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Who was General McDowell replaced by?
General George B. McClellan
Why was General McClellan removed from his command.?
He was very hesitant.
Why is George McClellan important in the civil war?
McClellan was a Union commander and he repelled general Lee's first Northern invasion.
The Union's General McClellan surprised General Lee at another tragic battle?
Antietam
Kept the Union's General McClellan from taking the Confederate capital Richmond.?
general Robert E. Lee
What side was mcclellan on?
George B. McClellan was a general who fought in the Civil War. He fought on the side of the Union Army, but is generally regarded as a somewhat ineffective military leader.
Abraham Lincoln's response to General McClellan's Command?
Lincoln's response to General McClellan's command was that Lincoln relieved McClellan of Command.
Who was the union general who was fired by lincoln?
Lincoln fired several generals. He fired McClellan twice.
Who was General McDowell replaced by?
General George B. McClellan
What two corps did General McClellan not send to reinforce General Pope's troops at Manassas?
Two corps of the Army of the Potomac were under General McClellan's control at Alexandria. They were General Sumner's Second Corps and General Franklin's Sixth Corps. This totaled 25,000 troops. McClellan saw General Pope as incompetent and did not want to waste good troops to save Pope's hopeless situation. General in Chief Henry W. Halleck ordered McClellan to send these troops to reinforce Pope. McClellan held back these troops as long as possible. McClellan also urged General Pope to not engage the Rebel troops and to retreat to the north.
What caused Peninsular campaign of Union General George B McClellan to fail?
McClellan's Peninsular campaign failed because the Confederate army was defending Richmond better that McClellan anticipated. They retreated, then turned and attacked McClellan, surprising the Union general.
Which side did George B McClellan fight against in the US Civil War?
McClellan was a Union general (the North) and thus fought against the Confederacy (the South). He also ran against Lincoln in 1865, but lost in a severe landslide.
What was the battle plan of Major General George B McClellan for what would be the Battle of Antietam?
Unlike General George B. McClellan's frequent communications to Washington DC during the Peninsula campaign, McClellan was relatively silent concerning his plans for fighting the Confederates in Maryland and the Battle of Antietam. His immediate superior officer, General in Chief Henry W. Halleck was no notified of McClellan's intentions. It appears that all of his orders to his generals were mostly verbal and records of his side of the encounter at Antietam were sparse.
Which general was nicknamed Little Mac?
General George B. McClellan.
Who was the general in the civil war known to hesitate?
General McClellan :D
Who replaced general mcCLellan?
Ambrose Burnside
What two key general posts were filled by Union General in Chief George B. McClellan?
As the new Union General in Chief George B. McClellan was making plans in the East for the Army of the Potomac, General McClellan did not neglect the Western Theater. He appointed General Don Carlos Buell to head the Department of Ohio, and General Henry W. Halleck to head the Department of Missouri. As an aside, at the time, little did both McClellan nor Halleck know that before the year of 1862 was over, Halleck would replace McClellan as general in chief.
