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Q: Who kept the Union's General McClellan from taking the Confederate capital?
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The commander of the Unions Army of the Potomac at Antietam was Major General George B. McClellan.


What was the unions confederate capital during the civil war?

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The Unions goal in the Peninsular Campaign in March 1862?

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The situation early in the US Civil War in western Virginia did not involve any direct contact between generals Lee and McClellan.This changed in 1862, during the Peninsula Campaign. Union General George B. McClellan learned that Union prisoners at Confederate POW hospitals were suffering in that the Confederates lacked the proper medicines needed to treat wounded Union troops. There was an exchange of letters between generals Lee and McClellan, where the latter general informed Lee that he would be happy to send to the Confederates any medical supplies required to treat prisoners. Lee replied by letter that he thanked McClellan for the kindness, however, Lee had all the medical supplies required to treat all wounded soldiers, both his and the Unions. The letters were polite and proper.


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