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One excuse McClellan gave for his timidity was the president’s decision to withhold Irvin McDowell’s corps, which had originally been slated to sail to the Peninsula. Lincoln changed that plan at the last minute when he discovered that Little Mac, in violation of orders, had not left enough men behind to guarantee the safety of Washington. The president was indignant when informed that only 19,022 raw troops were in and around the capital instead of the 40,000 to 50,000 recommended by McClellan’s division commanders. Such legerdemain would have justified Little Mac’s removal, but Lincoln had no confidence in the other generals of the Army of the Potomac.
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