President and several members of cabinet arrive at 12:30 PM at Munson's Hill, Bailey's Cross Roads, Va., approximately six miles from the White House, to review with General George B. McClellan 70,000 troops in "the largest and most magnificent military review ever held on this continent." National Republican (Washington, DC), 21 November 1861, 2:2; Nicolay to Bates, 21 November 1861, John G. Nicolay Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.