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    3 iii . . 1 i . i ii I I I . J . Hi ii i ' ' ii ii i . 1 t i I ii II ¦ 1 fm—m— I nl 1142 The Publishers' Circular Oct . i , ig 86 1

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    WILL BE PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER . MCCLELLM'S OWN STOEY . The War for the TJnion , ; the Soldiers tvlio Fought it ; the Civilians who Direeted it ; and Sis Helations to it and to them * IB 3 T GEOE / OE IB . 3 VC OQ JL >? E 1 T- > JL > J ^ IX Late Majoh-General Commanding the Abjmies . Demy 8 vo . cloth extra , with Steel Portrait , Full-page Wood Engravings and Maps , price 18 s . Introduction by the author . fTIHE labour of years , in the preparation of my Memoirs , having been destroyed by - * - fire , it remains to recommence the tedious work and replace tlie loss as best I may . Fortunately my original papers are preserved . I have no present intention of publishing anything during my lifetime , but desire to leave , for the use of my children , my own account of the great events in which it was my fortune to take part . Therefore , should I live to complete my work , it will probably be found too voluminous for publication , and I anticipate the necessity of a judicious pruning to fit it for the public use . I have thus far 1 ined from any public reply to the various criticisms and misrepresentations of which I have been the subject , and shall probably preserve the same attitude during the remainder of my life . Certainly , up to within a brief period , party feeling has run so high that the pathway for the truth has been wellnigh closed , and too many liave preferred to accept blindly whatever was most agreeable to their prejudices rather than to examine facts . Moreover , during the Civil War I never sought rank nor command . Whatever of that nature came to me came by force of circumstances , and with no effort of my own . In the performance of the duties thus thrown upon me , I can , with a clear conscience , say that I never thought of myself or of my own interests , but that I steadily pursued the course which commended itself to me as best serving the true interests of my country , and of the gallant troops -whom I had the honour to command . I have , therefore , been able to maintain a calm front under abuse , and—whi . c far from claiming immunity from error—have remained satisfied with , the conviction that , after my death , at least , my countrymen will recognise the fact that I loyally served my country in its darkest hour ; and that other 3 , who during * their lifetimes have been more favoured than myself , would possibly have done no better under tne circurnstanccs which surrounded rae when , twice at least , I saved the Capital , on recreated and onco reorganised a great army . GEOKGK B . McCLELLAtf . November S , 1881 . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE , & RIVINGrON , 188 Fleet Street , E . C .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1886, page 1142, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101886/page/96/