Oct. 3, 1862 - Lincoln visits McClellan and Reviews V Corps at Grove Farm

Oct. 3, 1862

Lincoln visits McClellan and Reviews V Corps at Grove Farm 

Sharpsburg, MD

Grove Farm
— Antietam Campaign 1862 —

A Visit from the President

At the time of the bloody Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, this house was the home of Stephen P. Grove, and this was his farm. The Federal Army of the Potomac camped throughout the area after the battle; the Grove house became the headquarters of Gen. Fitz-John Porter, commander of the V Corps.

At the time of the bloody Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, this house was the home of Stephen P. Grove, and this was his farm. The Federal Army of the Potomac camped throughout the area after the battle; the Grove house became the headquarters of Gen. Fitz-John Porter, commander of the V Corps.

The men conferred at McClellan’s headquarters, then came here on October 3 to attend a review of the V Corps in nearby fields. Afterward they posed here for Alexander Gardner, one of Mathew Brady’s photographers. Lincoln and McClellan seemed to be taking each other’s measure, with the advantage going to the much taller president. Lincoln returned to Washington the next day. On November 7, Lincoln relieved McClellan, who finally had crossed into Virginia but still refused to give battle to Lee. The president’s search for a general who would fight and win continued until 1864, when Gen. Ulysses S. Grant took charge."

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