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He was called Little Mac and the Young Napoleon. Part of the reason for this was that McClellan was a student of the Napoleonic wars, and that his intellect was high as was Napoleon's.

He was called Little Mac and the Young Napoleon by the Union side in the war. He was known in the south as "The Virginia Creeper" after his performance during the Peninsula Campaign.

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