Abraham lincoln george b mcclellan. A tortured relationship ends when president abraham lincoln removes general george b. Formative task expand the chart begun in the first formative task and make an initial claim about the relationship between lincoln and mcclellan. Mcclellan ably built the army in the early stages of the.
Mcclellan in the generals tent after the battle of antietam maryland october 1862. George mcclellan for what lincoln felt was mcclellans timid pursuit of the confederate army especially following the battle of antietam 7 he might have added that mcchrystals comments resembled mcclellans famous jaccuse of the lincoln administration after losing a critical. Abraham lincoln and george b.
Styled the young napoleon by the press his battlefield successes and failures were eclipsed by controversies that arose between him and his superiors especially us. Telegrams between george b. President lincoln meets with general mcclellan.
Mcclellan and abraham lincoln june and july. Supporting question how did lincoln and mcclellans relationship deteriorate over the summer of 1862. Mcclellan 18261885 contributed by tom clemens.
Photograph by alexander gardner. Ranking 44 on the list of 150 most teachable lincoln documents. Abraham lincoln and gen.
In 1862 it was abraham lincoln who fired gen. George brinton mcclellan was appointed the commander of the army of the potomac in 1861 and then general in chief later that yearin march of 1862 he was removed as the general in chief while he was away from washington as. The 1864 united states presidential election the 20th quadrennial presidential election was held on tuesday november 8 1864in the midst of the american civil war incumbent president abraham lincoln of the national union party easily defeated the democratic nominee former general george b.
Photograph by alexander gardner. On november 13 1861 president abraham lincoln pays a late night visit to general george mcclellan who lincoln had recently named general in chief of the union armythe general retired to his. Mcclellan by a wide margin of 21221 in the electoral college with 55 of the popular vote.
Library of congress washington dc. Mcclellan was a major general in the union army during the american civil war 18611865. George brinton mcclellan december 3 1826 october 29 1885 was an american soldier civil engineer railroad executive and politician who served as the 24th governor of new jerseya graduate of west point mcclellan served with distinction during the mexicanamerican war 18461848 and later left the army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the american civil war 18611865.
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