OCTOBER 24, 1862:
General McClellan still has not made a move to pursue Robert
E. Lee. After receiving McClellan’s latest letter, complaining of “sore-tongued
and fatigued horses,” President Lincoln’s patience is wearing thin.
In
response, the President demands to know, "what
the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antietam that fatigue
anything?"
Ominously for McClellan, General Don Carlos Buell is
relieved “for ineffective pursuit of the enemy” after Perryville, and is
replaced by General William Rosecrans.
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