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General George Brinton McClellan was a Union general during the US Civil War. He is most profoundly known for "winning" the battle at Antietam. He was known as a very cautious general which is what caused him to be replaced by General John Popein 1862. After Pope was replaced he later regained his title as Union general and fought in many other minor battles. He was then replaced a second time by General Ambrose Burnside for the same reason as before. He later ran against Lincoln for the presidency of 1864. He lost. He later retired from the military to become a railroad engineer. Tragically, many years later he died of heart failure on October 29, 1885

He was a Union General. But he moved so slowly that some of Lincoln's cabinet began to question his loyalty.

After Lincoln fired him, he stood against him as Democrat candidate for President. If he'd won, there are no solid or supportable facts regarding on how he would end the Southern rebellion, a policy he made while running for office.

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