He would return to the railroad business in 1872 as president of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. Governor McClellanįollowing his presidential defeat, McClellan resigned from the army and spent several years in Europe. His campaign was marred by a schism that split the Democratic vote along pro- and anti-war lines.Ī staunch “War Democrat” committed to the preservation of the Union, McClellan was forced to battle elements of his own party in addition to Lincoln, and he was easily beaten. In 1864, the Democratic Party nominated McClellan to run against Lincoln for the presidency. Frustrated that McClellan had again failed to destroy Lee’s army, Lincoln officially removed him from command in November 1862. The Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day of combat in the Civil War, and while it was presented as a Union victory in the Northern press, it was in effect a tactical draw. After McClellan’s forces succeeded in breaching the Confederate lines, he once again stalled, keeping over a third of his army in reserve and allowing Lee to retreat into Virginia. Lee soon mounted an invasion of the North during the Maryland Campaign, and in September 1862 McClellan’s forces engaged the Confederates at the Battle of Antietam. Lincoln removed McClellan as general-in-chief in March of 1862, stating that McClellan needed to focus his full attention on an attack on the South. His inaction annoyed President Abraham Lincoln and newly appointed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, and in January 1862 they issued a general order instructing the Army of the Potomac to move south into Confederate territory. Despite having assembled a massive fighting force, McClellan was wary of the Confederate Army-which he believed, through faulty intelligence, to be much stronger than it actually was-and was reluctant to mount a mass offensive. That same month, McClellan succeeded Winfield Scott as general-in-chief of the Union Army. By November 1861, McClellan had assembled an army of 168,000 troops and fortified the capital of Washington, D.C. McClellan once again demonstrated his skill at marshalling his troops into a solid fighting unit, and his early command was marked by a period of high morale. Student Walkouts Ignited the Chicano Movement Following the Union debacle at the First. Styled the Young Napoleon by the press, his battlefield successes and failures were eclipsed by controversies that arose between him and his superiors, especially U.S. George Brinton McClellan was born on December 3, 1826, into an affluent family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. McClellan was a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War (18611865). McClellan would go on to mount a failed presidential bid against Lincoln in 1864, and would later serve as the governor of New Jersey. Frustrated by McClellan’s cautious tactics, Lincoln removed him from command. Lee’s Confederate Army at the Battle of Antietam. In 1862, McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign unraveled after the Seven Days Battles, and he also failed to decisively defeat Robert E. McClellan was well liked by his men, but his reticence to attack the Confederacy with the full force of his army put him at odds with President Abraham Lincoln. Army engineer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general during the Civil War.
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