; Erasmus Darwin Keyes; Hamilton, Charles Smith, 1822-1891; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880; Keyes, Erasmus Darwin, 1810-1895; Samuel Peter Heintzelman; Sumner, Edwin Vose, 1797-1863
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Charles Smith Hamilton; Edwin Vose Sumner; Erasmus Darwin Keyes; Hamilton, Charles Smith, 1822-1891; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880; Keyes, Erasmus Darwin, 1810-1895; Samuel Peter Heintzelman; Sumner, Edwin Vose, 1797-1863; U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Chain of command; Change of command; Economics; Generals; Military; Political rivalries; Politics
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S1569-D030-2105
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