George Brinton McClellan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated second in his class from West Point. He served briefly in the Mexican-American War and as an observer to the Crimean ...

George McClellan ... a target of McClellan’s barbs in the press. The promotion inflated McClellan’s already significant ego, and he would spar with Lincoln throughout the war.

The year 1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union ... and then follows Union General George McClellan's ill-fated campaign on the Virginia ...

Award winning author George ... in the war, but fell apart in subsequent failures and ultimately led to the general’s removal. Rather’s focus is not on events on the battlefield, but rather on seeking ...