Note 5 — Chapter II · THE SECOND ACT OF THE MCCLELLAN DRAMA
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McClellan says that he offered to General Hitchcock, "who at that time held staff relations with his excellency, the President, and the secretary of war," to submit a list of troops, to be left for the defense of Washington, with their positions; but Hitchcock replied that McClellan's judgment was sufficient in the matter. McClellan's Report, 683. VOL. II.