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Title
Major
General
George
B
.
McClellan
Subject
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union.
Description
Reproduction
of
George
B
McClellan
when
he was
Major
General
of the
Union
forces
.
George
Brinton
McClellan
(December
3
,
1826
–
October
29
,
1885)
was a
major
general
during
the
American
Civil
War
. He
organized
the
famous
Army
of the
Potomac
and
served
briefly
(November
1861
to
March
1862)
as the
general-in-chief
of the
Union
Army
.
Early
in the
war
,
McClellan
played
an
important
role
in
raising
a
well-trained
and
organized
army
for the
Union
.
McClellan's
knowledge
of what was
called
"
big
war
science
" and his
railroad
experience
implied
he would
excel
at
military
logistics
. This
placed
him in
great
demand
as the
Union
mobilized
. The
governors
of
Ohio
,
Pennsylvania
, and
New
York
, the
three
largest
states
of the
Union
,
actively
pursued
him to
command
their
states
'
militia
.
Ohio
Governor
William
Dennison
was the
most
persistent
,
so
McClellan
was
commissioned
a
major
general
of
volunteers
and
took
command
of the
Ohio
militia
on
April
23
,
1861
.
Unlike
some
of his
fellow
Union
officers
who
came
from
abolitionist
families
, he was
opposed
to
federal
interference
with
slavery
.
So
some
of his
Southern
colleagues
approached
him
informally
about
siding
with the
Confederacy
, but he
could
not
accept
the
concept
of
secession
. On
May
3
McClellan
re-entered
federal
service
by
being
named
commander
of the
Department
of the
Ohio
,
responsible
for the
states
of
Ohio
,
Indiana
,
Illinois
, and,
later
,
western
Pennsylvania
,
western
Virginia
, and
Missouri
. On
May
14
, he was
commissioned
a
major
general
in the
regular
army
. At
age
34
he
now
outranked
everyone
in the
Army
other
than
Lt
.
Gen
.
Winfield
Scott
, the
general
in
chief
.
McClellan's
rapid
promotion
was
partly
because
of his
acquaintance
with
Salmon
P
.
Chase
,
Treasury
Secretary
and
former
Ohio
governor
and
senator
.
Collection
SC
3535
Source
Frank
Leslie's
Illustrated
Famous
Leaders
and
Battle
Scenes
of the
Civil
War
(page
49)
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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File Name
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Image Height
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Image Width
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File Size
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Date created
2011-02-24
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