President Lincoln with General McClellan at Antietam, Md, photographs by Alexander Gardner, October 3, 1862 President Lincoln on Antietam Battlefield, photographs by Alexander Gardner, October 3, 1862

    Shortly after the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln visited General George B. McClellan and urged him to pursue the retreating Confederates into Virginia. After McClellan failed to move, the frustrated president removed him from command.  
President Lincoln with General McClellan at Antietam, Md
and President Lincoln on Antietam Battlefield
photographs by Alexander Gardner, October 3, 1862


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