Summary
The fall of 1861 is bereft of major fighting until Union Major Gen. George B. McClellan gets a disastrous battle going -- by telegram.
Oct. 21, 1861, witnesses a badly coordinated attempt by Union forces to cross in boats from Maryland to the Confederate-held Virginia side of the Potomac River, northwest of Washington. Their aim: to seize a key railroad juncture at Leesburg, Va. But Union forces will get no further than the steep Virginia slope of the Potomac riverbank at the Battle of Ball's Bluff.See the full content of this document
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; 1861 - War by Telegram
It all began with a line in a seemingly innocuous McClellan tele...
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