1 Kearny, Philip. Letters from the Peninsula: the Civil War Letters Of
Kearny, Philip. Letters from the Peninsula: The Civil War Letters of General Philip Kearny. Edited by William B. Styple. Kearny, N.J.: Belle Grove Publishing, 1988. P. 30 Very critical of McClellan, Stone, Ball’s Bluff, 30 Kearny claim credit for getting the rebels to retire from Manassas, 31 Death of Kearny’s son, 32 Thinks Franklin envious of him, 31 Complains about promotion, 33 Critical of McClellan, 34 Criticism of McClellan, 36, 41-42 Officials opening our mail and he blames McClellan, 44 Another broadside against McClellan, 45. Notes how he was respected in Mexico but is now slighted, 47 Rails against politicians and abolitionists, 47 Disparages McClellan’s Peninsula campaign, 50 Disparages his company officers, 50 Wounded men, Magruder, blames politicians for the war, 51 Officer appointments, 51 Disparages generals and corps commanders, 52 Sumner, Banks, Keyes, Heintzelman, McDowell, McClellan, Franklin, 52 Franklin, 53-54 Has seen Hooker, French, blasts McClellan, 54 Division command Heintzelman, 55 Division command,, 56 War run by men of small caliber including Stanton, 56 Critical of McClellan and siege, 56-57 Williamsburg, Franklin, 58-59 Bungling at Williamsburg, Hooker, Hancock, 60-63 Kearny report on Williamsburg [in OR], 66-69 Still complaining about not getting proper credit for Williamsburg and about McClellan. 72-88 Fair Oaks (Seven Pines), Heintzelman, 89-90 Silas Casey, Heintzelman, Kearny rescuing blunderers against, 91-92 Claims to have saved McClellan from disgrace again, 92 Report on Fair Oaks [in OR], 94-97 Confederate prisoner, 100 Kearny, Fair Oaks, McClellan, 101-2 Advice to a young officer, 107 Accuses McClellan of treason or political manipulation, 108-110.
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