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^ "The President at West Point". The New York Times. New York. June 26, 1862. p. 8. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. the President and Gen. Scott spent several hours in discussing the state of military affairs, the doings and misdoings of certain Generals, the desirability of continuing the existing Departmental divisions, the necessity of further enlistments, the prospect of the armies of the Potomac and of the Virginia valleys . . . .

^ "The President at West Point". Brooklyn Evening Star. New York. Copy from N.Y. Express. June 25, 1862. p. 3. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. they were in earnest conversation for five hours

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