Resultado de búsqueda
George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862.
- 1846–1857, 1861–1864
- Major General
- George B. McClellan: Early Life
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Railroad Career
- Civil War Breaks Out
- Peninsula Campaign
- Battle of Antietam
- Mcclellan Runs For President
- Governor Mcclellan
George Brinton McClellan was born on December 3, 1826, into an affluent family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A studious child, McClellan made the decision to enter military service at age 15 and was accepted to West Point despite being several months shy of the age requirement of 16. McClellan ranked second in his class upon graduation from West P...
McClellan was commissioned as a brevet second lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers, and played an active part in the Mexican-American War. As an engineering officer, McClellan frequently saw combat and was promoted to the rank of captain for showing gallantry under fire. He returned to West Point after the war and continued to serve as an engi...
McClellan left the military in 1857 and became chief engineer of the newly constructed Illinois Central Railroad. By 1860, he had become president of the Ohio and Mississippi River Railroad, headquartered in Cincinnati. During this time, McClellan met and wed Mary Ellen Marcy, the daughter of one of his former commanders. The couple would go on to ...
Like many people at the time, McClellan opposed the outright abolition of slavery, though he was committed to the preservation of the Union. At the outbreak of the Civil Warin 1861, he accepted command of the volunteer army of the state of Ohio. His skill at training the Ohio Volunteers won him favor in Washington, and he was soon promoted to the r...
Lincoln preferred an overland campaign toward Richmond, but McClellan proposed an amphibious maneuver in which the Union Army would land on the Virginia Peninsula, effectively circumventing the rebels under General Joseph E. Johnston. McClellan put his Peninsula Campaigninto action in March 1862, landing over 120,000 men on the coast and proceeding...
Lee soon mounted an invasion of the North during the Maryland Campaign, and in September 1862 McClellan’s forces engaged the Confederates at the Battle of Antietam. After McClellan’s forces succeeded in breaching the Confederate lines, he once again stalled, keeping over a third of his army in reserve and allowing Lee to retreat into Virginia. The ...
In 1864, the Democratic Party nominated McClellan to run against Lincoln for the presidency. His campaign was marred by a schism that split the Democratic vote along pro- and anti-war lines. A staunch “War Democrat” committed to the preservation of the Union, McClellan was forced to battle elements of his own party in addition to Lincoln, and he wa...
Following his presidential defeat, McClellan resigned from the army and spent several years in Europe. He would return to the railroad business in 1872 as president of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. From 1878 to 1881, he served one term as the governor of New Jersey. McClellan’s later years were spent writing a memoir called McClellan’s O...
George Brinton McClellan (Filadelfia, 3 de diciembre de 1825 - Orange, 29 de octubre de 1885) fue un militar y político estadounidense, que participó en las primeras etapas de la guerra civil de los Estados Unidos con el rango de mayor general.
- George Brinton McClellan
- George C. Ludlow
- Joseph D. Bedle
2 de may. de 2024 · George B. McClellan was a general who skillfully reorganized Union forces in the first year of the American Civil War (1861–65) but drew wide criticism for repeatedly failing to press his advantage over Confederate troops. Graduating second in his class at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
George Brinton McClellan is often remembered as the great organizer of the Union Army of the Potomac. Nicknamed "Young Napoleon," "Little Mac" was immensely popular with the men who served under his command. His military command style, however, put him at odds with President Abraham Lincoln, and would ultimately upset his military and political ...
George McClellan Summary: George McClellan was a major general during the American Civil War. Nicknamed “Young Napoleon” and “Little Mac,” he twice was commander of Army of the Potomac, the Union’s largest army, and fought as general-in-chief of the Union army until being removed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862.
12 de ene. de 2024 · Major General George Brinton McClellan, General-in-Chief of all U.S. armies from November 1, 1861 to March 11, 1862, also commanded the Army of the Potomac from July 25, 1861 to November 5, 1862, and was the Democratic Party's candidate in the presidential election of 1864.
