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G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army, Chapter 9: (search)
professional activity; but this excuse cannot be offered on behalf of a deliberate wrong. In a letter subsequently written to the Secretary of War, General Halleck says, The evacuation of Harrison's Landing, however, was not commenced till the 14th, eleven days after it was ordered. The authority for this statement — which is neither more nor less than that General McClellan had refused or delayed for eleven days to execute a military order — is a despatch from the latter, under date of August 14, which says,-- Movement has commenced,--by land and water. All the sick will be away by to-morrow night. This would have been absolutely impossible if nearly all of them were not already gone. Every thing being done to carry out your orders. At the date of this despatch, nearly all the sick, a large amount of supplies and materials, a regiment of cavalry, and five batteries of artillery had been removed, and the phrase movement has commenced referred obviously to the movement of th