George B. McClellan submits a 22-page report arguing in favor of his plan to move the Federal Army of the Potomac down the Virginia coast by water.
Category: Politics
The U.S. Military Railroad
Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law that nationalizes the railroads and telegraphs for the war effort.
They Want a Victim
The Radical-dominated Joint Committee seeks to put the blame of the Ball’s Bluff disaster on the shoulders of Charles P. Stone, for both military and political reasons.
The President’s General War Order Number 1
Abraham Lincoln designates February 22 as ‘the day for a general movement of the Land and Naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces.”
Beauregard Gets Shipped West
Jefferson Davis arranges to send a troublesome general away from the Confederate seat of government at Richmond.
Two Distinct and Different Plans
General-in-Chief George B. McClellan develops a plan of attack and defends his military secrecy to increasingly skeptical politicians and subordinates.