Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1886 — McClellan and Lee. [ARTICLE]

McClellan and Lee.

General Lee and I knew eacli other well in the days before the war. We had served together in Mexico and commanded against each other in the Peninsula. I had the highest respect for his ability as a commander, and knew that he was not a General to be trifled with or carelessly afforded an opportunity of striking a fatal blow. Each of us naturally regarded his own army as the better, out each entertained the highest respect for the endurance, courage, and fighting qualities of the opposing army; and this feeling extended to the officers and men. It was perfectly natural under these circumstances that both of i s should exercise a certain amount of caution ; I in my endeavors to ascertain Lee’s strength, position, and intentions before I struck the final blow; he to abstain from any extended movements of invasion, and to hold his army well in hand until he could be satified as to the condition of the Army of the Potomac after its second Bull Run campaign, and as to the intentions of its commander. — Gen. George B. McClellan. After the most exhaustive practical tests in hospitals and elsewhere, the gold medal and certificate of highest merit were awarded to St. Jacobs Oil, as the best pain-curing remedy, at the Calcutta International Exhibition. —.■■■' /■