george mcclellan

     

George B. McClellan, portrait by Mathew Bray, 1861

Trivia about george mcclellan

  • This Union commander's men in the field called him "Little Mac"
  • Though relieved as Union Army chief in March 1862, he continued to lead the Army of the Potomac until November
  • Known as "Young Napoleon" & "Little Mac", he served as governor of New Jersey after the war
  • As the Civil War began, he was the model of a modern major general -- of the Ohio Volunteers
  • Lincoln took the command of the Army of the Potomac away from this man -- twice
  • After this general took his own sweet time to cross the Potomac, Lincoln replaced him with Burnside
  • Lincoln:"Pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since...Antietam that fatigue anything?"
  • In 1864 Democrats nominated this Union general for president, though he repudiated their platform

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