McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885) to Henry Knox Craig
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.063 Author/Creator: McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885) Place Written: Hoboken, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 March 1869 Pagination: 3 p. ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy
McClellan writes to Craig, a brevet general who previously served as chief of ordnance. Discusses the appointment of Hunt's son to Annapolis Naval Academy. Asks if he should write to Admiral David Dixon Porter or Ulysses S. Grant to secure the appointment. Declares "Independently of my warm personal feeling of friendship for Hunt, I feel that the great service he rendered while under my command fully entitles him to far more than he asks, or ever can ask, from the Govt, & make it a simple matter of duty on my part to do whatever may be in my power to aid him."
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