McClellan's war the failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union / [electronic resource] :
Ethan S. Rafuse.
- Bloomington [Indiana] : Indiana University Press, c2005.
- xiv, 525 p. : ill., maps.
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.
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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--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865