McClellan's war [electronic resource] : the failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union / Ethan S. Rafuse.
Material type:
- McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
- McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 -- Military leadership
- United States. Army -- Biography
- Strategy -- History -- 19th century
- Command of troops -- History -- 19th century
- Generals -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- 973.7/41/092 B 22
- E467.1.M2 R34 2005eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Traditions and associations ... were all on the side of the old Whig Party" -- "I can do as well as anyone in both my studies and my military duties" -- Political realignment -- "A strong Democrat of the Stephen A. Douglas school" -- To kill secession -- "A new and strange position" -- Supreme command -- "You have no idea of the pressure brought to bear here" -- "What do you think of the science of generalship?" -- The Peninsula campaign -- "I do not like the . . . turn that affairs are taking" -- "He has acted badly" -- "To meet the necessities of the moment" -- "The most terrible battle" -- "It is my duty to submit to the presdt's proclamation & quietly continue doing my duty" -- The last campaign.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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