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George B. McClellan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 3, 1826. He was the third of five children born to Dr. George and Elizabeth (Brinton) McClellan. His family moved within the upper ranks of Philadelphia society. Young George entered school at the age of 5. He attended private schools and a prep school before entering the ...
22 de dez. de 2021 · George B. McClellan was a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Styled the “Young Napoleon” by the press, his battlefield successes and failures were eclipsed by controversies that arose between him and his superiors, especially U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Following the Union debacle at the First ...
So it was that George McClellan imagined three Rebel soldiers for every one he faced on the Antietam battlefield. Every decision he made that September 17 was dominated by his fear of counterattack by phantom Confederate battalions. The testing of battle uncovered another McClellan failing – his management of his own generals.
George B. McClellan. George Brinton McClellan (* 3. Dezember 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † 29. Oktober 1885 in Orange, New Jersey) war ein US-amerikanischer Offizier und Politiker. Er war von 1861 bis 1862 Oberbefehlshaber des Unionsheeres im Sezessionskrieg, demokratischer Gegenkandidat Abraham Lincolns bei den ...
9 de nov. de 2017 · McClellan suddenly died on October 29, 1885, after suffering from chest pains for several weeks. He was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey. Cite this Article. Major General George McClellan was a Union leader during the Civil War who led the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula Campaign and at Antietam.
Date Of Death: October 29, 1885. Place Of Burial: Trenton, NJ. Cemetery Name: Riverview Cemetery. Appointed in 1861 by Ohio Governor William Dennison, West Point graduate George Brinton McClellan quickly rose from retired captain to major general in the Union army. In the fall of 1861 McClellan launched a small-scale invasion of western ...
Major General George B. McClellan’s candid letters to his wife and peevish exchanges with Union Army General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck during the Second Bull Run Campaign chronicle the Army of the Potomac commander’s disingenuousness—and also underscore his shocking unwillingness to support a fellow Federal officer in peril.
