Senator Zachariah Chandler, a Radical Republican, wrote that, "The President is a weak man, too weak for the occasion, and those fool or traitor generals are wasting time and yet more precious blood in indecisive battles and delays."
Senator Zachariah Chandler, en radikal Republikaner, skrev, at "Præsidenten er en svag mand, for svag til opgaven og de tåbelige eller forræderiske generaler spiller tid og mere dyrebart blod ved nyttesløse slag og forsinkelser".