Gen McClellan

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War Service: April 1861 Maj.</div> <div>     Gen. of Ohio volunteers, commanded Dept of the Ohio, Rich Mountain, Corrick's Ford, May 1861 Maj. Gen. in Regular</div> <div>     Army, commanded Army of the Potomac, appointed general-in-chief November 1861, Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, his</div> <div>     army was given by Lincoln to Pope, returned after Second Bull Run, Antietam campaign, relieved of active duty,</div> <div>     unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate in 1864. Post War Career: Civil engineer, businessman, author, governor of</div> <div>     New Jersey. Note: Organized the Army of the Potomac brilliantly, but was reluctant to use it to fight.</div> <div> Name MCCLELLAN, George Brinton </div> <div> Born December 3 1826, Philadelphia PA </div> <div> Died October 29 1885, Orange NJ </div> <div> Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1846, duty in Engineers, Mexican war, constructed forts and harbors, instructor at West</div> <div> Point, observer in Crimean War, saddle designer, resigned US Army 1857, railroad executive. </div> <div> War Service April 1861 Maj. Gen. of Ohio volunteers, commanded Dept of the Ohio, Rich Mountain, Corrick's Ford, May 1861 Maj.</div> <div> Gen. in Regular Army, commanded Army of the Potomac, appointed general-in-chief November 1861, Peninsula campaign, Seven</div> <div> Days, his army was given by Lincoln to Pope, returned after Second Bull Run, Antietam campaign, relieved of active duty, unsuccessful</div> <div> Democratic presidential candidate in 1864. </div> <div> Post War Career Civil engineer, businessman, author, governor of New Jersey. </div> <div> Notes Organised the Army of the Potomac brilliantly, but was reluctant to use it to fight. </div> <div> Further reading</div> <div> Hassler, Warren W General George B. McClellan, shield of the Union Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1957</div> <div> Myers, William Starr General George Brinton McClellan : a study in personality New York, Appleton-Century, 1934</div> <div> Sears, Stephen W George B. McClellan : the young Napoleon New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1988</div> <div> The life, campaigns and public services of General McClellan (George B. McClellan), the hero of western Virginia! Mountain! and</div> <div> Atietam! Philadelphia, T. B. Peterson, 1864</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="They Were the 114th O.V.I."><U><IMG SRC="0781e240.png" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="They Were the 114th O.V.I."><U>back to home</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>   <A HREF="http://www.toolzone.com/isuite/bin/regsign.cgi?UID=TZ096430&APPID=GuestSign&LANG=english"> Sign my Guestbook </A> --- <A HREF="http://www.toolzone.com/isuite/bin/registry.cgi?UID=TZ096430&APPID=GuestSign&LANG=english"> View my Guestbook </A>  </div> <div>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://pub15.bravenet.com/counter/code.php?id=176950&usernum=1214804337&cpv=2"></script>   </div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="They Were the 114th O.V.I."><U><IMG SRC="0781e240.png" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>