Title	George B. McClellan portrait
Subject	McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Generals -- United States Military officers
Time Period	1860s
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	Print of George B. McClellan sitting at a desk folding a letter. A fellow union soldier is pictured in the background leading a horse by its reins. McClellan was a prominent 19th century American military and political leader, born December 3, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1842, McClellan received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated in 1846, ranking second in his class. McClellan resigned his army commission in 1857 to become involved in the railroad industry, and using his training in engineering from West Point, he served as an engineer for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and the Illinois Central Railroad. During this time, he lived primarily in Cincinnati, Ohio. With the beginning of the American Civil War in April 1861, McClellan reenlisted in the United States Army and played an important role in Ohio's early defense. Early in the war, General McClellan enhanced his reputation as a skillful military leader and was appointed as commander of the Army of the Potomac by President Abraham Lincoln. But after his unsuccessful assault on Richmond, Virginia, and his failure to defeat General Lee’s forces in the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln removed McClellan from his command in November 1862. McClellan never received another military command and later became one of Lincoln’s chief critics. In 1864, the Democratic Party selected McClellan as its presidential candidate to oppose Lincoln’s reelection, but Lincoln won the election by an overwhelming margin. McClellan resigned his commission in the United States Army and later became the governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881. He died on October 29, 1885.
Creator	Alonzo Chappel (Artist)
Date of Original	ca. 1861-1865
Collection	George B. McClellan Collection
Source	SC 3535
Format	picture Prints (visual works)
Extent	21.0 x 27.7 cm; 8.3 x 10.9 in
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SC3535_04.tif
Image Height	6544
Image Width	4958
File Size	97360508 Bytes
Date created	2011-02-25

George B. McClellan portrait

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