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McClellan's Own Story - The War for the Union; The Soldiers Who Fought It and The Civilians Who Directed It (Paperback)
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McClellan's Own Story - The War for the Union; The Soldiers Who Fought It and The Civilians Who Directed It (Paperback)
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1887. And His Relations to It and to Them. The author's account of
the Civil War. McClellan, Union general in the American Civil War,
graduated from West Point, served with distinction in the Mexican
War and later worked on various engineering projects, notably on
the survey for a Northern Pacific railroad route across the Cascade
Range. Resigning from the army in 1857, he was a railroad official
until the outbreak of the Civil War. George McClellan had proven
himself to be an efficient organizer with strong personal
magnetism. For this reason, and some successes in West Virginia,
President Lincoln approved him Major General in the regular army.
He was outranked only by General-in-Chief Winfield Scott. He
reorganized a disjointed and poorly disciplined army, which gained
him the respect and approval of his men. However, his military
operations soon became a frustrating series of lost opportunities.
He consistently overestimated his opposing forces, and his
carefully devised plans were lacking in execution. After the Battle
of Antietam, he was ordered to turn over his command to his good
friend Ambrose E. Burnside and to go home to New Jersey to await
further orders. They never came. He later served as Governor of New
Jersey.
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