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General George B. McClellan had his own plans for the conduct of the US Civil War. His plan centered around three points. These were the legal and military consequences of secession, the status of slavery, and the division of power between the presidency and a proposed "Commander in Chief of the Army.McClellan did not favor slavery, however, the fact that a substantial part of the US was in outright rebellion against the Federal government meant that there was a just cause that had to be addressed. If such was the case, then the issue of slavery was not part of a reconciliation between the North and the South.

And, in order to prosecute the war in a logical and humane manner, the president only needed to be concerned with "Northern" issues.

The newly appointed "Commander of the Army" would conduct the war in such a manner as to bring each side to the bargaining table.



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