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Why can it be argued that the removal of General George B McClellan was an act of bad timing?
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With the off year political elections over, the Republicans remained in power despite some seats going to Democrats. Since that being the case, removing McClellan could have waited. Hindsight is 20-20 however, McClellan's replacement, Ambrose Burnside had twice refused the promotion offered to him by President Lincoln. The end result was the Union disaster at Fredericksburg.
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