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	George B. McClellan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		General McClellan also failed to maintain the trust of Lincoln, and proved to be frustratingly insubordinate to the commander-in-chief.
		McClellan was born in Philadelphia, the son of a prominent surgical ophthalmologist, Dr. George McClellan, the founder of Jefferson Medical College.
		McClellan's plan to seize Yorktown quickly was foiled when he discovered that the Confederates had fortified a line across the Peninsula, causing him to decide on a siege of the city, which required considerable preparation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_McClellan (8562 words)

	George McClellan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		McClellan was appointed to the staff of General Winfield Scott during the Mexican War (1846-48) and won three brevets for gallant conduct.
		McClellan believed that to keep resistance to a minimum, it should be made clear that the Union forces would not interfere with slavery and would help put down any slave insurrections.
		During the campaign McClellan declared the war a "failure" and urged "immediate efforts for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the states, or other peaceable means, to the end that peace may be restored on the basis of the federal Union of the States".
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWmcclellan.htm (3313 words)

	George B. McClellan American Civil War Union General
		McClellan attacked piecemeal and his attacks failed to crush Lee who was heavily outnumbered with his back to the Potomac River.
		Stephen Sears posits that "General McClellan's importance in shaping the course of the Union during the Civil War was matched only by that of President Lincoln and Generals Grant and Sherman." But McClellan was seen as a failure and history ignored him.
		McClellan biographer Sears has collected a treasure-trove for serious Civil War scholars: 813 letters, telegrams, memos, and other documents, over half of which are here published in their entirety for the first time.
	americancivilwar.com /north/george_mcclellan.html (1409 words)

	Mr. Lincoln's White House: George B. McClellan (1826-1885)
		McClellan was given command of the defenses of Washington on September 1, 1862 and then asked to "rectify the evil" of commanders who were not cooperating with General Pope in the retreat from Bull Run.
		McClellan was again given command of the Army of the Potomac before the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862—despite strong opposition to him within Congress and the cabinet.
		McClellan held off the Confederates because a Union soldier recovered General Robert E. Lee's battle plans, but was relieved of command on November 5, 1862 for his failure to pursue Confederate Army.
	www.mlwh.org /inside.asp?ID=137 (1140 words)

	Major General George McClellan - The Young Napoleon - Union commander at Antietam and in the Penisula Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		McClellan and the Army of the Potomac set out for the Peninsula in March, and the Union advance guard reached Yorktown by April 5th.
		Confederate General John Magruder put on such a good show with his 11,000 troops that McClellan was convinced that he had, “probably not less than 100,000 men, and possibly more.” He called for more reinforcements and his army sat down before Magruder’s defenses and prepared to conduct a formal siege.
		McClellan refused to take the advice of several of his officers to move at once to seize possession of the thinly defended city of Richmond.
	www.swcivilwar.com /mcclellan.html (1475 words)

	Civil War
		Union troops under General G.B. McClellan routed a small contingent of Confederate soldiers under Colonel Porterfield, in an affair known as the "Philippi races." The result was an almost bloodless firefight with five Union and two Confederate casualties, none of whom were killed Among the Federal casualties was Colonel B.F. Kelly, the field commander.
		This maneuver resulted in a rout of the Confederate forces with a large percentage being captured McClellan's forces moved east from this place and established a fort at Cheat Mountain summit.
		This skirmish was in concert with the larger Confederate assault at Cheat Summit fort.
	www.fs.fed.us /r9/mnf/rec/civilwar/general.html (1297 words)

	Articles
		General McClellan is credited with the quick training and mobilization of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
		General Charles P. Summerall, head of the Citadel in Charleston and Chief of Staff of the Army between 1926-1930, officiated at the ceremonies.
		General Wooten's tribute to the dedication and quality of service and training conducted by the thousands of military and civilians throughout the years at Fort McClellan will forever echo throughout the hills of northeast Alabama.
	www.mcclellan.army.mil /Info.asp (4799 words)

	General George McClellan's Vision
		General McClellan is not as well known as other military leaders, in America, but he did serve his country well, despite his faults and his disagreements with President Lincoln which eventually led to his removal from his Command.
		The General was unable to idenitfy the being standing before him, only a vapor having the gneeral outline of a man.
		McClellan awoke with a start and found himself in his room and spread out before him on the table were his maps.
	urantiagate.com /visions/GMcC.html (1008 words)

	Essay Depot - Jackson vs. McClellan
		General Lee said, to be a good soldier you must love the army, to be a good general you must be prepared to order the death of the thing you love, and therein lies the great trap of soldiering.
		McClellan was afraid to leave Washington until he had a large army so he stayed in Washington training and raising an army.
		Each general had their faults like Jackson didn’t get along with his aides and McClellan couldn’t commit his army, but they were both good generals in their own way.
	www.essaydepot.com /essayme/751 (1474 words)

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		General McClellan, with the head of his pursuing army, reached the "White House," at the head of navigation of the Pamunkey River, on the 16th of May. The "White House" and surrounding lands belonged to General Robert E. Lee's wife, which she inherited from Mrs.
		General Johnston, perceiving McClellan's apparent timidity and the real peril of his army so injudiciously divided by the fickle Chickahominy, marched boldly out from his intrenchments in front of Richmond, to attack the Nationals on the city side of the stream.
		General Johnston was severely wounded and borne from the field; and early in the evening, a bayonet charge by the Nationals broke the Confederate line into confusion.
	www.angelfire.com /ca6/minuteman/chapter123.htm (3778 words)

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		Under the guidance of General Robert E. Lee, portions of the Confederate army were separated by as much as twenty miles.
		McClellan, in his memoirs, confirms that General Marcy was with Hooker at Mt. Tabor Church during the battle, implying that Marcy's presence obviated McClellan's personal direction.
		It is probably this circumstance that prompted General McClellan to refer to Gibbon's men as the Iron Brigade with little knowledge that another Iron Brigade already existed.
	web.bytenet.net:81 /antietam/ironbrig.htm (2687 words)

	George Brinton McClellan, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army
		McClellan, George Brinton (November 23, 1865 - November 30, 1940), politician and university professor, was the older of two children and the only son of General George Brinton McClellan and Mary Ellen (Marcy) McClellan.
		Although McClellan was a man of considerable ability and even distinction, his rapid rise in politics was due almost entirely to Tammany's desire to capitalize on his famous name.
		As mayor, McClellan proved to be an efficient and imaginative administrator, with a wide knowledge of city affairs and an unchallenged reputation for integrity.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /gbmcclel.htm (1326 words)

	General George Brinton McClellan
		McClellan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 3, 1826.
		This resulted in the development of the "McClellan saddle," which was standard equipment in the army until mechanization eliminated horses in 1942.
		In 1864, McClellan was nominated for President by the Democratic Party but lost the election.
	www.nps.gov /anti/mccl-bio.htm (493 words)

	Peninsula Campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The operation, commanded by Major General George McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement intended to capture Richmond (the Confederate capital) by circumventing the Confederate Army in northern Virginia.
		McClellan was initially successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of General Robert E. Lee changed the character of the campaign and turned it into a humiliating Union defeat.
		McClellan spent the winter of 1861–62 training his new Army of the Potomac and fighting off calls from President Abraham Lincoln to advance against the Confederates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peninsula_Campaign (2552 words)

	General George McClellan by Toan Tran-Phu
		George Brinton McClellan would definitely be the landslide victor of the worst general of the American Civil War.
		On December 3, 1826, George Brinton McClellan was born in Philadelphia to a prominent Philadelphia surgeon.
		It was mostly McClellan’s fault that the Union did not win easily within the first two years.
	home.att.net /~betsynewmark2/CW02ToanTranPhu.html (4391 words)

	General George McClellan is Relieved of Command of the Armyof the Potomac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		General George McClellan is Relieved of Command of the Armyof the Potomac
		By direction of the President, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army.
		By direction of the President of the United States, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army.
	www.swcivilwar.com /MacRelieved.html (880 words)

	OpinionJournal - Featured Article
		As NATO chief, Gen. Clark, on the other hand, urged his Pentagon bosses to let him introduce ground troops into the war against Serbia, and he even was willing to use military force to stop the Russians from occupying an airport at Pristina, Kosovo.
		McClellan's big ego won him the nickname "The Young Napoleon." After he was relieved of duty, he decided to run for president.
		McClellan was also spiteful of his military and civilian leaders.
	www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=110004060 (1022 words)

	Chapter 10: American Military History, Volume I
		While he was in the field, Lincoln relieved him as General in Chief, doubtless on the ground that he could not command one army in the field and at the same time supervise the operations of all the armies of the United States.
		McClellan gave the President his assurances but failed to take Lincoln into his confidence by pointing out that he considered the Federal troops in the Shenandoah Valley to be covering Washington.
		McClellan delayed his attack until September 17, when he launched an uncoordinated series of assaults that drove back the Confederates in places but failed to break their line.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/AMH-V1/ch10.htm (9886 words)

	McClellan's Reluctance
		McClellan had a well-fed, well-equipped army which outnumbered the nearest Confederate forces three to one.
		Lincoln was urged by many to replace McClellan, but he decided to stick with the general for at least a little while longer.
		McClellan offered a counterplan: instead of a frontal attack at Manassas Junction, he proposed to float his army down the Chesapeake Bay, march overland to Richmond before the Confederates could block him.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/civil_war_1856_1862/112650 (351 words)

	George Brinton McClellan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After graduation from West Point in 1846, the youthful McClellan served in the Mexican War with displayed ability.
		At the start of the war, McClellan was put into a position of leadership.
		After a successful campaign in Virginia, McClellan was given command of the Army of Potomac, one of the Union's strongest army's, after its defeat at Bull Run.
	library.advanced.org /3055/graphics/people/mcclellan.html (212 words)

	McClellan Society's General George Brinton McClellan Home Page
		It moved in 1999 to http://www.civilwarreader.com/McClellan with the acquisition of that URL from Thomas Publications.
		The site offers robust McClellan advocacy, unusual archival materials and opinions and interpretations generally in contradiction to the prevailing wisdom.
		It is an outreach program for the McClellan Society.
	www.georgebmcclellan.org (388 words)

	Brinton Association of America: General George McClellan
		George Brinton McClellan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 3 December 1826.
		McClellan is perhaps best known for his service as General-in-Chief of the Union Army, 1861-1862, during the War Between the States.
		George Brinton McClellan is the great-great-great-great(4G)-grandson of William Brinton "The Colonist", as shown in the lineage chart below:
	www.brintonfamily.org /mclellan.html (161 words)

	John McClellan, Brigadier General, United States Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Born at Chicago, Illinois, April 11, 1847, the son of Colonel John and Jane Josephine (Walker) McClellan.
		He was in charge of ordnance depots, VII Army Corps, Jacksonville, Florida, and Havana, Cuba, 1898-99 (Spanish-American War) and served on the staff of General Brooke at Havana.
		His second wife, Emily Alice Halstead McClellan (1870-1932) is buried with him.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /johnmccl.htm (234 words)

	The Civil War . The War . Biographies of Key Figures . McClellan \| PBS
		An otherwise brilliant soldier whose differences with his commander-in-chief and others finally ended his career as Union Army leader, George McClellan often had to be ordered several times to take military actions.
		McClellan ran as the Democratic nominee against his former boss in the 1864 election, but lost to Lincoln once again.
		He later served as governor of New Jersey.
	www.pbs.org /civilwar/war/biographies/mcclellan.html (78 words)

	Lincoln Fires McClellan (Memory): American Treasures of the Library of Congress
		In response to Lincoln's concern about the slow pace of the Union troops under General George McClellan, the general responded "You may find those who will go faster than I, Mr.
		President; but it is very doubtful if you will find many who will go further." Mary Todd Lincoln, who believed her great antipathy to the general was shared by the public, advised her husband in this letter to remove McClellan from the command.
		Whether she influenced her husband's decision is unknown, but on November 5, 1862, Lincoln placed the Union forces under the command of General Burnside.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/treasures/trm061.html (176 words)

	George Brinton McClellan Biography
		Active in state politics, he served as New Jersey's governor in the late 1870's and early 1880's.
		He died on October 29, 1885, at Orange, New Jersey, and is buried in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton.(McClellan, George Brinton, McClellan's Own Story; Hassler, Warren W., Jr., General George B. McClellan: Shield of the Union; and Myers, William Starr, General George Brinton McClellan: A Study in Personality)
		Source: "Who Was Who In The Civil War" by Stewart Sifakis
	www.civilwarhome.com /macbio.htm (1003 words)

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