On December 1st, 1861, Abraham Lincoln sends a memorandum inquiring on the Potomac Campaign to George B. McClellan, Commanding General of the Army of the Potomac. In the memorandum Lincoln, asks three questions to McClellan, but his first question, “.. how long would it require to actually get in motion?” followed by the subsequent campaign plan to attack the Confederate Army at Centerville, highlights an underlying tone of anxiety. Furthermore, Lincoln suggests that the Confederates, if attacked on two fronts, would not be successful in resisting the Union. The proposed plan sounds very easy and straight forward for a veteran general, however, McClellan decides to camp out longer. Although, the document does not give a specific timeframe
