What are facts about George McClellan?

Answer 1

Here are a few...

• Though he fought for the Union, McClellan didn't support Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. He considered himself a democrat, therefore, he voted for Stephen A. Douglas.

• General McClellan had worked for Jefferson Davis a few years prior to the Civil War, from 1853 to 1857 to be exact.

• McClellan's grandfather was an American general in the Revolutionary War.

• Gen George B McClellan took a portable printing press into the field to print orders.

• A retired U S Grant waited for two days in Gen George McClellan's office hoping to get an officers commission. McClellan did not have time to see him. McClellan also snubbed Abraham Lincoln in McClellan's home. Lincoln went to see him to get him to move his troops against the enemy. Lincoln was asked to wait for a long time. When he asked a servant, Lincoln was told the McClellan has gone to bed.