Fragment from a Confederate history rebuttal letter
A Washington correspondent's remark on Grant and McClellan prompts a Lynchburg Virginia writer to defend Confederate leadership. The piece argues McClellan faced greater early war odds, asserts Grant’s strengths, and pins Confederate failure on Davis's governance rather than superior Union numbers.
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