AUGUST 31, 1862:
The Union
field commanders fall to squabbling in the wake of Second Manassas: John Pope
demands reinforcements and Henry Halleck offers them conditioned on his
assuming overall command of the Army of Virginia. George McClellan, who is
supposed to provide the reinforcements upon Halleck’s Order, ignores them both.
Robert E. Lee chuckles, and Abraham Lincoln stomps his stovepipe hat flat in
frustration.
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