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How was Union General George B McClellan able to remain popular among the Northern public?
After the clear Union defeat of the Peninsula campaign, George B. McClellan remained a popular general and he had support of many newspapers. He and his Democrat allies had done much to present him as a great general that was the victim of the Lincoln administration. The press was able to place the blame on the Peninsula campaign disaster on Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. According to a report in the popular newspaper, the Spirit of the Times, McClellan had sent one of his favorite brigadier generals to New York City to explain McClellan's views on national policy to business leaders, politicians, journalists and the large NY City newspapers. These publications had a wide national readership. Clearly McClellan had made a positive imprint on the North and it would cause President Lincoln to wait after the 1862 Off-year elections to relieve McClellan of his duties. When Lincoln finally was assured after the November elections, it was safe to end McClellan's career, he did so.
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Who was the ineffective northern general and presidential candidate in the civil war?
George McClellan
Why is George McClellan important in the civil war?
McClellan was a Union commander and he repelled general Lee's first Northern invasion.
Who was the northern general in the Battle of Antietam?
Major General George B. McClellan was commanding the Federal Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Antietam.
Which northern general was a great army organizer but not anxious to commit it to battle?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was General McDowell replaced by?
General George B. McClellan
Which general was nicknamed Little Mac?
General George B. McClellan.
Did General George B McClellan Have Kids?
Yes, General George B. McClellan had children. He and his wife, Ellen Marcy McClellan, had three children: a son named George B. McClellan Jr. and two daughters, Mary and Ellen. The McClellan family was relatively private, and not much is widely known about the lives of his children.
Who was the general of the Battle of Antietam?
George B. McClellan
What did george b mcclellan do for the civil war?
he was a general
What general did Ambrose Burnside replace?
George McClellan
Who was the union general Antietam?
George Brinton McClellan.
Former union general who repudiated his party's copperhead platform and polled 45 percent of the popular vote in 1864?
George McClellan
