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how is the phase "all quiet along the Potomac" connected to the reason President Lincoln lost patience with General George McClellan?

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It's connected because he kept reading and hearing that phrase and McClellan wasn't doing anything and Lincoln just wanted peace and for the war to be over
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General George McClellan kept saying that phrase to Lincoln, and Lincoln lost his patience with his general, as he wasn't doing anything to end the war quickly. Lincoln just wanted to end the war, but McClellan just told him, "All quiet along the Potomac," over and over again!

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