GDG- Interesting quote

[Margaret D. Blough]

I believe that there was a McClellan critic within the Lincoln administration who expressed the opinion that: given the 1860 census figures as to the white males within the age ranges for military as a top figure minus the estimated number of soldiers in other Confederate armies and installations that the Pinkerton/McClellan estimates of the size of the Army of Northern Virginia were impossibly large.

Regards,

Margaret

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From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> "I have no sympathy with the numerous Southern historians, 
> nor with the Northern literary Mugwumps who always cipher the Federal 
> army up and the Confederate army down...." 
> 
> Laurie, 
> 
> Good quote. Thanks for sharing. It was the opposite with Union 
> generals 
> (e.g., McClellan, Hooker and Meade) who always ciphered the Confederate army 
> up and the Federal army down. 
> 
> Tom 
> 
> 
> 
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