Although George B. McClellan was a well respected officer in the US Army, he soon discovered that peace time promotions for junior officers was a slow process. He resigned from the US Army in 1857 to pursue a career in the private sector of the US.
General George B. McClellan
Based on his previous actions, and not just those at Antietam, Lincoln fired Major General George McClellan as general-in-chief of the Union armies and replaced him as commander of the Army of the Potomac with Ambrose Burnside.Lincoln was likely prompted by what he saw as the indecisive, overcautious nature of McClellan, who at Antietam thought that he was outnumbered when it was very much the reverse.
I am thinking it is General Robert E. Lee and General George B. McClellan. Not sure, but, heard from my teacher.
George McClellan
George b McClellan was a Union general. All the generals do is command their troops.
Lincoln fired several generals. He fired McClellan twice.
General George B. McClellan
Major General George Brinton McClellan.
George McClellan
General of the Union Army; fired by Lincoln for being too cautious
lincoln
Lincoln fired McClellan twice.
McClellan has that honor.
Based on his previous actions, and not just those at Antietam, Lincoln fired Major General George McClellan as general-in-chief of the Union armies and replaced him as commander of the Army of the Potomac with Ambrose Burnside.Lincoln was likely prompted by what he saw as the indecisive, overcautious nature of McClellan, who at Antietam thought that he was outnumbered when it was very much the reverse.
General George B. McClellan
I am thinking it is General Robert E. Lee and General George B. McClellan. Not sure, but, heard from my teacher.
General George B. McClellan.